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News/Blockchain
Former Barclays chief executive believes its the end of the banking world as we know it...and he feels fine.
02 December 2019
NatWest is joining forces with a consortium of software firms to develop a distributed ledger technology-based system that lets customers go through the entire home buying process through their mobile phones.
29 November 2019
News/sustainable
Despite previous claims that the carbon footprint of bitcoin mining was on par with entire countries, a new study has shown that its impact is much smaller than was feared.
28 November 2019
If Facebook is to stand any chance of getting its cryptocurrency business off the ground it needs to forget about launching its own virtual coinage and instead use stablecoins issued by regulated third parties, according to a position paper by online brokerage eToro.
Bitcoin fell to a six-month low just above $6500 on Monday after two dramatic price drops in less than a week shaved nearly $20 billion off its market cap.
26 November 2019
France's central bank is urging Europe to explore the development of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC).
25 November 2019
News/startups
A new fintech-focused investment firm, MiddleGame Ventures (MGV), is planning to put together a EUR150 million fund to target post-seed startups in Europe and North America.
Cryptoassets are now recognisable under English law after a statement by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT), regarded as a big step for integration of crypto trading into mainstream finance.
22 November 2019
Plans by Fidelity Investments to launch a digital assets business have been given a boost New York's Department of Financial Services, which has grenlighted the firm's move into the state's rapidly growing virtual currency marketplace
20 November 2019
News/regulation
PayPal has joined a $4.2 million funding round for cryptocurrency compliance and risk management platform TRM Labs.
19 November 2019
Deutsche Bourse and Swissccom have completed a successful proof of concept for settling securities transactions using distributed ledger technology and the exchange of equity and cash tokens.
In a landmark statement, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce of the Lawtech Delivery Panel today set out the recognition of cryptoassets as tradable property, and smart contracts as enforceable agreements under English Law.
18 November 2019
JP Morgan has teamed up with distributed ledger technology specialist Baton Systems to develop a DLT-based platform that helps automate derivatives margin payments.
14 November 2019
The European Union believes the European Central Bank should look into issuing its own cryptocurrency in the vein of the beleaguered Libra project by Facebook.
12 November 2019
The Monetary Authority of Singapore says it has engaged with more than 40 financial and non-financial firms to determine the commercial viability and value of its blockchain-based prototype for multi-currency payments.
11 November 2019
Cryptocurrency financial services firm, Bitcoin Suisse, is teaming up with payments company, Wordline, to facilitate crypto use at the point of sale.
08 November 2019
Japanese financial services giant MUFG is leading a new Security Token (ST) Research Consortium, working on infrastructure that enables automatic securities and fund settlement via blockchain technology.
Singapore's DB Bank is teaming up with commodities trading house Trafigura to develop an open-sourced blockchain trade platform.
06 November 2019
The trial of crypto scam OneCoin's lawyer has renewed calls for robust regulation of cryptocurrency to address weaknesses of "human failure and human criminality".
Ripple has been taken to task for erroneously claiming that six percent of all financial transactions sent over the Swift network fail and require human intervention.
05 November 2019
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