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News/Blockchain
The Australian government has launched a national blockchain plan which it hopes will bolster its fintech sector.
21 March 2019
Visa is quietly building a 'Crypto Team' to execute the card scheme's strategy for the cryptocurrency world.
19 March 2019
Money20/20 Asia 2019 kicked off proceedings in Singapore with Token Day, tackling the hype around blockchain and discussing how the technology is now being driven by real and sustainable value creation.
IBM's blockchain-based real-time global payments network has begun rollout, with several banks also committing to issue their own stable coins on the platform.
18 March 2019
Trade finance blockchain network TradeIX is to hire 70 more staff at its Dublin HQ, in a variety of roles covering engineering, sales, customer service and product development.
15 March 2019
Spanish bourse BME has completed tests of the use of blockchain technology to eliminate the exchange of physical certificates for collateral pledges.
14 March 2019
Credit union-owned blockchain outfit CULedger has teamed up with Best Innovation Group (BIG) and ConnectFSS to bring distributed ledger technology security to voice banking.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand has tabled plans to build a digital asset trading system, mirroring similar moves in the European exchange landscape.
13 March 2019
News/regulation
Global banking regulators have set out a minimum set of standards for financial institutions to adhere to when dealing with crypto assets.
Medici Ventures, the blockchain investment arm of American Internet retailer Overstock, has acquired a 5.1% stake in Shanghai-based crypto banking venture Bankorus.
12 March 2019
Deutche Bourse is teaming up with Swisscom and Singapore's Sygnum to create a regulatory compliant market for trading in digital assets, competing directly with a forthcoming equivalent venture from the Swiss Stock Exchange.
11 March 2019
US-based smart contract auditing startup Quantstamp is setting up shop in Japan following a "significant" investment from Nomura and Digital Garage.
08 March 2019
Israel's Securities Authority has been called on to help foster the creation of a national platform for trading cryptocurrencies with a view to enabling companies to raise money by issuing digital tokens.
SIX has selected R3's Corda platform to provide the underlying blockchain technology for its digital asset listing, trading, settlement and custody service, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX).
07 March 2019
Blockchain settlement startup SETL has filed for insolvency, appointing administrators to oversee the sale of its ID2S CDS subsidiary to a larger financial services firm.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is teaming up with Overstock-owned, Barbados-based, blockchain firm Bitt to pilot a blockchain-based central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Coinbase is kicking out several employees it took on as part of its recent acquisition of blockchain analytics firm Neutrino over links to a surveillance technology company that has worked with governments with poor human rights records.
06 March 2019
Commerzbank and Deutsche Bourse have successfully used distributed ledger technology to execute a legally binding settlement of a repo transaction.
Interbank payments network Swift is to run proof-of-concept trials of the use of distributed ledger technology for proxy voting in the Asia Pacific region.
Facebook's plan to introduce its own digital coin that people can send and receive, across borders, over WhatsApp is so advanced that talks are already underway with cryptocurrency exchanges about selling the new token, according to the New York Times.
01 March 2019
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