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The Bank of England has been looking into how distributed ledgers can be configured to enable privacy amongst participants whilst keeping data shared across a network and enabling regulators to view all transactions.
12 April 2018
Ripple has pumped $25 million in the form of its XRP cryptocurrency into Blockchain Capital's latest $150 million fund.
11 April 2018
Despite industry buzz about faster payments, corporate treasuries and commercial bankers rate obtaining detailed information on transaction flows as more important than speed when it comes to electronic payments, according to research from TD Bank
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched a venture fund to invest in early-stage crypto and blockchain startups
06 April 2018
Coincheck, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange that made news in January when hackers stole $500m of customers' deposits, has been sold to Japanese retail broker Monex for $34m (3.6bn yen).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned regulated banks and its account holders from dealing in cryptocurrencies.
An initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $32m and was backed by celebrity boxer Floyd Mayweather has been dealt a knockout blow after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) arrested the company's founders for fraud.
04 April 2018
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) is setting up a dedicated unit to monitor cryptocurrency and fintech developments and inform future regulations and its first job will be to set up a proof of concept (PoC) for DLT-based interbank clearing and settlement.
Swiss supervisory watchdog Finma has identified cyber security risks as it chief policy concern for 2018.
27 March 2018
Studies conducted by the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan on the feasibility of using distributed ledgers for delivery-versus-payment in securities settlement have concluded that although conceptually possible, further analysis of safety and efficiency issues is warranted.
PKO Bank Polski is tapping technology from blockchain outfit Coinfirm to build an immutable record of client transactions and agreements.
JPMorgan is considering spinning off its blockchain project Quorum as an independent entity.
26 March 2018
Deutsche Börse is to work with liquidity and collateral management outfit HQLAx and blockchain consortium R3 to create a front-to-back operating model for securities lending.
UK fintech startup Nivaura has tapped Microsoft's cloud technology to launch what it claims is the world's first blockchain-based investment product.
The Central Bank of Malaysia has established an open API implementation group with members drawn from the banking industry, fintech community and key stakeholders to develop open API standards for the financial sector as part of efforts to broaden access and promote innovation and competition.
23 March 2018
The introduction of digital currency is "inevitable", according to the outgoing governor of the People's Bank of China, who nevertheless stresses that any progress on the issue will be carried out in a "steady and orderly fashion".
The Bank of England is establishing a new Fintech Hub as a central point of contact for engagement with startups and to drive new technological developments within the Bank.
A new foundation bidding to build a non-anonymous, reserve-backed digital currency has added the chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and a Nobel Laureate to its advisory council.
22 March 2018
Social trading network eToro is set to double down on its work in blockchain-based technologies after raising $100 million in a Series E financing round led China Minsheng Financial.
21 March 2018
Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen had had a dig at France's ambitions to replace the UK as Europe's leading fintech hub in a speech at the Innovate Finance Global Summit.
20 March 2018
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