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ING signs five-year licencing deal with R3

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ING signs five-year licencing deal with R3

ING has agreed a five-year deal with R3 for an unlimited number of Corda Enterprise licenses, with the aim of encouraging the adoption of CorDapps across the business.

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Global Blockchain Business Council adds Fidelity's Tom Jessop to board

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading association for the blockchain ecosystem, has appointed Tom Jessop, president of Fidelity Digital Assets℠ and head of Corporate Business Development at Fidelity Investments, to its board.

Dutch authorities call for crypto exchange licensing regime

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Dutch authorities call for crypto exchange licensing regime

The Dutch central bank and financial services regulator say that the country must introduce a licensing regime for crypto exchanges and wallet providers in order to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing.

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Christian Noyer joins SETL board

SETL announces that Christian Noyer, former Governor of the Banque De France has joined the board of directors of SETL Development Ltd.

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CoinGate and Surfshark smarten up cryptocurrency payments

Payment processing company CoinGate teamed up with a privacy service provider Surfshark for a pilot project of the long-anticipated Litecoin Lightning Network (LN) solution. Surfshark is the first company in the world to accept Litecoin payments via the Lightning Network during the test phase, which begins on 17 January 2019.

ING joins group using blockchain to shake up mining and metals sector

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ING joins group using blockchain to shake up mining and metals sector

Dutch banking giant ING has joined a consortium, including IBM and mining tech firm MineHub, that is looking to tap blockchain technology in the high-value global mining and metals supply chain.

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BitPay hits $1bn in 2018 transactions

BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, today announced another record year along with key accomplishments and expansion of the payment processing platform for 2018 after more than seven years in business.

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BitGo partners Genesis Global Trading

BitGo, Inc., the market leader in institutional cryptocurrency financial services, today announced that it has partnered with Genesis Global Trading, an industry pioneer and leader in over-the-counter digital currency trading, to provide clients with the ability to trade digital assets directly from BitGo custody.

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R3 forms independent governing foundation for Corda Network

R3 has launched Corda Network, the underlying, open shared blockchain network linking participants using Corda.

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Gmex Fusion adds custodian capability

GMEX Technologies Ltd (GMEX), a provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade business and technology solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of ForumCustody and ForumWallet, part of the GMEX Fusion product suite, to include Digital Custodian and Vault capabilities.

Gaining value added services from instant payments

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Gaining value added services from instant payments

Domenico Scaffidi, Business Development Director and Payments Pre-sales lead for Europe and Asia, Volante, speaks at NextGenBanking Nordics about what added value services financial institutions can gain from instant payments, what technological barriers there are to delivering new use cases for modernisation and where banks are today.

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ICJ and Broadridge execute blockchain PoC for proxy voting in Japan

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), an S&P 500 company and global Fintech leader, and ICJ Inc., a joint venture of Broadridge and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE), have successfully conducted the first Proof of Concept (PoC) of blockchain-based proxy voting in Japan, using Quorum as the underlying distributed ledger technology (DLT).

HSBC uses DLT to settle $250bn of FX transactions

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HSBC uses DLT to settle $250bn of FX transactions

HSBC says its use of distributed ledger technology over the last year to settle more than three million foreign exchange transactions has proved a big hit.

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Totle raises $1m to power DApp economy

Totle, the startup powering DApp economy growth by aggregating fragmented decentralized trading and exchange ecosystems, today announced a $1 million private funding round led by leading blockchain industry institutional investors Arrington XRP, NEO Global Capital (NGC), and Goren Helm Ventures.

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Security token trading platform Cezex preps Asia launch

Asia Blockchain and Crypto Association ("ABACA") is pleased to announce the launch of CEZEX, Asia's first security token trading platform, by 28 January 2019.

Monerium raises $2m seed round to issue e-money on blockchain

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Monerium raises $2m seed round to issue e-money on blockchain

Monerium, an Icelandic startup planning to issue asset-backed, redeemable, and regulated e-money on blockchains through a licensed institution, has raised $2 million in a seed funding round.

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CEZEX and Hydra X team up for digital trading platform

Singapore-headquartered Hydra X, a next-generation trading technology provider, announced a partnership with leading Asian digital asset exchange, CEZEX

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Seed CX targets institutional investors with digital asset wallet launch

The digital asset market, long dominated by individual retail traders, is attracting the interest and participation of institutional investors.

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Concordium Foundation recruits former Nasdaq vice chairman

Concordium Foundation, the Swiss non-profit behind the Concordium Network blockchain, announces the addition of two new team members: Former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ Europe Hans-Ole Jochumsen to the advisory board, and renowned cryptographer Ivan Damgård as Cryptography Lead on Concordium’s Core Science Team.

Standard Chartered appoints global digital head

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Standard Chartered appoints global digital head

British bank Standard Chartered (SC) has hired Martijn De Jong as the global head of its Digital Channels & Data division.

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