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Overstock's Medici Ventures invests in GrainChain

GrainChain, a suite of software to bring easy and secure payments to farmers, buyers and grain elevators through blockchain, announced Medici Ventures, the leading blockchain accelerator and subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc. (OSTK), has purchased a $2.5 million equity in the company.

AI, Big Tech and the cloud will damage the banking industry if not embraced - Citibank

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AI, Big Tech and the cloud will damage the banking industry if not embraced - Citibank

Citibank’s global head of bank research Ronit Ghose kicked off this year’s EMEA Media Summit by highlighting how artificial intelligence, Big Tech and core banking systems on the cloud will disrupt financial services.

Signature Bank gets NYDFS greenlight for blockchain-based payments system

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Signature Bank gets NYDFS greenlight for blockchain-based payments system

New York-based Signature Bank has received regulatory approval to launch an ethereum blockchain-based digital payments platform for commercial clients.

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eToro Joins Blockchain Association

eToro, the global investment platform with more than 10 million registered users, has announced that it has joined the Blockchain Association as an executive member.

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ABI Lab/R3 update on Spunta Banca Project

The Spunta Banca Project, a blockchain-based application for interbank reconciliations, moves on to the next phase.

IBM teams up with Thought Machine to hawk cloud-based core banking system

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IBM teams up with Thought Machine to hawk cloud-based core banking system

Thought Machine, the core banking startup set up by a gaggle of former Google engineers, has inked a global implementation partnership deal with IBM, gaining a heavyweight partner in its efforts to win over big clients.

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Belarus ushers in new crypto legislative framework

Belarus’s High Tech Park (HTP) has today announced the establishment of further favourable regulations for companies operating in the cryptocurrency sector.

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IPC supports R3's Corda on Connexus platform

IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant networking solutions and communications for global financial market participants, has announced a partnership with enterprise blockchain software firm, R3, to support Corda blockchain networks on the IPC Connexus platform.

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Waves revamps mobile wallet

The Waves Platform, a decentralised blockchain ecosystem, has announced a comprehensive update of the Waves Wallet mobile app which is now available for download on the App Store and Google Play.

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Fourteen French corporates complete regional CordaKYC trial

Enterprise blockchain software firm, R3, today announced that 14 French corporates have completed a trial of the CordaKYC application built on the Corda blockchain platform and hosted on Microsoft Azure.

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Calastone to migrate entire platform to blockchain in May

Calastone, the global fund transaction network, today announces that its entire global network of more than 1,700 financial organisations, across 40 global markets, will be migrated to blockchain in May 2019 via the company’s new Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI).

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2018, Amsterdam - Day 3 report

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Swift Operations Forum Europe 2018, Amsterdam - Day 3 report

Day 3 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2018 featured a look at how the new era of open banking will have a dramatic impact on the financial services market.

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Beflius and Uitmuntend Limburg team up for local currency initiative

At the beginning of the year, Uitmuntend Limburg, a non-profit association founded by Limburg.net, the province of Limburg, RIMO, Het Belang van Limburg and Fairfin, launched the LimbU, a new “community” currency aimed at encouraging good habits in sustainability, community support, local products and short supply chains.

Commerzbank builds trade finance innovation lab

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Commerzbank builds trade finance innovation lab

Commerzbank has set up an innovation lab in Dortmund to investigate the use of technologies such as DLT in trade finance.

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Global Accelerated Ventures launches $100k fintech challenge

Global Accelerated Ventures (GAV), an innovation aggregator that identifies and fosters innovative talent for financial services partners, announced today it would offer upwards of $100,000 (USD) in cash prizes at its inaugural FinTech Challenge.

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Vakt goes live with enterprise-grade blockchain platform

Vakt, the company re-imagining commodity post-trade processing underpinned by blockchain, has launched its platform in its first market.

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Aztec raises funds for general-purpose protocol to enable private transactions on Ethereum

ConsenSys Labs announced it led a $2.1 million seed investment into AZTEC, a protocol on the Ethereum mainnet facilitating private transactions across the public blockchain.

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Blockchain diamond exchange goes live in beta

TechFinancials a listed fintech software provider of financial solutions including blockchain-based digital assets and traditional financial trading solutions for retail clients, is pleased to announce that the CEDEX blockchain diamond exchange, CEDEX, has gone live in Beta mode, allowing investors to trade diamonds as a financial asset class.

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CFTC releases Primer on Smart Contracts

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC today released, “A CFTC Primer on Smart Contracts.”

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ADX publishes thought paper on crypto assets

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region's leading financial market, announced the issuance of a thought paper on infrastructure for crypto and distributed ledger environment, and financial market infrastructures (FMIs).

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