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Digital currency startup LifeLabs tees up with sponsorship of the British Masters

Blockchain technology company LIFElabs.io, which aims to make the benefits of digital currency available to everyone, has been announced as an Official Sponsor for renowned golfing tournament, the Sky Sports British Masters.

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Nacha acquires BPDA to push blockchain-based B2B payments directory

US electronic payments association Nacha has acquired the Business Payments Directory Association (BPDA) as it seeks to advance the development and deployment of a B2B payments and remittance directory.

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Speech: Bank of Canada's Timothy Lane on decrypting crypto

Some of you here today may have purchased bitcoins or one of the other cryptocurrencies or products that have launched in recent years. I’m not here to give you investment advice about them. Rather, I want to share with you our current thinking about these virtual products.

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Namibia investigating the application of blockchain for remittances

George Goognin Mile Unity Foundation’s Global Ambassador, participated a meeting with Hage Geingob, the president of Namibia, Minister of Investments and the Head of Presidents' Administration, and discussed the ways MILE blockchain technology can be implemented in real economy.

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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and Hyperledger form closer ties

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the global standards organization driving the adoption of Enterprise Ethereum, and Hyperledger, The Linux Foundation open source collaborative effort advancing cross-industry blockchain technologies, today jointly announced they have become Associate Members, respectively, within each other’s organization.

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Abaka wins at Wayra UK AI and blockchain accelerator

London-based FinTech startup Abaka is announcing today that they were crowned winner in Wayra UK’s AI & Blockchain Accelerator Program which selects the best European start-ups in their respective fields to scale globally.

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Simple co-founder bids to upend financial world with APIs and a stablecoin

Simple co-founder Shamir Karkal has taken the wraps off his latest project: Sila, a startup offering fintech firms a suite of APIs and developer tools supported by a dollar-pegged stablecoin.

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Ripple unveils xRapid

Ripple, provider of the leading enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, announced today that xRapid, its product that allows financial institutions to source liquidity on demand, is now commercially available and is moving into production with multiple customers, including MercuryFX, Cuallix and Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union.

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Blockchain for business startup DrumG raises $6.5 million financing

Blockchain network builder ConsenSys has invested $6.5 million in DrumG Technologies, a startup co-founded by the former CEO of R3 Lab and research centre Tim Grant to create business product overlays on exiting distributed ledger applications.

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Bank-backed blockchain consortia we.trade and Batavia join forces

The we.trade blockchain for trade finance initiative established by a coalition of nine banks is joining forces with three former Batavia consortium banks, extending the platform's reach to 13 European countries.

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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and Hyperledger strengthen ties

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the global standards organization driving the adoption of Enterprise Ethereum, and Hyperledger, The Linux Foundation open source collaborative effort advancing cross-industry blockchain technologies, today jointly announced they have become Associate Members, respectively, within each other’s organization.

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Italian bank blockchain project moves to second phase

The group of 14 Italian banks that began work on a blockchain has successfully passed the first phase of technical procedural verification.

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HelloGold Token achieves Shariah compliance

Fintech savings platform HelloGold has received Shariah certification for the HelloGold Token (HGT).

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Perkins Coie joins Accord Project

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce its partnership with the Accord Project, a consortium dedicated to the development of smart legal contracts using blockchain technology.

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Ripple commits $25 million to scial impact fund

Ripple, provider of the leading enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, announced its formal social impact program, Ripple for Good.

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Goldman invests in blockchain-based cross-border payments startup Veem

Blockchain-based cross border business payments startup Veem has raised $25 million in a strategic funding round led by Goldman Sachs and joined by Google Ventures.

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Seba Crypto raises CHF100 million to build a Finma-licenced bank and securities dealer

SEBA Crypto AG (SEBA) has secured CHF100 million to ignite its vision to build a regulated bank to bridge the gap between the crypto and traditional financial economies.

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SBI Ripple Asia gets license for blockchain-based money app

SBI Ripple Asia has cleared a regulatory hurdle in its bid to launch a DLT-based payments app in Japan.

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Coinbase paves way for more cryptocurrency listings

Coinbase was founded to give anyone — no matter where they live — trustworthy and secure access to a more open, blockchain-based financial system.

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Circle launches stablecoin

Cryptocurrency firm Circle has unveiled a stablecoin designed to make it easy to convert US dollars into tokens that can then be moved over public blockchains.