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Bitfinex introduces decentralised trading platform for Ethereum tokens

Bitfinex, the world’s leading professional cryptocurrency trading platform, has today announced the complete launch of Ethfinex, a hybrid Ethereum-based exchange which allows users to take advantage of both centralised and on-chain trading opportunities.

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Sofitto unveils cryptocurrency hardware wallet

European fintech company, Sofitto, today announced that its next-generation hardware wallet solution, the Sugi NFC Wallet Card, is now available for limited pre-order.

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New York sues the OCC over fintech charter rule

New York state has filed a lawsuit against the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over a decision to allow fintech companies to apply for national banking charters.

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Ex SpaceX engineer launches crypto exchange

A former engineer with Elon Musk's aerospace manufacturer SpaceX has launched what he claims is a public digital currency exchange with tools and services expected of an institutional standard.

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Medici Ventures beta launches cryptocurrency wallet and exchange

Medici Ventures, a global leader in blockchain technology, today announced that its portfolio company Bitsy.com has commenced the limited beta launch of a digital wallet service that creates a simple, secure, and convenient bridge between traditional fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies.

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Ripple advances in Saudi Arabia and Japan

Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank has signed up with RippleNet, opening up remittance payment corridors between the Kingdom and US and Asian markets.

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ZED Network partners with Intersellar to service money transfer operators

Integrated global payments platform ZED Network today announced an agreement with Interstellar, a company that develops applications and infrastructure for the Stellar ecosystem with the aim to revolutionize the world of cross-border, cross-currency and cross-asset transactions by creating a universal global payment network.

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Zurich’s Trust Square lays claim to being world’s largest blockchain hub

Zurich-based Trust Square is further expanding at its prominent Bahnhofstrasse location.

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Blockchain could unlock $1 trillion in trade, mostly for SMEs and emerging economies - WEF

Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) – of which blockchain is the best known form – could play a major role in reducing the worldwide trade finance gap, enabling trade that otherwise could not take place, finds a new study by the World Economic Forum and Bain & Company.

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SoftBank completes blockchain PoC for cross-border mobile payments

SoftBank Corp., a Japan-based telecom carrier; Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), a global leader and innovator of cloud, messaging, digital and IoT products; and TBCASoft, Inc., an innovator of cross-carrier blockchain platform technology, today announced that they have partnered on a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the Rich Communication Services (RCS) global messaging standard and TBCASoft's cross-carrier blockchain platform.

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Malta blockchain Acts to come into force on 1 November

On the 11th of September, Mr Joseph Cuschieri, CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) announced that Malta’s three blockchain Acts will come into force as of the 1st November 2018.

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Huobi acquires minority stake in algoreg

algoreg, a Luxembourg-based RegTech reshaping the onboarding and KYC journey, announced today that Huobi, a leading global blockchain asset financial service provider, acquired a minority stake in algoreg and will join its Board of Directors.

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Ripple and R3 settle legal dispute

Blockchain rivals Ripple and R3 have settled a legal dispute, which saw both firms trade blows over technology contracts and joint venture agreements.

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Tieto forges blockchain partnership with R3

Tieto, a leading Nordic software and services company and R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm have partnered to accelerate the adoption of next generation decentralised business networks built on Corda, R3’s open source blockchain platform.

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PSG kicks off cryptocurrency and blockchain partnership with Socios

Paris Saint-Germain today announced a multi-year strategic partnership with blockchain platform Socios.com.

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CULedger names advisory board

CULedger, a credit union-owned CUSO that focuses on delivering innovative applications to credit unions through its cross-border global distributed ledger platform, today announced its newly formed advisory board, a strategic committee of trusted advisors.

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Paxos launches stablecoin

Blockchain startup Paxos has secured approval from New York regulators to launch a US dollar-pegged stablecoin

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Building trust with advance authentication technology

Miguel Braojos, VP Global Sales IAM, HID Global, talks about building trust with advance authentication technology, how banks can go beyond simple compliance and how customer trust can be built through innovation.

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Transforming customer experience for the banking and asset management community

Marc Murphy, CEO, Fenergo, highlights the main insights and updates from Fenergo's most recent Client Council event, what the key takeaways were from their research into client life cycle management and on-boarding, and why industry standards are important for improving customer standards through KYC and client on-boarding.

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UK's Tech Nation picks 20 fintech programme members

The UK government-backed Tech Nation has picked 20 early-stage startups to join its new fintech programme, promising to give them intensive backing to help grow their businesses and the country's financial technology ecosystem.