Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Founding CTO of Azimo, Marek Wawro, joins Coinfirm DevOps team

Marek Wawro, co-founder of Azimo (London based Fintech which raised over 46 million USD from investors such as Rakuten, Greycroft or Anthemis Group) and recently CTO of Doctify, joined the Coinfirm team as DevOps Ninja.

16 May 2018

News/Blockchain

Sberbank and MTS issue first Russian bonds on a blockchain

Sberbank and telco MTS have implemented the first Russian issue of commercial bonds via smart contracts utilising a blockchain platform developed by National Settlement Depository.

16 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Coinbase targets institutional investors with new tools

The cryptocurrency market is maturing rapidly as more sophisticated institutional participants enter the space. In fact, in the past few months over 100 hedge funds were created that exclusively invest in and trade cryptocurrency. Some of the world’s largest financial institutions have also recently announced their plans to begin trading cryptocurrency.

15 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

New York positions as blockchain innovation centre

Kicking off CoinDesk’s annual flagship Consensus conference as the opening keynote, NYCEDC President and CEO James Patchett today announced plans to plant a flag in New York City’s growing blockchain industry.

15 May 2018

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Former JPMorgan blockchain leads unveil new startup

Former JPMorgan blockchain leads Amber Baldet and Patrick Nielsen have launched a new blockchain company, Clovyr, with the aim of creating a hybrid environment for sharing and playing around with enterprise-grade application development tools and datasets

15 May 2018

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Nomura bids to create institutional-grade custody offering for digital assets

Japanese merchant bank Nomura has set up a new venture to provide safekeeping and custody services for cryptocurrency-denominated assets managed by institutional investors.

15 May 2018

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Poland puts credit histories on the blockchain

The largest credit bureau in Central and Eastern Europe, Polish Credit Office, is teaming up with local DLT specialist Billon to move millions of credit histories to the blockchain.

14 May 2018

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Ripple moves to build ecosystem around XRP

Ripple is looking to build up an ecosystem around its native digital asset through the launch an initiative called Xpring, which will invest in, incubate, acquire and provide grants to startups using XRP and the XRP Ledger.

14 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

CommBank CFO Rob Jesudason quits for blockchain startup Block.one

Block.one, publisher of the EOSIO blockchain software and seller of the EOS token, a top-five cryptocurrency by market cap at approximately US$12.4 billion, has named Rob Jesudason as its Group President and Chief Operating Officer.

14 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Mitsubishi to pilot real funds, cross-border payment over RippleNet

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG Bank), Bank of Ayudhya PCL (Krungsri), a Thailand-based subsidiary of MUFG Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank (Standard Chartered), today jointly announced the commencement of a pilot test for moving real funds over RippleNet, with the objective of making cross-border payments more convenient and further improving the capital efficiency of corporate groups.

14 May 2018

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HSBC claims blockchain breakthrough for trade finance

HSBC and ING bank have announced the successful execution of a trade finance transaction using R3's Corda blockchain platform.

14 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Kx Systems launches support for cryptocurrency trading

Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I), announces that its Kx for Flow electronic trading platform has been extended to support the trading of cryptocurrencies.

14 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

PumaPay raises $117m in private token sale

Decentralized Vision, Cyprus-based blockchain company, has ended the Private Sale for its PumaPay project by raising $117 million on May 7, 2018.

14 May 2018

Finextra TV/Blockchain

IT implications and the need to pivot

Eleni Coldrey, Business Development Director, Europe, Equinix, talks about how well positioned financial services are to deliver their services digitally and through mobile technology, what challenges Open Banking and the sharing of data through API networks creates, and what issues institutions looking go digital face in terms of scale and cost.

14 May 2018

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TMX and Bank of Canada conclude blockchain 'feasible' for securities settlement

Using distributed ledger technology for instantaneous clearing and settlement of securities is "feasible", Canada's central bank and biggest exchange operator have concluded in the wake of a proof-of-concept test.

11 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

FinTech Scotland recruits Deloitte for expansion plan

The body representing Scotland’s thriving financial technology community, Fintech Scotland, has today announced it has entered a key strategic partnership with business advisory firm Deloitte.

11 May 2018

News/Blockchain

Broadridge awarded blockchain patent for proxy voting

The prospect of applying blockchain technology to the proxy voting process has become more likely after Broadridge, one of the biggest providers of investor-related services, was awarded a patent for this very purpose.

11 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain Valley Ventures accelerator land VC firm launches

Blockchain Valley Ventures (BVV), a new accelerator and venture capital firm offering investment, financing, and advisory services for blockchain-enabled businesses, has launched today.

10 May 2018

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Ripple claims success in first pilot trials of XRP for cross-border payments

Ripple is claiming promising results from the first pilot trials by remittance platforms of its digital asset XRP as a medium of exchange.

10 May 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Liechtenstein gets House of Blockchain

æternity, the blockchain 3.0 platform designed to deliver unmatched efficiency, transparent governance, and global scalability and legal firm NÄGELE Attorneys at Law proudly launched the House of Blockchain in Vaduz, Liechtenstein at an opening ceremony on Monday that featured a speech from Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, Adrian Hasler.

09 May 2018