Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Commonwealth Bank of Australia issues government bond on blockchain

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has issued a cryptobond for Queensland Treasury Corporation in the first trial run of the bank's private, permissioned blockchain platform for the end-to-end issuance of bonds.

25 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple publishes XRP quarterly report

Ripple is excited to publish the first of our quarterly XRP Markets Reports. In order to continually improve the health of XRP markets globally, we will share regular updates on the state of the market including quarterly sales, commentary on previous quarter price movement and announcements of new third-party wallets, exchanges, validators and third party liquidity providers.

24 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds OTC Exchange Network as corporate member

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a 501 (c)(6) non-profit trade association, has announced that OTC Exchange Network (OTCXN) has joined the organization as a corporate member.

24 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Nasdaq hails Estonian blockchain pilot for proxy voting

Nasdaq has successfully completed a proof-of-concept using blockchain technology to streamline proxy voting on companies listed on its Tallinn Stock Exchange, hinting that a wider rollout could be in the pipeline.

24 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Deloitte's Dublin blockchain lab opens

Deloitte, which works with 90 per cent of the world’s largest financial institutions today opened its new EMEA blockchain lab at Whitaker Court in Dublin’s “Silicon Docks” district.

23 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Deutsche Börse looks for collateral shift with 'CollCo' digital coins

Deutsche Börse has filed a patent for a new way of shifting collateral among banks using tokenised digital coins.

23 January 2017

News/Blockchain

EU watchdog tells FS firms to focus on blockchain security risks

Financial services firms rushing to adopt blockchain need to make sure that they address the security challenges associated with the technology, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (Enisa) has warned.

23 January 2017

News/Blockchain

China's Ant Financial goes global in bid for two billion users in 10 years

Ant Financial, the payments unit of Chinese Web giant Alibaba, is looking into the use of blockchain technology as it sets its sights on boosting its user numbers to two billion people within the next decade.

20 January 2017

News/Blockchain

SocGen builds startup database

French bank Societe Generale is setting up an internal platform, dubbed Startup Radar, where staffers can access information about experimental projects and recommend interesting fintech firms.

20 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

WISeKey and Stratumn team on blockchain security

WISeKey International Holding Ltd (WIHN.SW) (“WISeKey”), a leading provider in Root of Trust and certificate authority, and Stratumn SAS (“Stratumn”), inventor of Proof of Process Technology, partner to provide enterprise grade process security software based on blockchain technologies.

19 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Finra paper explores implications of blockchain for securities industry

Finra (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has become the latest organisation to give its two cents on distributed ledger technology, publishing a paper on blockchain's implications for the securities industry.

19 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Speech: ECB executive board member Yves Mersch on digital base money

We are living in digital times. The internet and portable online devices have radically transformed the way we use and exchange information, and the way we exchange money. Money has been digitalised in many ways and we can now, for instance, transfer bank deposits electronically and pay with e-money.

18 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain launches Digital Asset Research Lab

Blockchain, the world’s leading software platform for digital assets, announced today that it is partnering with Imperial College London to launch the Digital Asset Research Lab.

18 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Deutsche Bourse turns to fintech partners to build 'Exchange 4.0'

Deutsche Bourse is promising to cooperate with fintech firms and tap new technologies such as big data, AI and, above all, blockchain as it moves toward the creation of an 'Exchange 4.0', says CEO Carsten Kengeter.

18 January 2017

News/Blockchain

CSDs aim to build distributed ledger for mobilising scarce collateral

A coalition of four central securities depositories is collaborating with Deutsche Börse on an initiative to use blockchain technology to ease cross-border mobilisation of security collateral.

18 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Coinbase gets NYDFS virtual currency license

Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of Coinbase, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc., for a virtual currency and a money transmitter license.

17 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Blockchain could slash investment banks' costs by 30%

Blockchain technology could reduce infrastructure costs for eight of the world’s 10 largest investment banks by an average of 30%, saving them billions of dollars every year, new research from Accenture and McLagan suggests.

17 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Overstock blockchain vehicle t0 acquires assets of Blue Ocean Technologies

Financial technology firm t0.com, Inc., has formed Blue Ocean Technologies, LLC after acquiring the assets of Singapore-based Blue Ocean Financial Technology, Pte. Ltd.

17 January 2017

News/Blockchain

FTC fintech forum to explore AI and blockchain

Artificial Intelligence and blockchain will be at the centre of attention at an upcoming fintech forum put together by America's Federal Trade Commission.

16 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Seven banks plan blockchain platform for SMEs

Seven of Europe's biggest banks are collaborating on the development of a shared cross-border trade finance platform for small and medium -sized companies that harnesses the power of distributed ledger technology.

16 January 2017