Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Nexussquared launches virtual blockchain startup programme

Swiss fintech acclerator Nexussquared has launched a virtual blockchain startup porgramme for early-stage European companies that have already acquired seed funding.

26 November 2015

Company update/Blockchain

The first blockchain-backed market index comes online

Brave New Coin (BNC), a Data and Research company headquartered in Queenstown, New Zealand announced today that it is collaborating with Melbourne-based Smartbit to develop the first provable indexes for financial markets, starting with the BNC Bitcoin Liquid Index (BNC-BLX).

25 November 2015

News/Blockchain

Commodities market consortium to explore blockchain for post-trade

Post-trade technology company Kynetix is working with a consortium of industry stakeholders to explore the use of distributed ledgers in handling title ownership and transfer in the commodities market.

24 November 2015

News/Blockchain

Digital currency schemes could usurp central banks - BIS

The world's central banks could be rendered irrelevant by the wide-scale adoption of digital currency schemes, the Bank for International Settlements has warned.

24 November 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Vogogo authorised by FCA as electronic money institution (EMI)

Vogogo Inc. ("Vogogo") (TSX VENTURE:VGO) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vogogo EU Ltd, has obtained final authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's banking and financial services regulator, to operate as an authorized Electronic Money Institution (EMI).

23 November 2015

News/Blockchain

Coinbase issues Bitcoin debit card

US-based virtual currency exchange and wallet operator Coinbase has rolled out the country's first bitcoin debit card, in an effort to encourage mainstream adoption of the cryptocurrency on the high street.

20 November 2015

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Finextra Q&A: Ben Milne, CEO, Dwolla

Ben Milne, who founded Dwolla in 2008 after growing frustrated with high credit card fees, talks to Finextra about America's slow move towards faster payments, his firm's foray into the exchange world, the blockchain, and the idea of being bought by Apple.

20 November 2015

News/Blockchain

R3 blockchain collaboration project builds momentum

A bank-backed collaboration initiative to create a set of global standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets has picked up support from five more banks and firmed up staffing for the project.

19 November 2015

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CommBank steps up blockchain interest

Australia's Commonwealth Bank is partnering with think tank Coala to run a two-day blockchain workshop in Sydney.

19 November 2015

Company update/Blockchain

BitFury opens Level39 office

BitFury Group, the leading Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company today announced a series of partnerships to support the growing European FinTech sector.

18 November 2015

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Use of crypto-technology beyond currency advancing

Lee Fulmer, Market Commentator, discusses the emerging application of crypto-technologies outside the currency space, and assesses how the blockchain is likely to be applied in the asset registry, application stack and asset-centric areas, by which players, over what timeframe.

18 November 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Bitbond launches Bitcoin Purchasing Power Index

Global p2p bitcoin lending platform Bitbond today announced the launch of bitcoinppi.com: the world’s first Bitcoin Purchasing Power Index.

18 November 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Onpex joins EBRC Fintech ecosystem

EBRC, the ICT trusted services provider, proudly announced that ONPEX, The Online Payment Exchange, is now part of its vibrant Fintech community of clients. ONPEX is an award-winning, white-label cloud payment Platform as a Service (PaaS).

18 November 2015

News/Blockchain

Regulation biggest threat to fintech growth - survey

Regulatory issues are set to be the biggest hurdles facing financial technology firms over the next year, according to a survey of fintech founders and investors.

18 November 2015

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Align Commerce raises $12.5 million to disrupt cross-border payments industry

Blockchain payments startup Align Commerce has closed a $12.5 million funfing round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB).

17 November 2015

News/Blockchain

Bank of Canada ponders bitcoin's effect on monetary policy

The rise of bitcoin could leave central banks struggling to implement monetary policy and unable to act as lenders of last resort, the Bank of Canada's senior deputy governor has warned.

17 November 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Quadriga to launch first Canadian bockchain R&D lab

Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the launch of Canada’s first R&D lab for Blockchain technology.

13 November 2015

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Overstock explores spin off of cryptotrading unit

Online retailer Overstock is preparing to split off its blockchain trading subsidiary Medici, after revealing that it spent $8 million on the business this year, pushing the company into the red for the first time in nine successive quarters.

13 November 2015

News/Blockchain

Visa Europe explores use of blockchain tech for remittances

Visa Europe's innovation hub is teaming up with distributed ledger specialist Epiphyte on a proof of concept project looking into how the blockchain and bitcoin can be used for international remittances.

12 November 2015

News/Blockchain

Osborne pushes London's fintech credentials

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has vowed to help make London the world's fintech capital, promising to oversee a regulatory environment that encourages innovation in areas such as mobile payments and bitcoin.

11 November 2015