Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Peter Randall resurfaces with post-trade blockchain startup

Peter Randall, the former CEO and founder of Chi-X, is once again looking to upset established market mechanisms with the launch of an institutional payment and settlement system based on blockchain technology.

27 July 2015

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BNP Paribas explores the blockchain; SocGen advertises bitcoin-related job

Further evidence has emerged that French investment banks are exploring the potential of blockchain technology in the capital markets.

24 July 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Bitreserve adds new currencies

Bitreserve, the world's first real-time, transparent and free financial service, today announces the availability of seven new currencies to its cloud money service. Now users can hold, exchange and send money between sixteen global currencies and four precious metals.

23 July 2015

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Wall Street eyes the blockchain

Almost all of Wall Street thinks that the blockchain could be applied to institutional capital markets and many firms are already actively reviewing the technology, according to research from Greenwich Associates.

23 July 2015

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Fraud arrests linked to JPMorgan hack

Authorities in the US and Israel have arrested four people in connection with fraud schemes linked to last year's huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase.

22 July 2015

Company update/Blockchain

BitX raises $4 million

We are excited to announce our USD 4 million Series A funding round lead by the Naspers Group, through their payments subsidiary PayU. Our existing investor, Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, also participated in the round.

21 July 2015

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Financial institutions and the disruptors

Mike Laven, CEO of Currency Cloud talks of the relationship between start-ups and larger financial institutions and the positive collaborative efforts these two parties can enjoy for the benefit of customers.

21 July 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Alpha Payments Cloud enlists Snapcard for bitcoin acceptance

Snapcard, a leading payment processor and e-wallet for Bitcoin, has partnered with Alpha Payments Cloud to power AlphaHub users to accept Bitcoin payments globally.

20 July 2015

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Bitcoin capital investment surpasses 2014 levels

The 2015 level of venture capital (VC) investment in bitcoin companies has already exceeded the amount invested in 2014 with almost six months of the year still remaining.

17 July 2015

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ING opens Belgium fintech accelerator; mistakenly blocks Dutch user from bitcoin

On the day ING’s Belgian arm burnished its innovation credentials with the launch of a fintech accelerator, an overzealous staffer across the border at the bank’s Dutch unit did their best to undermine the effort by mistakenly blocking a customer from buying bitcoins.

17 July 2015

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EU court advisor says bitcoin should be exempt from VAT

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin should be exempt from value-added tax (VAT), according to a European Court of Justice lawyer.

17 July 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Bit-X Financial adds Nikita Oraevskiy ot the board

Bit-X Financial Corp (BITXF) and its 100% owned bitcoin exchange, Digatrade, today announced that Mr. Nikita Oraevskiy has been appointed to the board of directors and will act as the Company's Chief Strategic Analyst focusing on prospective revenue producing acquisitions.

16 July 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Accenture picks Asia Pacific Fintech Innovation Lab startups

Cyber-security solutions, blockchain technology and behavioral analytics applications are some of the innovative services being developed by the seven financial technology entrepreneurs selected to participate in the 2015 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific.

16 July 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Bitnet taps BlockCypher to cut risks in accepting bitcoin

Bitnet, an enterprise bitcoin payments processor, today announced that they have selected BlockCypher, a blockchain web services company, as a key data provider to help Bitnet mitigate the risk for merchants in accepting bitcoin payments.

16 July 2015

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Blockchain investor to list in London

A London-based start-up that invests in the technology behind crypto-currency bitcoin is planning to list on London's AIM in what is believed to be the first IPO for a blockchain company.

16 July 2015

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Barclays builds global fintech community

Barclays is promising to create a global community for fintech innovation, opening physical hubs around the world, beginning with New York, to house startups.

16 July 2015

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Standard Chartered innovation chief talks up the blockchain

Standard Chartered chief innovation officer Anju Patwardhan has become the latest senior banker to talk up the potential of blockchain technology as a way to cut costs and improve transparency for financial transactions.

15 July 2015

Company update/Blockchain

Swift Institute tips smaller mining pools to stabilise bitcoin ecosystem

The SWIFT Institute announces the availability of a new paper that investigates Bitcoin mining pools and considers whether an evolution towards smaller mining pools might stabilise the Bitcoin system.

14 July 2015