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Raise secures $63m for blockchain-powered gift cards

Raise, a leader in the global gift market and pioneer in blockchain-powered payments and loyalty, today announced the successful close of a $63 million funding round.

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Vanar Chain and Worldpay team on Web3 payments

Vanar Chain, the pioneering Layer 1 blockchain, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Worldpay, a global leader in payments technology, to drive innovation in Web3 payment solutions.

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Lockchain.ai raises $5m in Series A funding

Lockchain.ai, the leading AI-powered Blockchain Risk Management platform, has closed its Series A funding.

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Franklin Templeton launches first tokenised fund in Luxembourg

US asset manager Franklin Templeton has launched what it claims is the first fully tokenised investment fund domiciled in Luxembourg.

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Euroclear and Digital Asset team on tokenised collateral mobility

Post trade body Euroclear and blockchain firm Digital Asset have launched the first phase of the tokenised collateral mobility initiative for the Canton Global Collateral Network (GCN).

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Taurus launches private token standard for banks

Swiss blockchain startup Taurus has released what it describes as an open-source token standard for debt and equity transactions in a move designed to boost the digital assets market.

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MoonPay appoints Derek Yu treasurer

MoonPay, the global leader in crypto payments, announced that it has appointed Derek Yu as Treasurer. Yu brings a decade of audit and treasury expertise to the company, most recently serving as Treasurer of leading regulated blockchain infrastructure and tokenization platform, Paxos.

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Securities and Futures Commission unveils roadmap to make Hong Kong a global virtual asset hub

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) outlined a 12-point strategy today to boost Hong Kong’s virtual asset (VA) market.

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ECB investigates settlement of DLT-based transactions in central bank money

The European Central Bank is looking into how to settle distributed ledger technology-based transactions in fiat money.

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Delta Capita adopts Fragmos Chain for processing of uncleared OTC derivatives

Fragmos Chain, the industry digitisation platform for post-trade processing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives announced today that it has been selected by Delta Capita, a capital markets managed service and technology provider headquartered in London, to enhance its managed services for post-trade processing.

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Standard Chartered backs StraitsX stablecoins

Standard Chartered Bank is stepping deeper into the stablecoin space through a strategic partnership with StraitsX, a Singapore-licensed stablecoin issuer, to strengthen the reserve management of its US Dollar and Singapore Dollar stablecoins, XUSD and XSGD.

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Taurus takes digital asset custody and tokenization platform to Solana

Taurus, a global leader in digital asset infrastructure, today announced the integration of its custody platform, Taurus-PROTECT, and its digital issuance and tokenization platform, Taurus-CAPITAL, with the Solana network.

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The Impact of Political Change on Blockchain Integration

Miles Paschini, CEO, FV bank joins FinextraTV in the virtual studio to discuss the integration of blockchain into traditional banking, its misconceptions and how recent political changes might impact its future.

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Afme publishes DLT in capital markets report

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has today published its inaugural Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Capital Market report, analysing the size and growth of the global market in DLT issuance and related secondary market activities.

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Gemini in talks to pursue IPO

Cryptocurrency platform Gemini is in talks with potential advisors on a listing to pursue an initial public offering.

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Netbank to deliver blockchain-based business financing to Jia Finance

Netbank (A Rural Bank), Inc. is excited to announce its new loan channeling partnership with Jia Financing Inc., a fintech innovator revolutionizing small business financing in emerging markets.

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Scotland opens Centre of Excellence in Digital Trust and Distributed Ledger Technology

Leading experts in technology and finance have joined together to launch a new Scottish Centre of Excellence for digital trust – which will aim to make the digital world safer and more resilient.

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Northern Trust aims to streamline Voluntary Carbon Market verification

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has announced a significant enhancement for the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) through the ability to generate digital voluntary carbon credits in near real-time on The Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem™.

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Stablecoin payments platform Cedar Money raises $9.9m

Cross-border stablecoin payments platform Cedar Money has raised $9.9 million in a seed funding round led by QED Investors.