Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Company update/crypto

Binance Custody turns to TRM Labs for institutional compliance

Binance Custody, an institutional-grade digital asset custody solution, has onboarded risk management tools from TRM Labs, the industry leader in blockchain analytics and intelligence technology.

20 October 2022

News/people

JPMorgan Chase taps ex-Celsius exec for crypto job

JPMorgan Chase has appointed a former executive at bankrupt crypto lender Celsius as its head of digital assets regulatory policy.

20 October 2022

Company update/wealth

Cion Digital launches wealth advisor lending platform

Cion Digital, developers of the first enterprise SaaS blockchain orchestration and payments platform, today announced the company is expanding their operations to offer their suite of services to a broader portion of the financial services and retail sectors.

19 October 2022

Company update/wholesale

Brinc buys shares in Asian digital asset exchange

Brinc, a leading global venture accelerator founded on a sustainability mandate, announces its partnership with Fusang Corp, owner and operator of Asia’s first fully licensed and regulated digital exchange for security tokens and assets, to make startup investment more inclusive by leveraging blockchain technology and unlocking the use of a regulated digital asset exchange, wholly owned by Fusang Corp, namely Fusang Digital Asset Exchange.

19 October 2022

Company update/crypto

GNY launches mobile wallet

GNY, the leading blockchain based machine learning business, has launched the GNY Mobile Wallet, allowing users to access the GNY blockchain conveniently through their Android and IOS mobile devices.

18 October 2022

Company update/crypto

Zumo joins World Economic Forum’s new Crypto Sustainability Coalition

Zumo, the UK-based wallet and crypto-as-a-service enterprise solution provider, has announced at Sibos 2022 that it has become the latest member of the World Economic Forum’s Crypto Sustainability Coalition.

13 October 2022

News/payments

Sibos 2022: Blockchain is still the ‘Holy Grail’ for data – JP Morgan

JP Morgan is celebrating the success of its blockchain application Confirm this week, following announcements that Deutsche Bank and Visa have been brought on board as key partners.

12 October 2022

News/crypto

Sibos 2022: MAS chief floats private blockchain networks for cross-border payments

Private sector-led blockchain-based networks and stablecoins could fix "slow, opaque and inefficient" cross-border payments, says Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director Ravi Menon.

12 October 2022

News/payments

JPMorgan and Visa link blockchain payment networks

JPMorgan Chase and Visa are to establish connectivity between their global private blockchain networks, Liink and B2B Connect.

11 October 2022

News/crypto

EU tenders for blockchain data and DeFi project

The European Commission has put out a tender for a study on "embedded supervision of decentralised finance".

10 October 2022

News/crypto

Binance resumes operations after $100m crypto hack

An estimated $100 million in Binance Coin (also known as BNB token) tokens were stolen during a targeted hack on the BSC Token Hub on Friday.

07 October 2022

Company update/security

ID Crypt Global launches decentralised security infrastructure

ID Crypt Global, a decentralised digital identity and security provider, has launched a decentralised security infrastructure for financial services. The patented solution, which ID Crypt Global has named DPKIps, allows financial institutions to move away from costly Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), to a highly resilient and cheaper decentralised Public Key Infrastructure solution.

06 October 2022

News/regulation

Innovate Finance calls for government support for crypto-asset industry

The UK must establish a joined-up strategy across government, regulators and the legal system if it wants to be a global leader in the crypto sector, says an Innovate Finance report.

05 October 2022

News/crypto

EBA goes to tender for crypto and blockchain data management platform

The European Banking Authority has put out a call for tender for blockchain analytics services and crypto-assets market data.

05 October 2022

News/crypto

Industry pushes back again on Basel Committee crypto plans

A group of industry associations has pushed back against a second Basel Committee on Banking Supervision consultation on the rules on investments in crypto assets by financial institutions, calling for a host of changes.

04 October 2022

News/crypto

Swift completes tokenised asset experiments

A Swift-led pilot has successfully implemented a common framework linking tokenisation systems between CSD’s and global custodians

04 October 2022

News/markets

Swift builds proof-of-concept for blockchain interoperability

Interbank co-operative Swift is working on a pilot project with Chainlink to provide network interoperability across multiple blockchain platforms.

30 September 2022

Company update/markets

BlackRock launches blockchain ETF

The growth of digital assets and the blockchain ecosystem has continued to increase, driving demand for investment strategies in this emerging universe.

29 September 2022

Company update/crypto

Wirex inks blockchain agreement with Uzebekistan Direct Investment Fund

Wirex, a global leader in the blockchain industry, today announced the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Uzbekistan Direct Investment Fund. With this partnership, the company will support the Uzbek government as they implement blockchain solutions and distributed ledger technology for various government services.

28 September 2022

News/crypto

Nomura invests in Fnality

Nomura has invested in Fnality, the international consortium of global banks focused on building a blockchain-based payment system to support the adoption of tokenised assets and marketplaces.

26 September 2022