Blockchain

Company update/crypto

Agora achieves authorisation by the FCA

agora Digital Capital Markets (“agora”), today announced that the company has become authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

11 May 2022

Company update/markets

LedgerEdge corporate bond trading platform goes live

LedgerEdge, the next-generation ecosystem for trading, announced that it is live with the first regulated corporate bond trading platform built using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technology underpinning blockchain ecosystems and digital markets.

10 May 2022

Company update/wholesale

Contour collaborates with TradeLens

Contour, the global digital trade financenetwork has today announced its collaboration with TradeLens, a blockchain-based supply chain platform that enables the secure and transparent transfer of electronic Bills of Lading (eBL).

10 May 2022

Company update/startups

SC Ventures partners Japanese financial conglomerate SBI

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’ s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SBI Holdings, Inc to expand their portfolio, both at a business and geographic level, and to explore new ecosystems through this partnership.

09 May 2022

Company update/wholesale

GSBN develops proof-of-concept for two blockchain-based trade finance products

Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), an independent, not-for-profit technology consortium building a blockchain-enabled operating system designed to redefine global trade, today announced that its Trade Finance Advisory Group has reached a new milestone, with its first proofs-of-concepts for trade finance products since its inception in September last year.

04 May 2022

Company update/startups

CoreChain secures $4.2 million for B2B blockchain payments network

CoreChain Technologies, the first digital B2B payments network built on blockchain, today announced that it has secured $4.2 million in Seed financing.

28 April 2022

Company update/security

Certihash to develop an enterprise suite of blockchain security tools with IBM

Today, Certihash is pleased to announce a project to develop “Sentinel Node”, the first of a suite of five blockchain-empowered enterprise utility applications, based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cyber security framework.

28 April 2022

Company update/crypto

Gibraltar introduces virtual asset legislation

H.M. Government of Gibraltar has today published new regulations setting the standard for market integrity in the virtual asset space.

27 April 2022

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain Association Singapore brings BNY Mellon on board

Blockchain Association Singapore (BAS) today announced global financial institution BNY Mellon has come on board as a strategic collaborator.

27 April 2022

Company update/wholesale

ADCB joins UAE trade finance blockchain consortium

22 April 2022

Company update/people

Binance hires former regulators from FCA and Finra to beef up compliance

Binance, the world’s leading crypto and blockchain infrastructure provider, today announced the hiring of Steven McWhirter and Seth Levy, former regulators from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) respectively.

21 April 2022

Company update/predictions

BIS paper on CBDCs in emerging market economies

In recent years, emerging market economy (EME) central banks have increasingly engaged in projects related to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

14 April 2022