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DeFi outfit Catalog raises $7.5m

Catalog, a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) app powering a cross-chain and multi-chain future, announces $7.5 million in new funding. Developed by Ren Labs, Catalog is the first consumer application built on the Ren blockchain.

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JP Morgan blockchain exec Christine Moy leaves

JP Morgan's Christine Moy is leaving her role as head of all things blockchain and crypto at the Wall Street giant.

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IBF Net launches platform for creating Shariah-compliant digital assets using NFTs on Algorand

The term “Credence” implies trust and reliability.

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MUFG shutters blockchain-based payments network

Mitsubishi UFJ has pulled the plug on its blockchain-based online payment network, Global Open Network Japan (GO-NET Japan), citing the "recent hard business environment" for payments.

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Wall Street firms back DLT-based system for alternative assets

Wall Street players including BlackRock, Morgan Stanley and State Street are backing a new consortium led by iCapital that will build a distributed ledger-based system for alternative assets.

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BME runs blockchain-based carbon offestting PoC

BME, through Iberclear, and ClimateTrade, have developed a Voluntary Registry for carbon and biodiversity inventories that allows companies to offset their carbon footprint.

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FBI sets up crypto unit

The FBI is setting up a cryptocurrency-focussed unit that will work closely with another new team at the Justice Department.

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JPMorgan research uses quantum network to protect blockchains

Researchers from JPMorgan Chase, Toshiba and Ciena say they have built a quantum key distribution (QKD) network that can secure blockchain applications against quantum attacks

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Centre consortium unveils decentralised ID solution for crypto finance

Centre - a consortium founded by Circle Internet Financial, LLC, and Coinbase to serve as a standard setting body for blockchain-based financial services - today announced Verite, a decentralized model for identity credential issuance, custody and verification.

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Copernic Space launches world’s first sale of space assets

An ‘eBay for space’, of sorts, Copernic Space has today launched its initial private sale of payload space – essentially enabling suppliers to send a minimum of 100g of physical cargo (such as artworks, or IoT devices) to the moon.

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More banks join blockchain-based carbon marketplace

UBS, Standard Chartered, and BNP Paribas have joined Project Carbon, a bank-backed initiative to create a blockchain-based marketplace where firms can buy and sell carbon offsets.

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Mastercard adds crypto, open banking and ESG consulting services

Mastercard is expanding its consulting services with new practices dedicated to open banking, open data, crypto and digital currencies, and ESG.

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FQX and SIX Digital Exchange to collaborate on blockchain-based short-term debt instruments

Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the world’s first fully FMI licensed digital asset exchange, and FQX, a SIX Fintech Ventures portfolio company, have agreed to collaborate to enable the use of FQX’s blockchain-based short-term debt instruments, eNotes™, on SDX.

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JPX investigates digitally tracked green bonds

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is looking into the issuance of "digitally tracked green bonds" as a way of raising funds for its carbon neutrality ambitions.

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Blockchain payments outfit ZTLment plays in Danish regulatory sandbox

Together with ZTLment ApS (ZTLment), the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA) has examined the use of the technology for a specific business model in the DFSA's regulatory sandbox, FT Lab.

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Binance invests $200m in Forbes

Crypto and blockchain giant Binance has made a $200 million investment in Forbes, the business media brand it sued for defamation in 2020.

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UAE-based blockchain payments startup Pypl raises $11 million

One of the region’s fastest growing FinTechs, Pyypl (pronounced “People”), announces it has closed a US$ 11 million series A financing round with participation from a diverse group of international family offices and HNWI’s.

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From financial services to blockchain and crypto: How executives are making the switch

Today, Heidrick & Struggles, a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, in partnership with the Global Blockchain Business Council, have launched a study titled, From Financial Services to Blockchain and Crypto: How Executives Are Making the Switch.

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Algorand Foundation names Staci Warden as CEO

The Algorand Foundation today announced the appointment of Staci Warden as its Chief Executive Officer.

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Charles River and LedgerEdge collaborate to provide DLT-based bond liquidity and trading

Charles River Development, a State Street Company, today announced a collaboration with LedgerEdge to provide investment firms with access to corporate bond liquidity from the LedgerEdge ecosystem via the Charles River Inventory Hub and Order and Execution Management System (OEMS).