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Singapore Fintech Festival 2021: Web 3.0 on the horizon

A key focus for Singapore Fintech Festival 2021 was Web 3.0. Loosely defined, Web 3.0 is the next stage in the evolution of the Internet that would ensure that information can be processed with human-like intelligence with technologies such as big data and machine learning.

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Coinbase shares dip on Q3 results

Shares in Coinbase dived more than seven per cent in after hours trading after the cryptocurrency exchange posted third quarter results that missed market expectations.

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Circle launches blockchain startup venture fund

Circle Internet Financial, LLC today announced the launch of Circle Ventures to invest in compelling, early-stage blockchain projects and companies that further Circle's mission to raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value.

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Digital asset platform Chintai opens Singapore office

Chintai, a Singapore-based Fintech company that utilises blockchain technology to modernise capital markets for banks, financial institutions, and asset managers, announces the opening of its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore with an invitation to financial institutions such as banks and asset managers to join its beta institutional digital asset platform programme.

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Blockchain can be a boon for green finance - BIS

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub is reporting a positive case for the use of distributed ledger technology in streamlining the green bond issuance process, while making it easier to track projects' positive environmental impact.

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Banque de France reports back on wholesale CBDC programme

The Banque de France has published an upbeat report on its series of experiments with a wholesale CBDC but says its work has also thrown up new questions.

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Deloitte: 64% of young collectors are interested in NFTs

Deloitte has just released the 7th edition of its Art & Finance report, which reveals that the majority of young collectors (those under 35) believe blockchain technology, big data, analytics, and artificial intelligence will transform the way business is conducted in the art world.

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Binance to create research and development hub in France

France FinTech, a leading non-profit association whose mission is to promote FinTech excellence in France, and Binance, the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the launch of a EUR100 Million initiative to support the development of the French and European blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem.

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SABB goes live with instant USD payments for corporates using Ripple

Saudi British Bank (SABB) announces the successful launch of its Instant Cross-Border Transfer Service for the United States (US) Corridor through blockchain payment technology powered by Ripple.

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CommBank pilots crypto service for customers with Gemini and Chainalysis

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is to become Australia’s first bank to offer customers the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto assets, directly through their banking app.

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Biconomy raises $11.5m

Biconomy, a multi-chain relayer network that simplifies the Web 3.0 experience, announced today the completion of the public sale of its native token $BICO on CoinList.

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SETL open sources blockchain code

SETL is open sourcing its blockchain toolkit Portl in an effort to speed up adoption of distributed ledger technology by banks who have been wary of trusting their core ledger to a proprietary platform.

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DBS joins Hedera Governing Council

DBS has become the first bank in South East Asia to take a seat on the Hedera Governing Council, establishing a network node on the enterprise grade distributed public ledger.

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ComplyAdvantage tackles financial crypto crime with Elliptic

ComplyAdvantage, a global data technology company transforming financial crime detection, and Elliptic, the global leader in crypto asset risk management solutions, today announced a new blockchain analysis and transaction monitoring tool that will help crypto firms detect and avoid financial crime.

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Ripple scores first ODL deployment in Middle East

With $78 billion in remittances in 2020 from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) combined, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is home to two of the top three remittance corridors in the world.

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Valk achieves $4bn in deals managed on its platform

Market-leading private market digital platform VALK is building for expansion after achieving $4 billion-plus in assets and deals managed on its platform in a year as it continues rapid growth which has seen more than 70 financial institutions across Europe, North America, the Middle East, South America and Africa using its technology in 2021.

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Al Ansari Exchange joins RipplenNet

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that UAE-based foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, Al Ansari Exchange has joined RippleNet.

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Lukka buys Blox Finance for crypto data services

Lukka, the leading enterprise crypto asset data and software provider, announced that it has acquired Blox Finance, the Cryptocurrency Accounting, Tracking and Management Software subsidiary of Blox, ETH staking and decentralized infrastructure provider.

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Contour teams with Gleif to enable LEI usage on digital trade finance network

Contour, the digital trade finance network, has partnered with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) to enable the use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) within its network and to financially support its members in obtaining their own LEI.

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FundsDLT and UBS AM explore blockchain-based fund distribution

FundsDLT and UBS Asset Management (UBS AM) have successfully concluded a proof-of-concept pilot that aimed to explore a front-to-back blockchain-based investment fund distribution model.