Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Company update/people

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange CTO Peter Großkopf quits

Peter Großkopf (40), Chief Technical Officer and Member of the Management Board of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange GmbH, will leave the company at his own request at the end of March 2021.

29 March 2021

News/crypto

Curve auctions NFTs for charity

All-in-one card fintech Curve is tapping the NFT craze by auctioning five pieces of digital art for charity.

26 March 2021

News/crypto

Blockchain.com raises $300 million

Cryptocurrency wallet provider Blockchain.com has secured $300 million in a Series C funding round that values the London-based company at $5.2 billion.

26 March 2021

News/crypto

Cryptocurrency’s complex quest toward building institutional infrastructure

If the normalisation of Bitcoin and crypto-at-large is to be achieved, there are fundamental challenges that this ‘non-analogue’ asset will be faced with. During Citi’s Digital Money Symposium, panellists of the ‘Institutional Infrastructure for Crypto’ session explored the obstacles crypto firms have faced while trying to carve out a footing within the institutional ecosystem.

25 March 2021

Company update/wholesale

Singapore's #dtledgers raises $7 million; pivots to R3 Corda

Singapore-based fintech firm, #dltledgers, has completed a Series A funding round led by Regus and Savoy Capital, Vittal, Walden International and various veteran industry leaders. The Series A funding round closed with a total of USD $7 million.

25 March 2021

News/payments

German central bank makes case for blockchain settlement in CBDC debate

Germany's central bank says that successful tests of a project to implement a distributed ledger for electronic securities settlement should negate the need for a central bank digital currency.

25 March 2021

Company update/cloud

Metaco turns to IBM Cloud to secure digital asset platform

Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and METACO, a provider of security-critical infrastructure that helps large banks manage digital assets, announced that METACO will leverage confidential computing capabilities through IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services for their digital asset orchestration system.

25 March 2021

Company update/wholesale

Finastra integrates Enigio with Fusion Trade Innovation

Finastra today announced the integration of its Fusion Trade Innovation and Enigio’s trace:original to create a solution for managing and handling digital original documents using distributed ledger technology.

25 March 2021

News/wealth

FNZ goes live with blockchain-based fund admin system

Wealth management platform FNZ has begun the roll out of ChainClear, its blockchain-based fund trading and settlement system, to the South African funds market.

25 March 2021

Company update/crypto

Central bank of Thailand outlines stablecoin policy

Ms. Siritida Panomwon Na Ayudhya, Assistant Governor of Payment Systems Policy and Financial Technology Group, Bank of Thailand (BOT), noted the rapid technological advancements giving rise to a new generation of financial services.

23 March 2021

Company update/wholesale

Contour partners with ThoughtWorks to ramp up digital trade finance in China

Contour, the global trade finance network, has partnered with international software consultancy ThoughtWorks in China.

23 March 2021

Company update/payments

MoneyNetint opens up Brazilian market to SMEs with cross-border payments service

MoneyNetint, the payment service provider connecting SMEs to the world’s banking ecosystem, today announces a unique service that slashes the cost of doing business with Brazil and creates a level playing field for SMEs expanding into this major developing market.

18 March 2021

News/payments

DBS completes first trade transaction on Ant Group's Trusple blockchain

DBS is the first Asian bank to successfully close a trade financing transaction on Ant Group's blockchain platform Trusple.

15 March 2021

News/sustainable

Diem raises $5.5m to fuel the circular economy

Diem, a London startup that combines traditional banking functionality with a service that lets customers sell their unwanted items to the firm, has raised $5.5 million in a seed funding round led by Fasanara Capital.

15 March 2021

News/crypto

Thai central bank points to DLT constraints in CBDC trials

A Bank of Thailand project to explore the use of a central bank backed digital currency and distributed ledger technology in B2B invoice payments found commercial benefits to users but limitation in supporting large transactions volumes and preserving privacy.

12 March 2021

Company update/markets

DxFeed to launch Chainlink node to bring financial market data on-chain

dxFeed, a leading market data and solutions provider for the global financial industry, is launching its own official Chainlink node to sell premium financial market data to smart contract developers operating across numerous leading blockchain environments.

12 March 2021

News/crypto

Techemynt launches first New Zealand dollar stablecoin

Registered New Zealand financial services provider Techemynt has launched the first stablecoin pegged to the country's dollar.

10 March 2021

Company update/people

Former Obama White House deputy chief of staff joins Blockchain.com board

Today, I’m excited to announce that Jim Messina will be joining the Blockchain.com Board of Directors.

10 March 2021

Company update/people

Ron Totaro named CEO of Tassat

Tassat Group LLC, a global provider of financial technologies and products for digital payments, today announced longtime financial technology leader Ron Totaro has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer.

09 March 2021

News/crypto

Ripple and MoneyGram wind down partnership

As it faces up to litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ripple says its partnership with MoneyGram is over.

09 March 2021