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SIX Fintech Ventures invests in Keyrock

Brussels-based digital asset market maker Keyrock has raised EUR4.3 million in a funding round co-led by SIX Fintech Ventures and MiddleGame Ventures.

30 October 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Mastercard and GrainChain collaborate to record the commodity supply chain

Today, Mastercard announced a collaboration with GrainChain, a technology company that enables supply chain visibility, empowering suppliers and farmers while reducing risks to buyers and banks in the United States, Mexico and Central America.

29 October 2020

News/crypto

Medici takes controlling stake in Caribbean blockchain outfit Bitt

Medici Ventures, the blockchain investment arm of American Internet retailer Overstock, has paid $8 million for a controlling interest in Barbados-based Bitt.

29 October 2020

News/crypto

SocGen partners ConsenSys on CBDC experiments

Societe Generale has brought in ConsenSys to provide technology and services for its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot work.

28 October 2020

News/regulation

ASX once again delays cutover to blockchain post-trade network

The Australian Securites Exchange (ASX) has confirmed a one-year delay to the cutover of its blockchain-based post-trade network, citing to the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on market volatility and user demands for more testing and additional functionality.

28 October 2020

News/payments

JPMorgan builds on blockchain-based payment network

JPMorgan has rebranded its blockchain-based Interbank Information Network (IIN) as Liink and introduced new applications in response to feedback from the platform's 400+ participants.

28 October 2020

Company update/markets

INX buys Openfinance

INX Limited (“INX”), the global blockchain- based platform for trading digital assets, announced today it has signed a term-sheet for the acquisition of Openfinance Securities LLC, a registered U.S. broker-dealer operating a registered FINRA/SIPC member, with an alternative trading system (ATS (“Openfinance”).

27 October 2020

News/crypto

JPMorgan sets up blockchain unit as JPM Coin gets commercial outing

With its JPM Coin digital currency now being used by a client commercially, JPMorgan Chase has created a new unit to house its blockchain and crypto efforts.

27 October 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Bolero to provide electronic bill of lading as-a-service to R3 Corda based trade platforms

Leading trade digitisation technology provider Bolero International has announced significant new partnerships with CommChain and Envoy to embed electronic bill of lading into their blockchain based digital trade platforms built on R3’s Corda.

26 October 2020

Company update/wholesale

IBM integrates Linux One with R3 Corda Enterprise

It’s an exciting time for IBM LinuxONE. Over the past several months, we’ve been doubling down on new hardware, Red Hat OpenShift and new Cloud Paks for LinuxONE, and new confidential computing capabilities.

22 October 2020

Company update/crypto

Franklin Templeton invests in Curv

Curv, the leader in digital asset security, today announced that global investment firm Franklin Templeton and fintech VC Illuminate Financial Management joined existing investors as part of its Series A funding.

22 October 2020

Company update/crypto

Bitpanda tests blockchain interoperability on RBI coin from Raiffeisen

Bitpanda, the leading investment platform, with their blockchain-interoperability project Pantos, today announces a partnership with Raiffeisen Bank International to implement their technology on RBI Coin, an e-money solution.

22 October 2020

News/crypto

SIA and Hex Trust roll out digital asset safekeeping platform

Italy's SIA has combined with digital asset custody platform Hex Trust to deliver a blockchain-based service for financial institutions to manage and safekeep crypto investments on behalf of their clients.

22 October 2020

News/retail

Ant Group unveils blockchain-based copyright protection network

Ant Group has unveiled a blockchain-based digital copyright service for content creators.

22 October 2020

Company update/Blockchain

Contour collaborates with Mphasis to speed adoption of blockchain network

Contour, the global decentralised platform building the new standard for global trade, today announced a partnership with Mphasis, an Information Technology (IT) solutions provider specialising in cloud and cognitive services, to accelerate the scaled adoption and extend the reach of the Contour network by banks, enterprises and partners worldwide.

21 October 2020

Company update/Blockchain

R3 acquires e-title’s electronic Bill of Lading platform

R3 announced today an agreement with E-Title Authority, a Singapore-based software developer, to acquire its legal and technological framework for digitalization of Bill of Lading, the central title document underpinning trade operations globally.

20 October 2020

News/crypto

Cordite Society to mint first bank-grade digital currency for R3 Corda

The Cordite Society, a co-operative spawned from a research project at Royal Bank of Scotland, has released XDC, a digital currency for lubricating transactions on the R3 Corda blockchain network.

20 October 2020

Company update/wholesale

GFT to offer DAML smart contract support for R3’s Corda

GFT, a global IT services and software engineering provider driving the digital transformation of the world’s leading companies in financial services, insurance and manufacturing, announced today it has expanded its global partnership with Digital Asset to include DAML smart contract support for R3’s Corda blockchain.

20 October 2020

Company update/payments

Mphasis to put supply chain portfolio on R3 Corda

Mphasis, an Information Technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, today announced its partnership with R3, a leading global enterprise software firm, to jointly create innovative blockchain-enabled payment solutions and take them to market.

20 October 2020

News/identity

Fujitsu, JCB and Mizuho to test digital identity interoperability

Fujitsu, JCB and Mizuho Bank are to jointly test a system that enables secure transactions involving sensitive user ID information between companies and industries.

20 October 2020