Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Company update/markets

Private securities marketplace Finhaven Private Markets launches across Canada

Finhaven Private Markets, the first private securities marketplace to operate in multiple provincial jurisdictions in Canada, today announced that the marketplace is open with its first issuer and is onboarding accredited investors.

28 January 2021

News/crypto

Davos 2021: Singapore senior minister on finding the dark horse in digital currency race

Finextra is at Davos this year, covering global insights into the impact fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth and advancing a new social contract.

28 January 2021

News/crypto

Australia's eftpos to set up Hedera Hashgraph node for micropayments

Australia's eftpos is to join the Hedera Governing Council after successfully conducting tests to determine the feasibility of a digital Australian dollar stablecoin for micropayments.

28 January 2021

Company update/crypto

TZero joins forces with Prime Trust

TZero, a leader in blockchain innovation and liquidity for digital assets, announced today its partnership with Prime Trust, the leading provider of all-in-one, financial infrastructure for fintech innovators.

27 January 2021

Company update/markets

N-Tier unveils consensus-based reference data blockchain tech

N-Tier, an innovative technology company that specializes in helping firms manage the accuracy and completeness of their critical reference data, announced today its new consensus-based reference data blockchain solution.

27 January 2021

News/crypto

Stellar Development Foundation invests in blockchain payments firm Wyre

The non-profit Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has invested $5 million in blockchain payments company Wyre.

27 January 2021

News/payments

Davos 2021: Private and public cooperation is driving digital across MENA

Finextra is at Davos this year, covering global insights into the impact fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth and advancing a new social contract.

26 January 2021

Company update/markets

SIA and WizKey launch platform for negotiating credits on blockchain

SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in payment services and infrastructures, controlled by CDP Equity, has signed a partnership agreement with WizKey, a fintech offering advanced solutions for the credit market, to launch an innovative platform available to banks, funds and financial operators to negotiate credits on blockchain and promote greater liquidity to the benefit of SMEs.

26 January 2021

News/crypto

Davos 2021: Silver Lake co-founder dismisses belief about Bitcoin’s use for criminal activity

Finextra is at Davos this year, covering global insights into the impact fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth and advancing a new social contract.

26 January 2021

News/crypto

SGX and Temasek to develop blockchain-based digital asset trading infrastructure

Singapore Exchange and Government-owned investment firm Temasek are to establish a digital asset joint venture focused on capital markets workflows through smart contracts, ledger and tokenisation technologies.

22 January 2021

Company update/crypto

Oasis Pro receives US regulatory approval for it Digital Security Alternative Trading System

Oasis Pro Markets (“Oasis”), a regulated broker-dealer, announced today that it recently received approval from FINRA and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) for its Digital Security Alternative Trading System (“ATS”).

21 January 2021

News/crypto

Nordea: No deployment of CBDCs in 2021 but greater clarity is coming

2021 will see further clarity offered on the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) but deployment is still some way off, according to Ville Sointu, head of emerging technology at Nordea.

21 January 2021

Company update/regulation

Oasis Pro Markets gets approval for ATS

Oasis Pro Markets (“Oasis”), a regulated broker-dealer, announced today that it recently received approval from FINRA and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) for its Digital Security Alternative Trading System (“ATS”).

20 January 2021

Company update/markets

Cobalt and Baton Systems partner to streamline post-trade FX processing

Cobalt, the foreign-exchange (FX) and digital asset infrastructure provider announced that it has entered a partnership with Baton Systems, the provider of post-trade solutions for capital markets.

19 January 2021

News/inclusion

Ripple creates Malaysia-Bangladesh remittance corridor

Ripple has signed a deal with Malaysia's Mobile Money and Bangladesh's bKash to power a wallet-to-wallet remittance corridor between the two countries.

15 January 2021

Company update/Blockchain

Generali and the APICIL Group acquire a stake in IZNES

Created in 2017 by a consortium of six management companies, IZNES is now backed by two new renowned investors: Generali and the APICIL Group, via its dedicated fund Insurtech Capital.

13 January 2021

Company update/people

LiquidShare appoints Jean-Marc Eyssautier as CEO

LiquidShare, the fintech co-founded by major financial institutions in 2017 to develop post-market solutions by leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT), is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Jean-Marc Eyssautier as Chief Executive Officer to accelerate its strategic pivot.

12 January 2021

News/wholesale

Big banks invest in HQLAx

Securities lending platform HQLAx has closed a €14.4m investment round led by BNY Mellon, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Citigroup, and with participation from longtime strategic partner Deutsche Börse Group.

11 January 2021

Company update/startups

Augmentum enters the DeFi space with ParaFi

As we kick off 2021 we are delighted to announce our investment in and partnership with ParaFi Capital, who are backing pioneers in the decentralised finance (DeFi) and blockchain spaces.

11 January 2021

News/startups

Biconomy raises $1.5m to simplify Web3 experience

Biconomy, a startup that helps blockchain developers provide a simplified onboading and transaction experience for Web3 projects, has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Eden Block and joined by Fenbushi Capital, Binance and DACM.

11 January 2021