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Italian consortium looks to blockchain for digital sureties

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Italian consortium looks to blockchain for digital sureties

A host of Italian financial services players are taking part in a project to digitise the management of sureties using blockchain technology.

Andreessen Horowitz raises $515m for crypto fund

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Andreessen Horowitz raises $515m for crypto fund

Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised $515 million for its second fund focused on crypto networks and businesses.

Digital asset firm Taurus closes Series A funding round

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Digital asset firm Taurus closes Series A funding round

Swiss digital asset and blockchain infrastructure startup Taurus Group has closed a multi-million dollar Series A funding round led by Arab Bank Switzerland.

Nasdaq adds R3's Corda to technology stack

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Nasdaq adds R3's Corda to technology stack

Nasdaq's technology business is about to get a blockchain edge, integrating with R3's Corda and providin a full suite of institutional grade tools to support the build out of digital asset exchanges.

Italian banks go live on Spunta Banca DLT platform

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Italian banks go live on Spunta Banca DLT platform

A group of Italian banks has gone live with a distributed ledger technology-based system for the reconciliation of reciprocal accounts.

Antony Jenkins on sustainability: ‘You can’t please everyone’

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Antony Jenkins on sustainability: ‘You can’t please everyone’

In conversation with Finextra TV, Antony Jenkins, founder and executive chairman of 10x Future Technologies and former Barclays CEO, highlights that the single most important factor in the push toward sustainability is transparency.

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BitPay to support Binance stablecoin

BitPay, the world’s largest provider of blockchain payment services, and Binance, the global blockchain company behind the world’s largest digital asset exchange by trading volume and users, are partnering to drive adoption of Binance’s stablecoin, BUSD.

Chinese giants lead blockchain patent applications

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Chinese giants lead blockchain patent applications

Alibaba and Ant Financial lead the ranking for blockchain patent applications, filing 2344 claims in total over the past two years.

China's digital currency pilots pick up pace

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China's digital currency pilots pick up pace

China's digital currency plans are gathering pace, with trials taking place across four cities and reports emerging that big-name western players such as Starbucks and McDonald's are set to take part in testing.

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Glafka Capital to implement Valk's R3 Corda-based platform

GLAFKA will be the first investment bank to fully digitize its processes and offerings by using VALK’s solution built on Corda.

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AVA launches public testnet for blockchain platform

AVA, the next-generation blockchain platform, has launched its first of two planned public testnet releases.

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ADIB is the first Islamic Bank to use blockchain technology for trade distribution

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, has become the first Islamic bank to successfully execute trade finance distribution transactions using Blockchain technology.

Ant Financial opens blockchain platform to developer and SME community

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Ant Financial opens blockchain platform to developer and SME community

Chinese banking behemoth Ant Financial is opening up its proprietary blockchain platform to small businesses and developers to help in the creation of multi-user trust-based digital applications.

Libra begins journey to regulatory support with multi-currency model

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Libra begins journey to regulatory support with multi-currency model

Libra Association, responsible for the digital coin unveiled by Facebook last year, has applied for a payment system license from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), with significant changes made to the project that was met with widespread criticism last year.

WeBank to expand smart contract technology capabilities with Digital Asset

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WeBank to expand smart contract technology capabilities with Digital Asset

WeBank has entered a partnership with New York-based Digital Asset, to integrate smart contract technology with the blockchain platform FISCO BCOS.

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Envoy partners TradeSun on AI document processing

Today, Envoy Group announces that it has teamed up with TradeSun to offer an automated document reviewing process which will significantly reduce the time taken to complete trade finance transactions.

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Blockchain Association of Singapore launches

Today, the Blockchain Association Singapore (“BAS”) announced its official launch.

Rabobank slashes commodity trade finance timeline with blockchain

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Rabobank slashes commodity trade finance timeline with blockchain

Cargill and Agrocorp, in partnership with Rabobank and other logistics partners, have completed a cross-continent commodity trade transaction of wheat from North America to Southeast Asia on a blockchain platform provided by Singapore-based dltledgers.

Revolut backs cryptocurrency as safe haven amidst Coronavirus crisis

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Revolut backs cryptocurrency as safe haven amidst Coronavirus crisis

Revolut last week announced it is making cryptocurrency available to all its seven million customers, as central banks start injecting unprecedented stimulus into their economies to cushion the damaging effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Banque de France plans CBDC experiments

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Banque de France plans CBDC experiments

France's central bank is calling for applications from firms interested in experimenting with the use of a digital euro for interbank settlements.

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