Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Chainstack builds automated onboarding for R3 Corda network

Chainstack’s new automated onboarding process for Corda Network reduces the time taken for enterprises to access Corda Network, promoting enterprise participation in Corda Network.

12 May 2020

News/wholesale

DBS joins Contour trade finance network

DBS has become the first bank in Singapore to join the Contour blockchain trade finance network.

11 May 2020

Research/Blockchain

The Future of Blockchain 2020

11 May 2020 995 downloads

Company update/crypto

Bitcoin Suisse embarks on capital raise

Bitcoin Suisse, the market leading Swiss crypto financial services and technology provider, is pleased to announce its Series A and first-ever capital raise.

08 May 2020

News/retail

Fintech revenues to hit $500bn by 2030 - UBS

The global fintech industry is at an inflection point, with revenues set to grow from $150 billion in 2018 to $500 billion in 2030, according to research from UBS.

08 May 2020

News/crypto

Libra Association names HSBC legal chief Stuart Levey CEO

The Libra Association has named HSBC chief legal officer and former US treasury department official Stuart Levey as its first CEO.

06 May 2020

News/markets

OCC taps DLT for securities lending infrastructure

Equity derivatives clearing organisation OCC has selected Axoni to help it replace its securities lending infrastructure with distributed ledger technology.

05 May 2020

News/retail

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.

01 May 2020

News/crypto

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.

01 May 2020

News/crypto

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.

30 April 2020

News/markets

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.

29 April 2020

News/payments

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.

28 April 2020

News/sustainable

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.

27 April 2020

Company update/crypto

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.

27 April 2020

News/retail

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.

24 April 2020

News/crypto

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.

23 April 2020

Company update/markets

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.

21 April 2020

Company update/crypto

AVA launches public testnet for blockchain platform

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

17 April 2020

Company update/wholesale

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.

17 April 2020

News/wholesale

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.

17 April 2020