Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

FCA suggests ban on crypto derivatives

The UK's financial services watchdog is proposing a ban on cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors in order to prevent them incurring large losses in financial instruments they do not understand.

05 July 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Fujitsu develops digital identity technology to evaluate trustworthiness in online transactions

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that it has developed a digital identity exchange technology that makes it possible for individual users and service businesses involved in online transactions to confirm the identity of other parties in transactions.

04 July 2019

News/payments

As Facebook's Libra looms, Deutsche Bank analyst hails cash's privacy

With Facebook's Libra project sparking a new feverish round of debate on the pros and cons of digital payments, a Deutsche Bank analyst is making the case for old fashioned cash on the grounds of privacy.

04 July 2019

News/Blockchain

Oz lenders and IBM team on bank guarantee blockchain platform

ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac are joining forces with IBM and shopping centre giant Scentre Group to pilot a blockchain-based platform for managing bank guarantees.

03 July 2019

News/security

Cybercrooks look to cash in on Facebook's digital currency

Cyber-scammers are scrambling to take advantage of Facebook's upcoming digital currency and wallet, registering domains related to Libra and Calibra in the hope of drawing in unsuspecting victims investigating the projects, say security researchers.

03 July 2019

Company update/regulation

Speech: FCA's Christoper Woolard on Facebook Libra and stablecoins

Last month, Facebook announced its plans for Libra, the stablecoin it is planning to launch in conjunction with a number of payment and tech firms.

02 July 2019

News/Blockchain

Euronext steps up digital asset play with stake in Tokeny

Euronext has spent EUR5 million to acquire a 23.5% stake in digital asset startup Tokeny Solutions.

02 July 2019

News/Blockchain

ABN Amro completes container logistics pilot on blockchain

ABN Amro has completed the first instantly financed, door-to-door transport of a container from a factory in Asia to the Netherlands on blockchain-based platform Deliver.

01 July 2019

News/Blockchain

Goldman Sachs could create digital coin

Goldman Sachs could follow JPMorgan Chase in creating a digital coin, CEO David Solomon has revealed in an interview in which he also dismissed the threat of tech giants such as Facebook moving beyond payments into deposits.

28 June 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Smart contracts outfit Clause seals $5.5 million Series A round

Clause, a leading provider of smart contracting technology, announces the close of a $5.5 million Series A round.

28 June 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Ethereum-powered TokenCard hits iOS App Store

If you’re looking to cut your ties to big banks and corporations, TokenCard, the first ever Ethereum-powered banking alternative is giving you the tools to do it.

27 June 2019

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Crypto is back in fashion: Is the future of money tokenised?

Tony McLaughlin, Emerging Payments and Business Development, Citi, speaks to Hannah Wallace, Finextra at Money 20/20 Europe about whether the future of money is tokenised, whether there is a global narrative with fintech innovation, where regulation fits in and how banks can successfully move with the times and coexist in harmony together.

27 June 2019

News/Blockchain

Facebook could move into credit - Calibra wallet chief

Facebook's digital currency and wallet could be just the beginning of a new assault on financial services by the tech giant, a senior exec says.

27 June 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Chainalysis names Michael Mosier chief technical counsel

Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, has appointed Michael Mosier as Chief Technical Counsel.

26 June 2019

Finextra TV/Blockchain

What DLT and Blockchain truly mean today.

Michel Rauchs, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Lead, CCAF, speaks to Hannah Wallace, Finextra at Money 20/20 Europe about the meaning of DLT today and how it has changed, the potential it holds and where regulation fits in.

26 June 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain private markets group iownit closes $4.5 million funding round

iownit Capital and Markets, Inc., a platform built to provide investment infrastructure for investors into privately held companies, today announced the closure of a round worth $4.5M, led by a group of private investors.

26 June 2019

News/Blockchain

Northern Trust transfers PE blockchain to Broadridge

Northern Trust is to transfer its inhouse developed blockchain platform for private equity firms to Broadridge, in an acknowledgement of the ongoing costs in upkeep and the need for an industry-neutral sales and marketing machine.

26 June 2019

Company update/Blockchain

SeedCX selects Corvil to analyse infrastructure performance

Corvil today announced it has been selected by leading digital asset exchange, Seed CX, to deliver the trusted and timely intelligence required to assure the performance and client experience of its robust service.

25 June 2019

Company update/Blockchain

JST Capital unveils digital asset suite

JST Capital (“the Company” or “JST”), a global financial services firm focused on solutions for digital assets, today announced that its full suite of offerings are available to institutional investors, blockchain companies, banks, and brokers in the digital assets ecosystem.

25 June 2019

Finextra TV/Blockchain

Understanding the intricacies of blockchain

Lasse Meholm, Head of Blockchain & DLT Strategy - IT at DNB, speaks at Money2020 Europe about the use cases he's seeing with blockchain and DLT, what challenges financial institutions face when incorporating blockchain and what the best approach is around these obstacles.

24 June 2019