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Forte and Ripple's Xpring form $100 million fund to bring blockchain to gaming

Forte, a provider of blockchain-based platform technology for the games industry, and Xpring, Ripple’s developer ecosystem initiative, have formed a $100 million fund to support game developers.

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Isle of Man Blockchain Office and Sandbox are now open for applications

The Isle of Man Blockchain Office and Sandbox (first announced in February this year) are now open and are ready to receive joining applications.

Overstock's Medici Ventures buys 5.1% stake in Bankorus

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Overstock's Medici Ventures buys 5.1% stake in Bankorus

Medici Ventures, the blockchain investment arm of American Internet retailer Overstock, has acquired a 5.1% stake in Shanghai-based crypto banking venture Bankorus.

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CULedger partners IBM for blockchain-based credit union services

CULedger, a credit union service organization (CUSO), today announced a collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to pioneer new blockchain-based services to help credit unions provide a better experience for members.

Deutsche Bourse to take on SIX with new digital asset exchange

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Deutsche Bourse to take on SIX with new digital asset exchange

Deutche Bourse is teaming up with Swisscom and Singapore's Sygnum to create a regulatory compliant market for trading in digital assets, competing directly with a forthcoming equivalent venture from the Swiss Stock Exchange.

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Invesco launches blockchain ETF with Elwood Asset Management

Invesco is launching an innovative ETF (exchange traded fund) designed to target companies with potential to generate real earnings from blockchain technology.

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ICOs growing less, but growing up

In 2018, 1'132 Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and Security Token Offerings (STOs) were successfully completed, twice as many as in 2017 (552 in total) – as shown in the fourth ICO / STO report by PwC Strategy & in collaboration with Crypto Valley Association (CVA).

Nomura buys stake in smart contract auditor Quantstamp

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Nomura buys stake in smart contract auditor Quantstamp

US-based smart contract auditing startup Quantstamp is setting up shop in Japan following a "significant" investment from Nomura and Digital Garage.

Israeli committee recommends creation of crypto asset exchange

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Israeli committee recommends creation of crypto asset exchange

Israel's Securities Authority has been called on to help foster the creation of a national platform for trading cryptocurrencies with a view to enabling companies to raise money by issuing digital tokens.

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Custos and Babb form partnership

Disruptive venture capitalist Custos has signed a collaborative partnership deal with London fintech BABB.

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Avaloq joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

Avaloq, a leading fintech company and international provider of software as a service (SaaS) and business process as a service (BPaaS) solutions to banks and wealth managers, today announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the world's largest open source blockchain initiative.

SIX selects R3 Corda for new digital asset exchange

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SIX selects R3 Corda for new digital asset exchange

SIX has selected R3's Corda platform to provide the underlying blockchain technology for its digital asset listing, trading, settlement and custody service, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX).

SETL files for insolvency

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SETL files for insolvency

Blockchain settlement startup SETL has filed for insolvency, appointing administrators to oversee the sale of its ID2S CDS subsidiary to a larger financial services firm.

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in digital currency pilot

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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in digital currency pilot

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is teaming up with Overstock-owned, Barbados-based, blockchain firm Bitt to pilot a blockchain-based central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Neutrino staffers leave Coinbase over Hacking Group links

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Neutrino staffers leave Coinbase over Hacking Group links

Coinbase is kicking out several employees it took on as part of its recent acquisition of blockchain analytics firm Neutrino over links to a surveillance technology company that has worked with governments with poor human rights records.

Commerzbank and Deutsche Bourse settle repo transaction on blockchain

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Commerzbank and Deutsche Bourse settle repo transaction on blockchain

Commerzbank and Deutsche Bourse have successfully used distributed ledger technology to execute a legally binding settlement of a repo transaction.

Swift combines with Asia Pacific institutions on DLT for proxy voting

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Swift combines with Asia Pacific institutions on DLT for proxy voting

Interbank payments network Swift is to run proof-of-concept trials of the use of distributed ledger technology for proxy voting in the Asia Pacific region.

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Gibraltar Stock Exchange deploys DLT-based digital bourse prototype

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX) Group has successfully deployed a GSX Digital Stock Exchange prototype and a demo bond issuance, on the Securities Trading Asset Classification Settlement (STACS) Network’s Global TestNet.

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Circle closes SeedInvest acquisition

Last October, we announced a definitive agreement to acquire SeedInvest, the leading equity crowdfunding platform in the United States and operator of a registered broker-dealer.

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Dukascopy Bank launches its cryptocurrency - Dukascoin

As we communicated earlier, Dukascopy Bank was striving to become the first regulated bank to launch its own ICO.

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