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Company update/Blockchain
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.
07 March 2019
News/Blockchain
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).
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.
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).
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.
06 March 2019
Commerzbank and Deutsche Bourse have successfully used distributed ledger technology to execute a legally binding settlement of a repo transaction.
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.
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.
05 March 2019
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.
04 March 2019
As we communicated earlier, Dukascopy Bank was striving to become the first regulated bank to launch its own ICO.
01 March 2019
Facebook's plan to introduce its own digital coin that people can send and receive, across borders, over WhatsApp is so advanced that talks are already underway with cryptocurrency exchanges about selling the new token, according to the New York Times.
Alhamrani Universal (AU) the largest ATM provider in Saudi Arabia, has announced a partnership with ShoCard, the blockchain-based identity authentication platform, to develop a biometric ATM prototype that will enable consumers in the region to use their blockchain-based App and faces instead of personal identification numbers to withdraw money from cash points.
28 February 2019
Figure Technologies, Inc., a leading fintech company in both the home equity and blockchain space, announced today $65 million in series B equity funding.
Standard Bank of South Africa is preparing for the go-live of a private permissioned blockchain payment system for conducting overseas foreign exchange trades on behalf of corporate clients.
Ogier has advised long-standing client BTG Pactual, Latin America's biggest standalone investment bank, on its first security token offering (STO) known as "ReitBZ". The token will be backed by distressed real estate assets.
Fidelity Investments is rounding out its digital assets strategy, participating in a $1.9 million funding round for crypto asset market and network data vendor Coin Metrics.
Identitii Limited (“Identitii” or the “Company”) (ASX: ID8), an Australian FinTech enabling the secure overlay of transaction-level detail on top of financial messages using a private blockchain, is pleased to announce it has joined the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN).
27 February 2019
The London Stock Exchange has led a $20 million seed round in blockchain startup Nivaura.
Six of Switzerland’s leading blockchain and IT institutions have joined forces to organise the country’s biggest blockchain hackathon in 2019. The Swiss Blockchain Hackathon will take place in June at Zurich’s Trust Square blockchain hub.
Support for XRP will initially be available for Coinbase Pro users in the US (excluding NY), UK, supported European Union member nations, Canada, Singapore, and Australia. Additional jurisdictions may be added at a later date.
26 February 2019
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