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LC Lite launches to replace Letters of Credit with smart contracts

LC LITE is the first blockchain-based platform connecting trade parties directly via a digital solution for cross-border trade transactions requiring Letters of Credit.

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SPiCE VC invests in digital securities exchange Archax

SPiCE VC, the world’s first fully tokenised venture capital fund, today announced its latest strategic investment, taking a stake in Archax – the forthcoming institutional digital securities exchange based in London.

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TD Bank: Treasury professionals anticipate benefits from blockchain

Treasury and finance professionals anticipate more operational challenges in 2019 than in previous years, according to a recent survey conducted by TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, at the 2018 Association for Financial Professionals Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

Financial inclusion takes stage at massive blockchain hackathon

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Financial inclusion takes stage at massive blockchain hackathon

Financial inclusion and security will be one of the challenges at what is being billed as the world's largest blockchain and AI hackathon, taking place in the Netherlands this April.

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Ripple adds 10 universities to blockchain research initiative

Ripple has expanded the group of partners within its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). This global initiative, which launched in June 2018, now supports 29 schools to further accelerate academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.

Italian city partners SIA on sureties blockchain project

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Italian city partners SIA on sureties blockchain project

Italian payments outfit SIA has teamed up with the Municipality of Bari to use blockchain technology to digitise the process of managing surety policies.

Swiss stock exchange plans to raise capital on new digital asset system

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Swiss stock exchange plans to raise capital on new digital asset system

The Swiss stock exchange says it wants to kick off digital asset trading with its own Security Token Offering when its new blockchain-based trading system goes live later this year.

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Banco Best and Credit Suisse fund transactions using blockchain-based infrastructure FundsDLT

Banco Best and Credit Suisse Asset Management successfully processed live end-to-end fund transactions, using FundsDLT, a blockchain-based decentralized platform for fund transaction processing.

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Isle of Man gets blockchain office and sandbox

Digital Isle of Man has today announced the formation of a Blockchain Office and the launch of an Isle of Man Sandbox, established to guide blockchain businesses through current (and future) regulatory landscapes, with expert-led assistance and support.

Facebook acqui-hires Chainspace team for blockchain push

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Facebook acqui-hires Chainspace team for blockchain push

Facebook has reignited speculation about its plans in the payments space by aqui-hiring the team behind London-based blockchain startup Chainspace.

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Wall Street Blockchain Alliance partners R3 on Corda blockchain platform

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance has joined enterprise software firm R3’s collaborative initiative to develop innovative applications and solutions on its Corda blockchain platform.

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Currency.com launches tokenised securities platform

Currency.com, a next-generation blockchain technology company, today announced the launch of the world’s first fully-functional trading platform for tokenised securities, which allows investors to trade, invest in, and benefit from exposure to, real-world financial instruments by directly using cryptocurrencies.

Cryptoexchange assets locked after founder dies

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Cryptoexchange assets locked after founder dies

Operators of Canada's biggest cryptoexchange are unable to access more than £100m in reserves after its founder died taking the passwords and recovery codes with him.

SEC seeks help on blockchain data

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SEC seeks help on blockchain data

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is inviting bids from firms that can build a tool that lets it review data from the most widely used blockchain ledgers in order to help it monitor risk and compliance, and inform policy, related to cryptocurrencies.

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Kraken owner Payward buys Crypto Facilities

Hogan Lovells has advised Dr Timo Schlaefer and the main shareholders of Crypto Research Limited, the holding company of Crypto Facilities Limited, a world-leading, FCA regulated crypto currency platform and index provider, on its sale to Payward Inc, which operates Kraken, the world’s largest global bitcoin exchange in euro volume and liquidity.

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tZero partners with Dinosaur for launch of digital trading

Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC (Dinosaur), a New York-based institutional brokerage firm, today announced its partnership with tZERO Group, Inc., a global leader in blockchain innovations for the capital markets.

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IBM reports successful blockchain-based trade shipment

Pacific International Lines (“PIL”) has used an electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) built on the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Blockchain Platform in a successful real-time pilot tracking shipment of mandarin oranges from China for the Lunar New Year celebrations.

ECB's Cœuré touts faster payments to promote financial inclusion

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ECB's Cœuré touts faster payments to promote financial inclusion

Boosting financial inclusion in developing markets will require work to broaden access to payment services, possibly through the creation of infrastructure modelled on Europe's new Target Instant Payment Settlement (Tips) and, in the longer term, the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), says ECB executive board member Benoît Cœuré.

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Blockchain RegTech startup TRM Labs raises $1.7 million

TRM is a RegTech startup addressing one of the biggest challenges facing the cryptocurrency industry today: compliance.

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Smart Contract-based derivatives trading platform CloseCross raises $3 million

CloseCross, a multi-party, decentralized derivatives trading platform in beta, has opened its investment round with $3 million USD backed by Amnis Ventures, a privately owned venture fund based in Houston, Texas. The investment puts CloseCross at a post-money valuation of $60 million USD.

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