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UK Government and FCA respond to Treasury Committee’s Crypto-assets report

The Treasury Committee publishes Government and Financial Conduct Authority Responses to Crypto-assets report.

20 December 2018

EToroX granted distributed ledger licence

eToroX, the digital asset subsidiary of global investment platform eToro, has been granted a distributed ledger technology (DLT) licence from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).

19 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Medici Ventures completes securities token transfer

Medici Ventures, the leading blockchain accelerator and subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc., has conducted a digital securities token transfer representing its equity ownership in Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Chainstone Labs.

19 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Blythe Masters steps away from Digital Asset

Blythe Masters, the public face of distributed ledger firm Digital Asset, has stepped down as CEO for "personal reasons".

19 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Swiss Federal Council wants to further improve framework conditions for blockchain/DLT

During its meeting on 7 December 2018, the Federal Council adopted a report on the legal framework for blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the financial sector.

17 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

UAE Banks Federation convenes on KYC and blockchain

The CEOs Advisory Council of the UAE Banks Federation (UBF) held its 4th meeting this year today (December 17, 2018), to discuss and review the progress of UBF's future and ongoing initiatives.

17 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

GMT joins RippleNet

Founded in 2012, Ripple is an American fintech company, invested by Google, which developed an advanced system for international money transfers, with a goal in mind to compete with Swift, which is the current system used by banks and financial networks globally.

17 December 2018

News/Blockchain

LiquidShare moves into pilot phase

LiquidShare, a blockchain-based post-trade settlement infrastructure for shares in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), has entered into a pilot phase with 15 market participants trading over Euronext.

17 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Porsche arranges acquisition finance loan on BBVA blockchain

BBVA has negotiated and closed a EUR150 million term loan for Porsche Holdings using blockchain technology.

14 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Cinnober wins contract with Singapore's Vaultex Exchange

Cinnober's bid to become the trade infrastructure provider of choice for emerging digital asset exchanges has been boosted by the agreement of a contract with Singaporean startup Vaultex Exchange.

13 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

CULedger joins R3 blockchain ecosystem

CULedger, a credit union-owned CUSO that focuses on delivering innovative applications to credit unions through its cross-border global distributed ledger platform, is now a member of the enterprise software firm R3’s global blockchain ecosystem.

12 December 2018

News/wholesale

Institutional investors ready to embrace new tech

Institutional investors are warming to the use of emerging technology to hit their growth objectives in a challenging market, according to a survey conducted by State Street.

12 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

Former Swift Asia head Alexandre Kech names CEO of Onchcain Custodian

Onchain Custodian, a provider of digital asset custody solutions, announced today the appointment of its executive committee.

12 December 2018

News/Blockchain

German crypto bank opens for business; solarisBank wins digital asset deal with Boerse Stuttgart

German cryptobanking startup Bitwala has opened for business, onboarding 40,000 pre-registered customers for its bitcoin and Euro deposit accounts.

12 December 2018

Company update/Blockchain

DataArt partners with R3 for blockchain build out

DataArt, a global technology consultancy that designs, develops, and supports unique software solutions, today announced that it has partnered with R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm, to develop innovative products and solutions on R3’s Corda platform.

11 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Currencies Direct switches on xCurrent from Ripple for Indian remittances

Currencies Direct is to open a new real-time cross-border remittance corridor to India using Ripple's xCurrent payment protocol.

11 December 2018

News/security

Barclaycard joins forces with Evernym on self-sovereign identity

Barclaycard's efforts to make passwords a thing of the past has led it to join an accelerator programme run by self-sovereign identity (SSI) specialist Evernym.

10 December 2018

Company update/regulation

Ontario Securities Commission seeks applications for fintech advisory committee

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is seeking applications for membership on its Fintech Advisory Committee (FAC).

07 December 2018

News/Blockchain

Tencent and Hang Seng Bank form fintech partnership

Hang Seng Bank has formed a fintech alliance with e-commerce giant Tencent that will see the pair work together on a host of initiatives, including a remote account opening system and payment services.

07 December 2018

News/security

Digital asset security startup Trustology raises $8m

Former UBS blockchain lead Alex Batlin has raised $8 million in seed funding from Two Sigma Ventures and ConsenSys for his new startup developing technology and services to help private and institutional clients secure digital assets.

06 December 2018