Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Marshall Islands to deliver physical 'notes' for digital currency circulation

Swiss startup Tangem has won a contract to issue physical 'banknotes' for the Republic of the Marshall Islands decentralised digital national currency.

30 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Bittrex joins Universal Protocol Alliance

Bittrex International has joined a coalition of leading blockchain organizations, including Uphold, Cred, Blockchain at Berkeley, Brave in support of a universal transparent reserve and custody standard that mints and burns Proxy tokens via the Universal Protocol Platform (UP Platform).

29 January 2019

News/Blockchain

Deutsche Bourse increases stake in HQLAx ahead of go-live

Deutsche Bourse has increased its stake in HQLAx, the liquidity and collateral management outfit with which it is building a blockchain-based front-to-back operating model for securities lending.

29 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Singapore's Everex looks for growth in the US

The mainstream payment industry has long been asking for a much-needed revolution considering the high transaction costs, remittance fees, time-taking processes and fraudulent activities.

29 January 2019

News/Blockchain

CULedger raises $10m for DLT-based digital ID system

CULedger, a consortium of American credit unions exploring potential use cases for distributed ledger technology, has hit its $10 million Series A funding round target.

29 January 2019

News/Blockchain

PNC and IBM back health insurers' blockchain project

PNC Bank and IBM have joined a consortium trialling the use of blockchain technology to boost efficiency and cut costs in the healthcare industry.

28 January 2019

News/Blockchain

Galaxy S10 leak suggests built-in cryptocurrency wallet

Samsung's soon-to-be-launched Galaxy S10 could come with an in-house cryptocurrency wallet, leaked screenshots suggest.

25 January 2019

News/Blockchain

Jamaica Stock Exchange digital currency trading pilot gets thumbs up

Following a successful live digital currency trading pilot, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has set its sights on listing security tokens.

25 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Hyperledger targets supply chains with Grid

Supply chain is commonly cited as one of the most promising distributed ledger use-cases.

24 January 2019

News/Blockchain

Nasdaq and Citi invest in blockchain outfit Symbiont

Symbiont, a startup working to bring blockchain technology to capital markets, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Nasdaq Ventures and joined by Citi.

23 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Seed CX kicks off spot trading on digital assets

Institutional investors who have may have held back from trading digital assets due to concerns about regulatory oversight, technical reliability and conflicts of interest can now move forward with confidence, with today’s announcement that spot trading is now live on Seed CX.

23 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Aprio joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry leading non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology across global markets, is proud to announce that Aprio, LLP, has joined the organization as a corporate member.

23 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Token Economy Association teams up with Singapore government-backed blockchain accelerator

Token Economy Association (Singapore) (“TEA Singapore”) is pleased to announce the partnership with Tribe Accelerator, the first-of-its-kind government-backed blockchain accelerator, and part of TRIVE Ventures (“TRIVE”), a Southeast Asia focused Venture Capital (VC) firm based in Singapore.

23 January 2019

News/Blockchain

Digital Garage and Blockstream test yen-pegged stablecoin

Blockchain infrastructure outfit Blockstream is joining forces with Japanese tech player Digital Garage and FS firm Tokyo Tanshi on a new venture building bitcoin and blockchain tools for the Japanese institutional market, beginning with a yen-pegged stablecoin.

23 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

AlphaPoint appoints former R3 exec Scott Grayson head, enterprise sales

AlphaPoint, a global provider of asset digitization software, and of trading technology for licensed broker-dealers, ATS and exchange operators, announced Scott Grayson as its new SVP & Head of Enterprise Sales.

22 January 2019

News/Blockchain

ING signs five-year licencing deal with R3

ING has agreed a five-year deal with R3 for an unlimited number of Corda Enterprise licenses, with the aim of encouraging the adoption of CorDapps across the business.

22 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Global Blockchain Business Council adds Fidelity's Tom Jessop to board

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading association for the blockchain ecosystem, has appointed Tom Jessop, president of Fidelity Digital Assets℠ and head of Corporate Business Development at Fidelity Investments, to its board.

21 January 2019

News/regulation

Dutch authorities call for crypto exchange licensing regime

The Dutch central bank and financial services regulator say that the country must introduce a licensing regime for crypto exchanges and wallet providers in order to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing.

21 January 2019

Company update/Blockchain

Christian Noyer joins SETL board

SETL announces that Christian Noyer, former Governor of the Banque De France has joined the board of directors of SETL Development Ltd.

18 January 2019

Company update/payments

CoinGate and Surfshark smarten up cryptocurrency payments

Payment processing company CoinGate teamed up with a privacy service provider Surfshark for a pilot project of the long-anticipated Litecoin Lightning Network (LN) solution. Surfshark is the first company in the world to accept Litecoin payments via the Lightning Network during the test phase, which begins on 17 January 2019.

17 January 2019