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FTX Europe to have licence suspended - Bloomberg

Embattled FTX is facing the suspension of its licence by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, revoking its ability to continue trading within the European Economic Area.

11 November 2022

News/crypto

Gate.io launches crypto payment product

US-based Gate.io, one of the largest crypto exchanges in operation, is set to branch out into the payments sector.

07 November 2022

News/crypto

Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Inside Project Guardian

In a session titled 'Unlocking TradFi with DeFi' at Singapore Fintech Festival 2022, DBS, JP Morgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings explored how they were able to launch the first industry pilot under MAS’ Project Guardian, exploring potential DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets after completing its first live trades.

02 November 2022

News/crypto

Global banks test DeFi protocols for FX and Government bond transactions

DBS Bank, JPMorgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed the first pilot transactions on Project Guardian, a Monetary Authority of Singapore-inspired initiative that explores potential decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets.

02 November 2022

News/crypto

Money20/20 US: Anchorage launches full-stack crypto offering

Anchorage today unveiled the launch of ‘Build With Anchorage’ at Money20/20 in Las Vegas. A full-stack infrastructure offering that facilitates crypto payment gateways, structured financial products, and crypto investing, the service will enable fintechs, payments firms and banks to design and embed a full crypto product lifecycle via Anchorage APIs.

24 October 2022

News/crypto

Money20/20 US: Regulators missing crypto’s ‘sleeping issue’ – Andreessen Horowitz

Taking the stage for day one session, ‘Rationally Regulating Web3: The opportunity of a lifetime,’ Jai Ramaswamy, chief legal officer, Andreessen Horowitz said regulators are missing a core issue with supervision of Web3.

24 October 2022

News/payments

Sibos 2022: Blockchain is still the ‘Holy Grail’ for data – JP Morgan

JP Morgan is celebrating the success of its blockchain application Confirm this week, following announcements that Deutsche Bank and Visa have been brought on board as key partners.

12 October 2022

News/Sibos

Sibos 2022: Uncovering value for banks in the Metaverse

As Sibos edges ever closer, Finextra has reached out to a clutch of the conference’s expert speakers to share their thoughts on leading industry trends and what they expect to take from Sibos 2022.

04 October 2022

News/startups

Credix raises $11.25m for decentralised credit marketplace

Credix, a decentralised credit marketplace connecting institutional investors with fintech lenders in emerging markets, has raised $11.25 million in a Series A funding round led by Motive Partners and ParaFi Capital

06 September 2022

News/regulation

ECB to rope in crypto with licensing framework

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced its intent to harmonise how banks offer crypto assets through a crypto regulatory framework to be implemented across the Union.

18 August 2022

News/startups

Santander to hold awards ceremony in metaverse

Santander will host an awards ceremony in the metaverse this week to crown the winners of a global blockchain challenge.

12 July 2022

News/crypto

Visa launches ‘Bitcoin Cashback’ cards in Brazil and Argentina

Visa has rolled out Latin America’s first crypto cards, through partner companies in Brazil and Argentina.

17 June 2022

News/payments

Money 20/20 EU: How ‘web2.5’ and DLT are propelling financial services forward

In conversation with Mariana Gomez de la Villa, centre expertise lead, distributed ledger technology, ING, Finextra secured a first-hand take on the key trends dominating the DeFi world, from one of the industry’s leading voices. Here are Gomez de la Villa’s key insights shared direct from the floor of Money20/20 in Amsterdam:

14 June 2022

News/crypto

MAS to test DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with JPMorgan, DBS Bank and Marketnode to explore the use of digital assets in tokenization and DeFi.

31 May 2022

News/crypto

Nomura creates digital asset company

Nomura is creating an independent digital asset company that will offer institutional clients a comprehensive suite of crypto trading, investor products and investment services.

17 May 2022

News/startups

Santander launches global blockchain challenge

Banco Santander and Oxentia Foundation are inviting startups and scaleups from 11 countries to compete in a blockchain challenge and the chance to win cash prizes.

29 April 2022

News/devops

Finastra announces Hack to the Future 4 winners

Finastra has named the winners of its Hack to the Future 4 annual global hackathon.

28 April 2022

News/startups

DeFi investment bank Ondo raises $30m

A group of former Goldman Sachs traders has raised $20 million in Series A funding to build a decentralised investment bank called Ondo Finance.

28 April 2022

News/wholesale

Citi invests in SME finance platform Crowdz

Citi has led a $10 million funding round for Crowdz as part of a wider collaboration with the SME finance platform to develop SaaS receivables as an asset class.

26 April 2022

News/regulation

IFGS 2022: Stablecoin news sparks mixed response from crypto lawyers

Speaking on the ‘Crypto Rebooted: 2021 and Beyond’ during day two of the IFGS conference, Barnaby Reynolds, global head of the Financial Services Industry Group, Shearman & Sterling, played down the significance of HM Treasury’s announcement yesterday regarding the regulation of stablecoin use the UK.

05 April 2022