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High-Profile Consortium Completes Successful Blockchain Test for Equity Swaps
2016-10-18T16:54:23.000+02:00
133 structured test cases to assess the capabilities of the blockchain technology were conducted in September.
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Digital Ventures Unveils Blockchain Plans and Invests in Feasibility Study
2016-10-12T11:16:51.000+02:00
The fintech investment arm of Siam Commercial Bank has revealed its ambition to drive changes in Thai banking industry.
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IBM Invests $200m in German Blockchain and IoT Lab
2016-10-05T15:17:07.000+02:00
The investment responds to increasing demand from clients looking to transform their operations with IoT and AI technologies.
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JP Morgan Adopts a New Take on Blockchain with Quorum
2016-10-04T13:40:18.000+02:00
The bank’s new Quorum project has commenced and is being built off the publicly accessible Ethereum network code.
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Antshares Blockchain Completes ICO Securing $4.5m and Microsoft Partnership
2016-09-30T09:25:34.000+02:00
Antshares is the first Chinese blockchain project to work with both Microsoft Azure and the Hyperledger Project.
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Innovation
India’s Unocoin Raises $1.5m To Set National Record
2016-09-29T22:09:48.000+02:00
The Pre Series-A round saw participation from Indian and international entities including US bitcoin investor Barry Silbert.
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Executive Moves
Equiniti Promotes Michael Foley to Head of Blockchain, R&D
2016-09-29T10:48:19.000+02:00
The current Chief Strategist will assume a new role as Head of Blockchain/Distributed Ledger Technology (R&D) at Equiniti.
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Calypso Technology Joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
2016-08-03T10:51:05.000+02:00
The addition of Calypso to the WSBA reflects the need for expert blockchain knowledge across the financial industry.
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Innovation
Thomson Reuters Becomes First Data Provider to Join R3 Blockchain Consortium
2016-08-02T11:31:17.000+02:00
The addition of Thomson Reuters to the group represents the first major data and tech provider to the initiative.
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Blogs
Law, Culture, Technological Innovation and Global Trade Finance
2016-07-31T21:22:30.000+02:00
The ICC has set up a mechanism whereby disputants pay it for dispute resolution and arbitration for international trade cases.
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UK Top Tech Advisor: Berlin Won't Match London for Fintech Startups
2016-07-25T10:40:58.000+02:00
Digital ambassador Liam Maxwell puts Brexit panic into perspective.
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Executive Moves
SETL Announces New Board Composition Following Two New Additions
2016-07-15T12:16:38.000+02:00
SETL has welcomed Rachel Lomax, the former Deputy Governor of the BoE and Ed Richards, former CEO of Ofcom.
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Financial Blockchain Shenzhen Consortium Launches Backed by 31 Firms in China
2016-07-01T22:20:06.000+02:00
The FBSC in China has been formally established to focus on blockchain research.
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Regulation
BIS Releases Report on Cyber Guidance Amid Global Security Risks in Finance
2016-06-29T18:39:51.000+02:00
Published by IOSCO and CPMI, the guidance supplements prior standards on cyber risks.
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FinTech Startup Fluent Recaps on Distributed Trade 2016 Conference
2016-06-28T21:31:16.000+02:00
Finance Magnates speaks with Fluent's co-founder after its recent fintech event.
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French Financial Coalition Aims to Foster Blockchain Infrastructure
2016-06-21T19:28:52.000+02:00
Leading financial venues have coalesced to ink an MOU detailing the development of blockchain infrastructure.
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Innovation
Counterparty Tests Ethereum Smart Contracts on Bitcoin Blockchain
2016-06-09T12:27:03.000+02:00
Counterparty Core developer writes that a deeper test is needed even if contracts are functioning 99.999% of the time.
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Janet Yellen "Gets" How Blockchain Can Serve Central Banks
2016-06-06T14:10:53.000+02:00
Chain CEO lectured officials from the Fed, IMF and World Bank about blockchain at the Federal Reserve in Washington.
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Analysis
Financial Efficiencies and Inefficiencies
2016-06-03T14:08:34.000+02:00
A selection of our editors’ favourite stories and reading recommendations of the week.
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The Changing Landscape of Alternative Finance
2016-06-02T19:30:17.000+02:00
Advances in fintech and agile lending players has opened up a suite of innovation in the alternative finance space.
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EY Auction of Seized Bitcoins Worth $13m Points to Silk Road
2016-05-30T18:14:27.000+02:00
Ernst & Young to help sell 24518 confiscated bitcoins seized in Australia.
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Brokers
iFX Expo: Brokers that Won't Adapt to Blockchain Might Be Gone in 10 Years
2016-05-25T15:09:08.000+02:00
Executives discussed whether blockchain tech will completely disrupt the financial market within ten years.
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Innovation
Blockchain Releases a Bitcoin Lightning Network - Thunder
2016-05-17T12:40:58.000+02:00
Blockchain's bitcoin lightning network has reportedly achieved "better-than-Visa scale" with 100,000 transactions per second.
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Fluent Closes $1.65m Round for Blockchain Platform and Unveils Bank Partner
2016-05-10T15:02:43.000+02:00
Funding to help Fluent expand its blockchain payments platform for trade finance.
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Japan's bitFlyer Secures ¥3 Billion for Blockchain Efforts
2016-04-28T10:44:08.000+02:00
The bitcoin exchange reports a monthly volume of over ¥13 billion and a user base of over 150,000.
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