Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Trade bodies write to No 10 calling for UK blockchain and crypto push

A collection of UK and global trade bodies has written to the prime minister's office calling on the government to capture what they claim will be the economic and societal benefits of a new wave of digital asset and blockchain technology.

02 April 2025

News/payments

Africa's Chipper Cash signs with Ripple for cross-border payments

Ripple has signed a deal to deliver crypto-enabled cross-border payments to African money movement firm Chipper Cash.

27 March 2025

News/identity

PwC Italy and SKChain Advisors prep blockchain-based digital identity product

PwC Italy has joined forces with blockchain consultancy SKChain Advisors to develop an enterprise-grade Web3 EU digital identity product.

25 March 2025

News/markets

Stablecoin de-pegging to be probed by Ripple, Warwick Business School’s Gillmore Centre

The research is funded by the University of California, Berkeley’s Centre for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence, and will involve collaboration between Warwick’s own Dr Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj, Ripple Research, and the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), the $50 million research division of Ripple.

21 March 2025

News/markets

UK Government enters procurement phase for Digital Gilt Instrument issuance

The UK Government has issued a procurement notice for a pilot of blockchain-based Digital Gilt Instrument (Digit) issuance.

18 March 2025

News/markets

BX Digital to roll out DLT-based settlement system for digital assets in Switzerland

BX Digital, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart, has received conditional approval from Swiss market regulators to operate a blockchain-based settlement system for digital assets.

18 March 2025

News/crypto

Binance receives $2 billion investment from Abu Dhabi's MGX

Abu Dhabi investment group MGX has invested $2 billion in stablecoin in crypto exchange Binance.

12 March 2025

News/crypto

BVNK launches embedded wallet that unifies fiat and stablecoin payments

Stablecoin payments infrastructure firm BVNK has launched an embedded wallet that unifies fiat and stablecoin payments globally.

05 March 2025

News/crypto

Turkish investment bank BankPozitif taps Taurus for crypto custody

Turkish digital investment bank BankPozitif has teamed up with Swiss blockchain startup Taurus for a push into crypto.

04 March 2025

News/crypto

SEC clarifies regulatory status of meme coins

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance released a staff statement on 27 February 2025 clarifying that meme coins are not considered securities.

28 February 2025

News/wealth

Franklin Templeton launches first tokenised fund in Luxembourg

US asset manager Franklin Templeton has launched what it claims is the first fully tokenised investment fund domiciled in Luxembourg.

27 February 2025

News/crypto

Euroclear and Digital Asset team on tokenised collateral mobility

Post trade body Euroclear and blockchain firm Digital Asset have launched the first phase of the tokenised collateral mobility initiative for the Canton Global Collateral Network (GCN).

27 February 2025

News/crypto

Taurus launches private token standard for banks

Swiss blockchain startup Taurus has released what it describes as an open-source token standard for debt and equity transactions in a move designed to boost the digital assets market.

25 February 2025

News/crypto

Securities and Futures Commission unveils roadmap to make Hong Kong a global virtual asset hub

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) outlined a 12-point strategy today to boost Hong Kong’s virtual asset (VA) market.

21 February 2025

News/wholesale

ECB investigates settlement of DLT-based transactions in central bank money

The European Central Bank is looking into how to settle distributed ledger technology-based transactions in fiat money.

20 February 2025

News/crypto

Standard Chartered backs StraitsX stablecoins

Standard Chartered Bank is stepping deeper into the stablecoin space through a strategic partnership with StraitsX, a Singapore-licensed stablecoin issuer, to strengthen the reserve management of its US Dollar and Singapore Dollar stablecoins, XUSD and XSGD.

18 February 2025

News/crypto

Gemini in talks to pursue IPO

Cryptocurrency platform Gemini is in talks with potential advisors on a listing to pursue an initial public offering.

07 February 2025

News/payments

Stablecoin payments platform Cedar Money raises $9.9m

Cross-border stablecoin payments platform Cedar Money has raised $9.9 million in a seed funding round led by QED Investors.

30 January 2025

News/crypto

Trump orders evaluation of national crypto stockpile; prohibits CBDC work

President Donald Trump has established a working group on digital assets that will investigate the development of a federal regulatory framework for crypto and evaluate the creation of a national digital asset stockpile.

24 January 2025

News/crypto

Circle buys tokenised money market fund Hashnote

Crypto firm Circle Internet Group has acquired Hashnote, the issuer of US Yield Coin (USYC), the largest tokenised treasury and money market fund in the world.

21 January 2025