Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

American Express joins Hyperledger Project

Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, announced today American Express has joined the project as a Premier Member.

30 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

LendingRobot taps blockchain for robo-fund

LendingRobot, the first robo-advisor for Alternative Lending built for individual investors, announced today the launch of robo-fund LendingRobot Series.

26 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Fintech Startup SnapSwap appoints Georges Schmit to the Advisory Board

SnapSwap, an innovative fintech startup building payment services based on blockchain technologies, announces the appointment of Georges Schmit, former Consul General and Executive Director at the Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office in San Francisco, to the Advisory Board.

26 January 2017

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Chinese central bank tests digital currency system

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has completed a successful trial run of a digital bank acceptance exchange, moving it closer to becoming the first central bank in the world to research and test its own digital currency, according to media agency Caixin.

26 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Credit China FinTech enters into US$30 million deal with Bitfury Group

Leveraging Blockchain Technologies to Transform its FinTech Platforms (26 January 2017, Hong Kong) The board of directors (the “Board”) of Credit China Fintech Holdings Limited (“Credit China Fintech” or the “Company”, stock code: 8207) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) announced today that it has entered into a US$30 million deal with BitFury Group Limited (“BitFury”).

26 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Hong Kong exchange ponders blockchain in settlement overhaul

The Hong Stock Exchange has laid out plans for a major overhaul of its technology infrastructure, culminating - inevitably - in a pledge to explore the potential of blockchain technologies and cloud computing in the post-trade arena.

26 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Commonwealth Bank of Australia issues government bond on blockchain

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has issued a cryptobond for Queensland Treasury Corporation in the first trial run of the bank's private, permissioned blockchain platform for the end-to-end issuance of bonds.

25 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Ripple publishes XRP quarterly report

Ripple is excited to publish the first of our quarterly XRP Markets Reports. In order to continually improve the health of XRP markets globally, we will share regular updates on the state of the market including quarterly sales, commentary on previous quarter price movement and announcements of new third-party wallets, exchanges, validators and third party liquidity providers.

24 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance adds OTC Exchange Network as corporate member

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a 501 (c)(6) non-profit trade association, has announced that OTC Exchange Network (OTCXN) has joined the organization as a corporate member.

24 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Nasdaq hails Estonian blockchain pilot for proxy voting

Nasdaq has successfully completed a proof-of-concept using blockchain technology to streamline proxy voting on companies listed on its Tallinn Stock Exchange, hinting that a wider rollout could be in the pipeline.

24 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Deloitte's Dublin blockchain lab opens

Deloitte, which works with 90 per cent of the world’s largest financial institutions today opened its new EMEA blockchain lab at Whitaker Court in Dublin’s “Silicon Docks” district.

23 January 2017

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Deutsche Börse looks for collateral shift with 'CollCo' digital coins

Deutsche Börse has filed a patent for a new way of shifting collateral among banks using tokenised digital coins.

23 January 2017

News/Blockchain

EU watchdog tells FS firms to focus on blockchain security risks

Financial services firms rushing to adopt blockchain need to make sure that they address the security challenges associated with the technology, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (Enisa) has warned.

23 January 2017

News/Blockchain

China's Ant Financial goes global in bid for two billion users in 10 years

Ant Financial, the payments unit of Chinese Web giant Alibaba, is looking into the use of blockchain technology as it sets its sights on boosting its user numbers to two billion people within the next decade.

20 January 2017

News/Blockchain

SocGen builds startup database

French bank Societe Generale is setting up an internal platform, dubbed Startup Radar, where staffers can access information about experimental projects and recommend interesting fintech firms.

20 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

WISeKey and Stratumn team on blockchain security

WISeKey International Holding Ltd (WIHN.SW) (“WISeKey”), a leading provider in Root of Trust and certificate authority, and Stratumn SAS (“Stratumn”), inventor of Proof of Process Technology, partner to provide enterprise grade process security software based on blockchain technologies.

19 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Finra paper explores implications of blockchain for securities industry

Finra (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has become the latest organisation to give its two cents on distributed ledger technology, publishing a paper on blockchain's implications for the securities industry.

19 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Speech: ECB executive board member Yves Mersch on digital base money

We are living in digital times. The internet and portable online devices have radically transformed the way we use and exchange information, and the way we exchange money. Money has been digitalised in many ways and we can now, for instance, transfer bank deposits electronically and pay with e-money.

18 January 2017

Company update/Blockchain

Blockchain launches Digital Asset Research Lab

Blockchain, the world’s leading software platform for digital assets, announced today that it is partnering with Imperial College London to launch the Digital Asset Research Lab.

18 January 2017

News/Blockchain

Deutsche Bourse turns to fintech partners to build 'Exchange 4.0'

Deutsche Bourse is promising to cooperate with fintech firms and tap new technologies such as big data, AI and, above all, blockchain as it moves toward the creation of an 'Exchange 4.0', says CEO Carsten Kengeter.

18 January 2017