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eToro expands crypto offering with Celo and The Sandbox

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eToro expands crypto offering with Celo and The Sandbox

Social investment platform, eToro, has just announced the addition of two assets to its crypto offering: The Sandbox and Celo. This brings eToro’s offering to 42 cryptoassets.

Swift explores expansion of network into the digital asset market

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Swift explores expansion of network into the digital asset market

Banking co-operative Swift is to explore how it can support interoperability in the development of the tokenised asset market, working in conjunction with Clearstream, Northern Trust, SETL and other market participants.

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Richard Re and Robert Flohr join Dropp’s advisory board

Dropp, the world's first cost-effective, digital micropayment transaction platform enabling payments both in FIAT ($USD) and cryptocurrency, today announced two new strategic appointments: Richard Re and Robert Flohr.

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Cobalt partners with institutional crypto network DeFinity

LONDON, Dec. 22, 2021: DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for fiat FX, Cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies, partners with Cobalt, a market infrastructure provider focused on re-engineering the institutional FX and digital asset markets to facilitate real-time clearing, settlement and dynamic risk and credit management.

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FIS names InnovateIN48 competition winners

Financial technology leader FIS® (NYSE: FIS) today announced the winning innovations from InnovateIN48, its annual fintech competition that is designed to spark creativity and new technologies to continually advance the way the world pays, banks and invests.

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Swarm Markets launches regulated decentralised OTC trading

Berlin-based Swarm Markets GmbH, the first regulated decentralised financial infrastructure provider, announces it will launch a peer-to-peer contract for high value transactions in Q1 2022.

JPMorgan builds blockchain payments system for Siemens

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JPMorgan builds blockchain payments system for Siemens

JPMorgan Chase is working with Siemens on a blockchain-based system for the German firm's payments, according to the Financial Times.

Natwest Mettle chief quits to join blockchain outfit Near

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Natwest Mettle chief quits to join blockchain outfit Near

Marieke Flament has quit NatWest's online business banking offshoot Mettle to join Swiss-based blockhain foundation Near.

34% of UK finance businesses now making crypto payments - Mercuryo

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34% of UK finance businesses now making crypto payments - Mercuryo

According to new research by global payment network, Mercuryo, over one third of UK finance businesses are now using blockchain to facilitate payments, as demand for innovation soars.

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Mexican Ministry of Finance to explore cryptocurrency

(December, 2021) VIP$ Coin (VIP$), the asset backed Blockchain Cryptocurrency, has opened conversations with the Mexican Government to discuss the prospect of bolstering its economy with decentralised currency.

Banque de France demos ledger interoperability in CBDC trials

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Banque de France demos ledger interoperability in CBDC trials

The Banque de France has completed the last of its interbank settlement in CBDC experiments, demonstrating the possibility of direct ledger interoperability in a hybrid cloud environment across multiple technologies and asset classes.

Fnality preps go live with pledge to slash intraday liquidity costs

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Fnality preps go live with pledge to slash intraday liquidity costs

Backed by some of the world's largest banks, blockchain for payments consortium Fnality says it expects to reduce banks' intraday liquidity requirements by 70% when it goes live next year.

RBA reports back on CBDC/DLT loan syndication project

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RBA reports back on CBDC/DLT loan syndication project

A collaborative research project into the use of distributed ledger technology in CBDC loan syndication conducted by the Reserve Bank of Australia in association with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys Software has demonstrated the potential for significant efficiency gains for businerss customers and market participants.

HSBC and Wells Fargo achieve PvP settlement finality with DLT

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HSBC and Wells Fargo achieve PvP settlement finality with DLT

HSBC and Wells Fargo have completed the first interbank Payment vs Payment (PvP) settlement outside of CLS using distributed ledger technology from Baton Systems.

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Japan’s TIS Intec Group invests in digital trade finance network Contour

TIS INTEC Group, one of Japan’s leading IT services providers, has invested in Contour, the digital trade finance network.

Meta extends Novi payments trial to WhatsApp

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Meta extends Novi payments trial to WhatsApp

Meta (formerly Facebook) has extended the pilot for its Novi digital app to WhatsApp, using a stablecoin to enable participants to send and receive money from within chats.

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Mastercard names Start Path Crypto cohort

As interest in cryptocurrency and digital assets continues to rise, a new cohort will join the Mastercard Start Path Crypto startup engagement program dedicated to exploring and solving real world problems for people and businesses around the world using blockchain technology.

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Ledger and FTX partner for digital assets trading

Ledger, the maker of the world’s most popular hardware wallet and gateway to Web3, today announced its partnership with FTX, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange.

Tokenised fund for footballers' image rights launches

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Tokenised fund for footballers' image rights launches

A Spanish startup has launched what it claims is the world’s first tokenised investment fund focused footballer’s image rights.

French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

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French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

The Banque de France, the Swiss National Bank and BIS Innovation Hub are hailing the completion of their cross-border wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) experiment.

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