Rabobank Partners With Nexuslab To Support Blockchain Startups Across Europe
Apr 26, 2016 07:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
Swiss-based blockchain startup programme Nexuslab has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Dutch bank, Rabobank. Rabobank will support the first round of Nexuslabs programme focusing on early-stage...
Blockchain Startup Ribbit.me Rebrands As Loyyal
Apr 26, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a major overhaul, Ribbit.me, a universal loyalty solution built on blockchain technology, has announced that it is rebranding as Loyyal, in a bid to better reflect the underlying industry and the companys business...
UK Treasury Seeks To Bring Digital Currency Exchanges Into AML Regulation
Apr 26, 2016 06:32 am UTC| Digital Currency
The UK Treasury has revealed the action plan for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance. The report says that the action plan represents the most significant change to the countrys AML/CTF regime in over a...
Latin American Bank Itaú Latest To Join R3 Blockchain Consortium
Apr 26, 2016 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Itaú, a Brazil-based private sector bank, has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with the international innovation firm R3 for developing solutions from Blockchain-based distributed ledger...
Japanese Bitcoin Exchange bitFlyer Raises ¥3 Bln In Latest Funding
Apr 26, 2016 05:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
bitFlyer, a bitcoin exchange and marketplace headquartered in Tokyo, has announced that it has raised 30 billion yen in a Series C funding round led by Venture Labo Investment and SBI Investment, the venture capital...
ECB Paper: Distributed Ledger Technologies Could Make Post-Trade Processes More Efficient
Apr 26, 2016 04:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Central Bank (ECB) has recently published a paper that analyses the key attributes of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) that could influence their potential adoption by financial institutions and...
Bitstamp Creates History, Becomes First Nationally Licensed Bitcoin Exchange
Apr 25, 2016 16:43 pm UTC| Digital Currency
Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp announced today that Luxembourg has granted it a license as a fully regulated Payment Institution. As a result, Bitstamp will become the first fully licensed bitcoin exchange in Europe, going into...
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