UK FCA selects four blockchain firms for third phase of regulatory sandbox
Dec 07, 2017 06:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the names of the firms that have been selected to begin testing in the third cohort of its sandbox. Four blockchain-based companies have made it to the list this...
NTT Data, MUFG announce blockchain PoC to digitize international trade
Dec 07, 2017 05:34 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, the banking arm of MUFG, and NTT DATA have announced a blockchain Proof-of-Concept (PoC) aimed at strengthening trade ties between Singapore and Japan. The initiative aims to make...
ASX to switch to DLT-based system for trade settlement
Dec 07, 2017 03:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has announced plans to replace Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) developed by Digital Asset. ASX uses CHESS to record...
Nokia taps blockchain technology for health data pilot
Dec 06, 2017 09:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Nokia has revealed the details of a blockchain pilot that aims to give people more control over their personal health data. In collaboration with OP Financial Group, Nokia seeks to explore the potential of blockchain...
R3 brings Corda DLT platform to Amazon Web Services users
Dec 06, 2017 08:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
R3 has announced that its distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution Corda is now available to the users of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Corda has become of the first DLT solutions on the AWS marketplace. With this, AWS...
Nordea joins blockchain trade finance consortium ‘we.trade’
Dec 06, 2017 06:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
Scandinavian banking giant Nordea has joined a recently launched blockchain consortium we.trade as a founding partner. Officially launched in October 2017, we.trade is an initiative by a group of banks including...
Chamber of Digital Commerce adds Global Blockchain Technologies Corp.
Dec 06, 2017 04:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Global Blockchain Technologies Corp., an investment company providing investors with access to a basket of assets in the blockchain space, has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce. The Chamber of Digital Commerce is a...
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