Category: Blockchain

June 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore commodity exchange trials blockchain verification for diamond trading

Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDiX), the commodity exchange in physically settled diamonds, today announced that it has successfully partnered with Kynetix, the physical commodity digitisation expert, and Everledger, supplier of blockchain and distributed ledger infrastructure, to complete the first part of a Proof-Of-Concept of a blockchain-based authentication and secure record-keeping service for trading diamonds on…

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Loyyal blockchain loyalty program
June 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Gulf investors iNet, Hayaat Group and UAE Exchange lead Series A round for Blockchain loyalty program developer Loyyal

Loyyal, a blockchain innovator building a global loyalty network, has announced it has closed a Series A capital raise led by Integrated Networks (iNet) with participants including UAE Exchange, Hayaat Group, Day One Investments, and other international investors. Hayaat Group is an early investor and led the Loyyal Series Seed capital raise. The company will…

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ayondo Ltd to sell UK subsidiary ayondo markets to FinTech BUX Holding
June 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wecast purchases 51% of NextGen, former Nasdaq Executive joins as Executive Chairman

Wecast Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: WCST), announced today that it has acquired 51% of NextGen Exchange Group (NextGen), the first Blockchain- and Big Data-enabled index exchange, which will reside and operate under Wecast Network's Wecast Services Group (WSG) and become an essential component of Wecast's Transactional Finance Product Cloud business. WCST will pay no monetary or…

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æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform
May 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Russian Quantum Center researchers develop quantum-safe blockchain

The researchers of the Russian Quantum Center developed and tested the first quantum blockchain technology – a method of distributed storage and verification of financial, commercial, and other data protected by quantum cryptography, the Center announced earlier today. 10 years ago blockchain was thought of as some fun for computer geeks but times have changed…

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May 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group develops blockchain prototype for energy business

TMX Group (TSX: X) announced the development of a blockchain-based prototype to power a new service offering from Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), a North American energy exchange and a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group. NGX collaborated with Nuco Inc. (Nuco), a digital infrastructure provider, to build a new system using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to…

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May 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain technology firm ShapeShift launches digital asset trading network Prism

Swiss blockchain technology company ShapeShift AG announced the launch of Prism - a digital asset trading network built entirely upon Ethereum-based smart contracts. Prism is a platform upon which humans and machines can acquire exposure to portfolios of digital assets without trusting a counterparty. These portfolios (called “Prisms”) are customizable in size, allocation, and duration.…

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April 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Standard Chartered and Fidelity's Supercharger FinTech Accelerator 2.0 reaches final milestone

SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator, along with main partners, Standard Chartered Bank – also a founding member, and Fidelity International, today announced the successful outcomes of the programme enabling international growth stage companies to expand their operations within Asia. Standard Chartered Bank has initiated Proof of Concept projects with two companies: Robo-advisory for wealth management: Bambu is…

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April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Matchpool’s Guppy Token (GUP) IOU now listed on Gatecoin

Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin just announced that GUPBTC markets are now live. GUPs will trade as IOUs until April 29th, 2017. The Gatecoin team announced the launch of IOU trading for Matchpool’s Guppy token (GUP) on their exchange. This comes just a week after the ethereum-based matchmaking platform raised ETH 125,000 (~USD 5.5 million) during their…

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April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge, J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander complete pilot of blockchain-based proxy vote solution

Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander today announced the successful completion of a pilot which employs a blockchain technology to enhance global proxy vote transparency and analytics. The pilot, Broadridge’s first application of blockchain technology, provides transparency by adapting distributed ledger technology capabilities to provide daily…

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