Category: Blockchain

April 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group launches first blockchain-based prototype

New shareholder voting prototype serves as next step in TMX's emerging digital strategy TMX Group (TSX: X) announced a new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) prototype as part of its strategy to maximize efficiencies and solve day-to-day client challenges across its various business areas. The company developed the electronic shareholder voting system prototype based on DLT,…

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April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HQLAᵡ selects Corda for collateral lending solution in collaboration with R3 and five banks

Financial innovation firm R3, five of its members and financial resource management specialist HQLAᵡ have built a collateral lending solution for liquidity transfers on R3’s Corda distributed ledger platform. Project participants CIBC, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, ING, UBS and HQLAᵡ collaborated with R3 to develop an operating model for a digital collateral receipt (DCR) lending marketplace.…

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April 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swiss digital currency company Lykke launches app integration platform

Lykke, a Swiss Fintech company building a global blockchain-powered marketplace, announced that its open-source platform and apps can be integrated to existing products to accelerate performance. The Lykke Accelerator is an exciting step,” says Richard Olsen, founder and CEO of Lykke and former CEO of OANDA. “We’ve spent the last year building a world-class platform,…

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March 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Former UBS and SAP Global CIO Oliver Bussmann to head new Swiss blockchain association CVA

This morning the Crypto Valley Association (or CVA) was launched in Zug, Switzerland to accelerate the development, deployment, and funding of blockchain technology. CVA is a major, government-backed institution for blockchain with several major blue chip members, a plethora of disruptive startups, and globally recognized leadership. The CVA will be led by renown blockchain guru,…

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