R3 and ACORD launch insurance industry Centre of Excellence for distributed ledger technology
R3 counts number of insurance companies amongst its member base, including MetLife, AIA and Suncorp Group.
Regtech and open banking explored at Innovate Finance Global Summit 2017
FCA's Chris Woolard and UCL's Professor Philip Treleaven discuss regtech at Innovate Finance event.
IBM and Sichuan Hejia building large-scale Chinese pharmaceuticals blockchain
Yijian Blockchain Technology Application System is a permissioned blockchain platform using Hyperledger Fabric.
Major music rights societies join up for blockchain copyright using IBM and Hyperledger
Involved are: the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers; the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music and PRS for Music.
Regtech: Making WhatsApp and WeChat compliant with market trading rules
KyoLAB is making WhatsApp, WeChat and Telegram compliant with regulations like MiFID II.
Ethereum financial inclusion app Humaniq announces public token sale
Pre-order fund open for fiat currency via bank transfer prior to launch date of Token Sale on 6 April, 2017.
Melonport gets new price feeds from Oraclize and CryptoCompare
The smart contracts are now live on the Kovan Ethereum testnet.
Ethereum-based Gnosis chooses Dutch auction-style ICO
The sale of Gnosis tokens (GNO) will commence on 24 April and it is capped at $12.5m.
Blockchain-based Ubitquity pilots with Brazil's land records bureau
The pilot aims to bring secure and cheaper property deeds storage and tracking across South America.
R3 builds collateral lending model with Commerzbank, Credit Suisse UBS and others
HQLAx uses R3's Corda for collateral lending solution in collaboration with R3 and five banks.
Blockchain remittance firm Wyre offers Alipay and WeChat through Remitsy acquisition
Wyre is expanding its footprint in China through the acquisition of Remitsy, the Beijing-based business payments platform.
Citi: PSD2 will enable banks to become third party players just like fintechs
Citi's Ruth Wandhofer and ING's Eric Tak debated PSD2 at Citi's recent Digital Money Symposium.
HSBC's new digital trade finance solution is NOT a blockchain
HSBC is working with Tradeshift, the cloud-based global commerce platform.
Chain integrates blockchain technology with Thales hardware security modules
Thales is integrating its nShield hardware security module (HSM) with Chain.
ChromaWay progresses property blockchain with Swedish banks and land registry
Included are: Lantmäteriet (Swedish National Land Survey), SBAB, Landshypotek Bank, Telia and Kairos Future.
ShapeShift raises $10.4 million Series A funding as trading goes exponential
Funding led by Earlybird and new investors include Access Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, and Blockchain Capital.
Billon completes live blockchain payouts in the UK
100 participants paid by consumer research firm, Conduct Research using DLT technology.
Singapore's REIDAO to offer blockchain-based real estate tokens with Digix
REIDAO said it would start fundraising later this year using DigixGlobal's gold-backed DGX token.
SAP Ariba and Everledger buddy up for blockchain track and trace
SAP Ariba has just become a premier member of the Hyperledger Project.
Meet the people pushing regulated taxable cryptocurrency
IBTimes spoke to Dash taxers Node40, AML-conscious Bitcoin payments company Payment21, and FCA sandbox stars Billon.
ZrCoin crowdfunds first ever commodities option on the blockchain
ZrCoin is backed by Zirconium Dioxide, a key industrial material which can now be produced using green technologies.
Qtum token sale raises over $15m in five days
Qtum started the first day off fast, selling $10 million of its tokens in 90 minutes.
Blockchain-based zero knowledge proof solution QED-it comes out of stealth mode
The Tel Aviv-based company combines advanced cryptography, parallel computing and blockchain technology.
IBM Blockchain rolls out with beefed up cloud security and digital identity announcement
IBM makes number of blockchain announcements at InterConnect in Las Vegas.
What is the difference between a CLS blockchain and a CLS blockchain?
IBM and R3 talk about competing and collaborating on industrial-grade financial blockchain integrations.
Announcing the Zcash Foundation and its board of directors
The foundation is funded with an endowment of 273,000 coins, worth almost $13m at today's prices.
Chamber of Digital Commerce forms the Blockchain Intellectual Property Council
The Blockchain Intellectual Property Council will be chaired by Marc Kaufman, Partner at Rimon Law.
How Ethereum can help financially excluded farmers in Africa into the insurance market
IBTimes spoke to Dr Stephan Karpischek, founder, Etherisc at EDCON Ethereum developer event in Paris.
Smart contracts firm Symbiont first to trade gold on distributed ledgers
Symbiont is working with Orebits, which digitises gold on smart certificates.
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken begins trading in Melon tokens (MLN)
Kraken will be supporting trading in: MLN/XBT (melon-bitcoin) and MLN/ETH (melon-ether).
