Search Results for: blockchain
Eight big FX participants commit to new service
August 18th, 2016
The fast-moving and competitive world of post-trade blockchains sees a new entrant in the form ofCobalt DL, a distributed ledger technology platform looking to slash costs in the world of FX trade processing. Cobalt DL was co-founded by Andy Coyne, ...
Multi-platform software wallet Jaxx now stores Dash, the seventh most valued cryptocurrency in the world
August 17th, 2016
Multi-platform software wallet Jaxx now stores Dash, the seventh most valued cryptocurrency in the world with a market cap of about $80 million. Jaxx is available across nine platforms and devices including Android and iOS Mobile, Android and iOS Tablet, Firefox and Chrome Extensions, ...
International Law Firm to accept payment in Bitcoin
August 17th, 2016
The Washington DC-headquartered firm, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, announced last week that it will accept payment in the digital currency known as Bitcoin. Alan Cohn, an of counsel at the firm and former assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland ...
Moscow Exchange Announces 2Q 2016 Results
August 9th, 2016
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the second quarter 2016. Earnings growth was supported by an increase in fee and commission income from all trading markets across the Exchange’s diversified ...
Innotribe expands at Sibos as innovation chat moves centre stage
August 8th, 2016
Innotribe, the innovation arm of Swift, is expanding its capacity at the messaging co-operative’s annual Sibos jamboree by 50%, but don’t expect any chat about distributed ledger technologies, which has now been swallowed up by the mainstream event. Reflecting ...
Kim Dotcom predict that the cryptocurrency will be valued at $2000 per unit by 2017
August 8th, 2016
Megaupload owner, Kim Dotcom, announced via twitter account information about his new venture. It is no secret that the ‘business’ man is working in a new cloud storage service. The German-Finnish entrepreneur revealed however, that is working on a couple of ...
Swedish Bank Joins Bitcoin Processor’s $4 Million Series A
August 5th, 2016
Swedish banking giant SEB Group and a Danish venture capital firm have invested $4m in Coinify, a digital currency payment processor based in Copenhagen. The Series A round included support from SEB as well as SEED Capital Denmark, an early-stage venture firm ...
Could bitcoin change the game in Africa?
August 4th, 2016
In the wildest of claims, bitcoin – the virtual paperless and stateless currency transacted on the borderless internet – was going to tear apart traditional money transfer companies and help alleviate poverty. Accessing the multibillion-dollar remittance flows to Africa certainly has ...
MAS Singapore set up advisory panel for FinTech developments
August 3rd, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that it has set up an International Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP). The Panel will advise MAS on international developments in FinTech and how Singapore can harness new technologies to enhance the ...
Bitcoin experts are having a spat on whether it’s a currency or a commodity
August 2nd, 2016
Bitcoin experts have weighed into a debate regarding the legal status of the cryptocurrency following a ruling by a Florida judge last week. Florida judge Teresa Pooler dismissed felony charges including money laundering against Michell Espinoza, who had sold ...
