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Blockchain firms in $1.3b virtual currency battle

12/09/2017(0)
Two of the world’s largest blockchain developers are battling over more than US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) in virtual currency options, in a dispute that may help establish the leading ... Read More
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The second country in the world to develop a National Digital Currency

01/12/2016(0)
Senegal has recently become only the second country in the world to introduce a digital currency based on blockchain technology. Named eCFA, the digital currency will be legal tender ... Read More
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Calypso partners with R3 to build distributed ledger applications for financial services

29/11/2016(0)
Calypso Technology has become the first firm to partner with R3 to develop capital markets applications on its Corda distributed ledger-based smart contract platform. The two firms are currently ... Read More
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Another R3 Exit: Spanish Bank Santander Quits Blockchain Consortium

23/11/2016(0)
The Spanish banking giant’s decision to let its R3 membership lapse is the second high-profile exit from the working group and comes in the months after it roped in Blythe Masters for a ... Read More
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MAS, R3 and Financial Institutions experimenting with Blockchain Technology

16/11/2016(0)
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that it is partnering R3, a Blockchain technology company, and a consortium of financial institutions on a proof-of-concept project to conduct ... Read More
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China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

03/11/2016(0)
Financial innovation firm R3 has announced the addition of China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), China’s official interbank market trading platform, to its consortium to design and apply distributed and ... Read More
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Blockchain platform developed by Banks to be Open-Source

23/10/2016(0)
A blockchain platform developed by a group that includes more than 70 of the world’s biggest financial institutions is making its code publicly available, in what could become the ... Read More
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BM&FBOVESPA becomes first exchange to join R3 distributed ledger consortium

07/09/2016(0)
BM&FBOVESPA will be collaborating with over 60 of the world’s largest financial institutions to develop ground-breaking commercial applications for the financial services industry that leverage the appropriate elements of ... Read More
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MetLife joins R3 distributed ledger consortium

31/08/2016(0)
Insurance giant MetLife, Inc. has joined the R3 partnership, a consortium of 60 of the world’s largest financial institutions focused on designing and applying distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies ... Read More
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54% of IPs see HMRC as ‘unhelpful’

11/03/2016(0)
OVER half (54%) of insolvency practitioners (IPs) think HMRC makes it harder to rescue businesses than wind them up, according to a survey of the profession by R3, the insolvency ... Read More
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