Axoni

DTCC Pushes Back Blockchain Project to Avoid Brexit Complications

The DTCC has pushed back the release of its blockchain-based post-trade system for derivatives by several months, in part because of Brexit. 

Business  ·  4 October 2019

DTCC: Security Tokens Should Be Made to Meet Existing Regulatory Rules

The DTCC has laid out guidelines for the post-trade processing of tokenized securities, aimed at market participants and regulators.

Markets  ·  13 March 2019
Banking

15 Banks Join DTCC Post-Trade Blockchain as Project Enters Testing

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is now testing its main blockchain project with 15 global banks, before taking the tech live in 2019. 

Business  ·  6 November 2018
Europe

Blockchain Finance Startup Clearmatics Raises $12 Million in New Funding

Blockchain finance firm Clearmatics has closed a $12-million Series A funding round led by Route 66 Ventures.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 October 2018
Funding Rounds

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Invest in Axoni’s $32 Million Funding Round

Enterprise-focused blockchain startup Axoni has completed a $32 million Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs.

Business  ·  14 August 2018
Enterprise Blockchain

Axoni, Clearmatics Claim Milestone for Blockchain Interoperability

In a first for interoperability, Axoni and Clearmatics have shown how a derivative contract written on one blockchain can be settled on another.

Business  ·  17 May 2018
Banking

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Trial DLT for Equity Swaps

Financial firms including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs have carried out equity swaps over a DLT system.

Business  ·  20 November 2017
Ethereum

DTCC Milestone: $11 Trillion in Derivatives Gets Closer to the Blockchain

Working through the issues of using ethereum's smart contract language, DTCC and Axoni move $11 trillion worth of derivatives closer to blockchain.

Business  ·  20 October 2017
Funding

Citi Invests in Blockchain Startup Axoni’s Series A Round

Global financial institution Citi has invested in distributed ledger startup Axoni, the company announced today.

Business  ·  11 May 2017
Blockchain Applications

$11 Trillion Bet: DTCC to Process Derivatives With Blockchain Tech

The DTCC is moving $11tn-worth of derivatives transactions to a blockchain, thanks to a deal with IBM, R3CEV and Axoni.

Business  ·  9 January 2017
Venture Capital

Wells Fargo, ICAP Lead $18 Million Series A for Blockchain Startup Axoni

New York-based blockchain startup Axoni has raised $18m in a new funding.

Business  ·  22 December 2016
News

The Long Disrupt: How Blockchain Startups Are Reshaping the DTCC

Facing threats from blockchain, the DTCC embraces startup innovators.

Markets  ·  11 November 2016
JP Morgan

JP Morgan, Credit Suisse Among 8 in Latest Bank Blockchain Test

Axoni partners with JP Morgan and Credit Suisse to build a blockchain-based equity swaps processing prototype.

Business  ·  18 October 2016
Banking

7 Financial Firms Test Blockchain for Data Management

Credit Suisse, Citi and HSBC are among seven financial firms to participate in a blockchain data management trial.

Business  ·  20 September 2016
News

ICAP is Building a Blockchain ‘Rosetta Stone’ to Enhance its Post-Trade Process

ICAP is working with Axoni to build an ethereum-based smart contracts integration, but the project is being done to make it easy to swap blockchains.

Markets  ·  1 July 2016