Banking

Russia

Russia’s Sberbank Has Launched a Blockchain Lab

Sberbank, one of the largest banks in Russia, has built a blockchain laboratory to develop and test blockchain-based solutions.

Business  ·  12 January 2018
Bitcoin

Jamie Dimon Regrets Calling Bitcoin a Fraud

JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon now reportedly regrets calling bitcoin a "fraud," though he is still not a fan of the cryptocurrency.

Business  ·  9 January 2018
Banking

Banks and the Blockchain Blues

Banks excited about their blockchain work may do well to monitor their signal-to-noise ratios in 2018.

Business  ·  8 January 2018
Exchanges

$100 Billion Controversy: XRP’s Surge Raises Hard Questions for Ripple

Ripple has a complicated relationship with its native cryptocurrency XRP, one that critics contend many recent buyers of the token may not understand.

Business  ·  4 January 2018
Stablecoins

Bank Blockchain Integration: A Challenge Overcome

It's a long road yet to mainstream blockchain use, according to Santander's head of blockchain R&D. But integration, he argues, won't be the issue.

Business  ·  4 January 2018
Volatility

Volatility: A Necessary Ingredient for Monetary and Social Transition

Cryptocurrency volatility isn't just here to stay, it's heralding the chaotic change of the blockchain future yet to come.

Business  ·  4 January 2018
Bitcoin

Most Influential in Blockchain 2017 #2: Jamie Dimon

"Bitcoin is a fraud." Four small words ignited a maelstrom when JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon took the stage at a conference in September. The blockchain world was never quite the same again. In response, bitcoin became the talk of Wall Street, and in that dialogue a beast was unleashed that maybe ... just maybe ... took bitcoin out of obscurity, to its new peaks above $10,000.

Markets  ·  31 December 2017
Banking

Where Are All the Quick Wins for Blockchain?

Was 2017 too long-term focused? Entrepreneur Tom Klein believes quick wins are what's needed to bootstrap corporate blockchains in 2018.

Business  ·  31 December 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin or Blockchain? Bet That Both Will Thrive in 2018

Competing technologies? Not so much argues Symbiont executive Caitlin Long who believes the best of both bitcoin and blockchain will prevail in 2018.

Business  ·  29 December 2017
Bitcoin

The 2017 Tapscott Blockchain Prediction Scorecard

How did the pundits fare in 2017? Author Don Tapscott reviews his own predictions, taking stock of where he went wrong and where he was on the money.

Business  ·  20 December 2017
Ethereum

2018: The Year We Make Cont(r)act

2017 may have been a historic year in blockchain, but Banca IMI's Massimo Morini argues the seeds for this revolution were sown in 2016.

Tech  ·  15 December 2017
Regulation

UBS to Launch Live Ethereum Compliance Platform

Swiss banking giant UBS and a group of major banks plan to launch a live application later this month using the ethereum blockchain.

Business  ·  11 December 2017
Banking

Deutsche Bank: Blockchain Opportunities Are ‘Huge’

A presentation by the bank's wealth management execs declared that blockchain technology has a lot of potential, but was lukewarm of cryptocurrencies.

Business  ·  11 December 2017
Banking

Former Mastercard Executive Joins CULedger Consortium as CEO

CULedger, a consortium of credit unions developing distributed ledger technology systems, has announced the appointment of a new CEO.

Business  ·  7 December 2017
Exchanges

Bank of America Wins Patent for Crypto Exchange System

In a patent awarded Tuesday, the second-largest bank in the U.S. describes a potential cryptocurrency exchange system for its corporate clients.

Business  ·  7 December 2017