LSE-backed Nivaura hired a senior HSBC banker to boost adoption of the London-based fintech's blockchain process for capital markets legal documents.
Forex giant CLS is now using a blockchain to handle certain currency trades, but the technology is “not essential” for the task, an executive admits.
The DTCC has pushed back the release of its blockchain-based post-trade system for derivatives by several months, in part because of Brexit.
Crypto fund Galaxy Digital and OTC trader XBTO have conducted the first-ever block trade of Bakkt's bitcoin futures contract.
The firm's SEC prospectus details a cash-settled bitcoin futures fund offering 100,000 shares at $10 apiece.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has bought a startup offering products that serve the cryptocurrency and crypto derivative space.
Morningstar Credit Ratings is planning a rating system for tokenized debt securities to make the emerging asset class more credible for investors.
Swiss stock exchange SIX's SDX blockchain platform has organized a consortium of institutions to back its "initial digital offering" set for mid-2020.
The Los Angeles-based Wave Financial has launched what it touts as the first crypto-derivatives-based yield fund on the market.
Asian institutional investors are increasingly showing interest in allocating a small portion of their portfolios to crypto hedge funds.
The tepid reception to Bakkt's physically delivered futures contracts is not a surprise, nor does it mean they are a failure.
The SEC-regulated firm raised $14 million from notable investors across traditional and blockchain finance.
Paycase is suing TMX Group for $500 million after the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange canceled their deal to create crypto-related products.
CoinShare's called the ban proposal of ETNs "unwarranted" and "not been properly thought out or considered."
SIX has launched a pilot version of SDX, its exchange and central securities depository (CSD) for digital assets.