BNY Mellon has developed a trial system which leverages the blockchain in order to create a backup record for transactions.
Barclays has completed a blockchain trade finance transaction with incubator graduate Wave.
Ernst & Young has selected six blockchain startups for its first distributed ledger startup challenge.
Digital asset trading service Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in new funding.
That's another Asia-based bank for R3's growing roster.
Former Morgan Stanley managing director Caitlin Long has joined blockchain startup Symbiont as president and chairman of the board.
Fourteen blockchain executives have signed a letter calling for changes to the way blockchain governance is managed.
Bitcoin-based social network Zapchain has announced it will close effective 31st August.
ICAP is working to show central banks how they may be able to one day adopt a market infrastructure based on distributed ledger tech.
New York-based startup R3CEV has reportedly filed for a patent for a blockchain-inspired financial platform.
A new Bitfury white paper aims to advance the study of how bitcoins sent using certain privacy-enhancing techniques can be traced to participants.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and tech giant Hitachi are working on a blockchain proof-of-concept aimed at digitizing checks.
UK regulators are reportedly moving forward with efforts that would find blockchain firms exiting a FinTech sandbox program.
A group of Japanese financial institutions are looking to create a platform for real-time currency exchange services.
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has acqui-hired bitcoin startup Bitnet as part of a bid to staff its new blockchain development lab in the UK.