Digital Assets Holdings

Private Blockchain’s Biggest Startups Integrate in Unprecedented Tie-Up

A historic change in strategy is taking place at R3 and Digital Asset (DA), who are now collaborating to maximize their respective blockchain ecosystems.

Business  ·  18 June 2019

$40 Million: Digital Asset Holdings Closes Series B Fundraising

The enterprise blockchain startup has raised another $40 million in funding and hired a former Microsoft executive.

Business  ·  16 October 2017
Banking

ASX CEO Expresses New Confidence in Blockchain Post-Trade Tests

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) plans to increase its blockchain investment by the end of this year to build a better product.

Business  ·  17 February 2017
Europe

How Switzerland’s First Financial Markets Blockchain Was Born

A prototype currently being developed by Six Securities provides one of the first examples of how FMIs are investigating blockchain.

Markets  ·  5 October 2016
News

Digital Asset Holdings Acqui-Hires Smart Contract Startup

Digital Asset Holdings has acquired Swiss FinTech startup Elevence to build out a system of smart contracts designed to preserve privacy.

Markets  ·  20 April 2016
News

DTCC CEO Asks Blythe Masters for Blockchain Advice in Candid Moment

DTCC CEO Michael Bodson asked Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters yesterday for advice on how his company should respond to blockchain tech.

Markets  ·  30 March 2016
JP Morgan

Blythe Masters: Wall Street Has Advantage Over Blockchain Startups

Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters discussed the business potential of blockchain tech at an event hosted by PwC this week.

Business  ·  25 February 2016
Blockstream

PwC Director: Blockchain Impact Could Create Winners and Losers

PwC's FinTech director discusses the professional services firm's new Blockchain Solution Portfolio and the way ahead for the technology.

Markets  ·  24 February 2016
News

Linux Foundation-Led Blockchain Project Grows to 30 Members

A distributed ledger effort being led by the Linux Foundation now has 30 members, up from 20 when it was announced in December.

Markets  ·  9 February 2016
Wall Street

Blythe Masters Joins Digital Currency Advocacy Group as Advisor

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a digital currency advocacy group, has appointed former Wall Street executive Blythe Masters as an advisor.

Markets  ·  1 July 2015
JP Morgan

Blythe Masters: Blockchain Tech Will Transform Finance

Former Wall Street executive Blythe Masters says distributed ledgers will change the way the financial world operates. Speaking at the Exponential Finance conference in New York, Masters who joined bitcoin trading platform Digital Assets Holdings as CEO in March, said: “Distributed ledger technology does have the potential to be disruptive of certain business models. But it has […]

Markets  ·  5 June 2015