Distributed Ledger Technology

Security Tokens

The Speed Dreams of Security Tokens

Security tokens may have many potential advantages over traditional assets – but speed is not one of them, argues Noelle Acheson.

Tech  ·  9 June 2019
Supply Chain

IBM, Maersk Finally Sign Up 2 Big Carriers for Shipping Blockchain

IBM and Maersk's shipping blockchain has finally recruited two major marine cargo carriers after early efforts floundered.

Business  ·  28 May 2019
Banking

IBM Blockchain Finance Lead Jesse Lund Is Leaving the Firm

Jesse Lund, IBM’s global head of blockchain for financial services, is no longer working for the company.

Business  ·  28 May 2019
Ethereum

Microsoft, Ethereum Group Launch Token-Building Kit for Enterprises

Microsoft and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance have corralled major firms behind a new project to help businesses design and create tokens.

Business  ·  17 April 2019
Hyperledger Fabric

Digital Asset’s Smart Contract Language Now Works on Hyperledger Blockchains

Digital Asset is integrating its smart contract language into the Hyperledger Sawtooth enterprise blockchain platform.

Business  ·  16 April 2019
Ocean Protocol

GM, BMW Back Blockchain Data Sharing for Self-Driving Cars

General Motors will chair the next autonomous vehicle data markets working group, using blockchain to help share self-driving data.

Markets  ·  8 April 2019
Digital Asset

Blockchain Financial Plumbing Is Still Years Away, Says LSE Spinoff Exactpro

Exactpro, which tests software for stock exchanges, says it could be years before blockchains can safely connect to existing post-trade systems.

Business  ·  25 March 2019
Hires

Digital Asset Names New CEO to Succeed Blythe Masters

Enterprise blockchain startup Digital Asset has named co-founder Yuval Rooz as the company’s new chief executive officer.

Business  ·  19 March 2019
Digital Asset

Digital Asset Loses a Manager and a High-Profile Board Member

Wall Street superstar Sallie Krawchek has quietly left the board of Digital Asset, and the manager of the firm's DAML product has returned to banking.

Business  ·  14 March 2019
Banking

Blockchain-for-Banks Startup Switches From Hyperledger to R3’s Corda

MonetaGo, which builds private blockchains for banks, has switched platforms from Hyperledger Fabric to R3 Corda.

Business  ·  26 February 2019
Digital Asset

Digital Asset’s Europe Head Is Latest to Leave Enterprise Blockchain Startup

The upheaval continues at Digital Asset, with the news that Gavin Wells will step down as head of Europe.

Business  ·  21 February 2019
Banking

High School Team Places Third in Barclays Blockchain Challenge Event

A U.K. school won third place in a blockchain interoperability hackathon hosted by Clearmatics at the Barclays Rise fintech hub in London.

Business  ·  9 February 2019
Banking

SWIFT Chief Announces Trial DLT Integration With R3

Global banking payments network SWIFT says it plans a trial integration with DLT provider R3.

Business  ·  30 January 2019
Banking

2 Executives Are Leaving Blockchain Startup R3 in Management Shake-Up

R3 is carrying out an internal reorganization, resulting in the departures of head of global services Brian McNulty and chief administrative officer Lauren Carroll, CoinDesk has learned.

Business  ·  26 January 2019
IBM

IBM, Aetna, PNC Explore Medical Data Blockchain for 100 Million Health Plans

Aetna, Anthem, Health Care Service Corporation, PNC Bank and IBM are collaborating to improve healthcare data sharing with blockchain.

Business  ·  24 January 2019