Distributed Ledger Technology

Investments

Nasdaq Leads $20 Million Funding Round for Blockchain Startup Symbiont

Enterprise blockchain startup Symbiont has closed a $20 million Series-B funding round led by Nasdaq Ventures.

Business  ·  23 January 2019
Ethereum

Barclays and Clearmatics Call on Coders to Help Blockchains Talk to Each Other

U.K. bank Barclays and startup Clearmatics will hold a hackathon next month to spur ideas for blockchain interoperability.

Business  ·  17 January 2019
Banking

The First Live Enterprise Blockchain Sets Sights on Every Area of Global Trade

Trade finance DLT platform we.trade is seeking partnerships with other networks, with TradeLens and Tradeshift as prime candidates.

Business  ·  10 January 2019
IBM

Tensions Emerge Between Hyperledger Blockchain Group’s Biggest Supporters

More than a potential competition between blockchain platforms, tensions between IBM and Intel point to bigger questions around governance.

Business  ·  20 December 2018
Ethereum

MultiChain Releases 2.0 Beta, Adds SAP and HCL as Partners

Enterprise blockchain framework MultiChain is beefing up its partner list as it starts to roll out the next version of its software.

Business  ·  19 December 2018
AWS

Amazon Plays Its Own Game With Enterprise Blockchain

Amazon Web Services, the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing arm, is having its proverbial blockchain cake and eating it, too.

Business  ·  18 December 2018
Investments

Blockstack Won’t Need to Sell Bitcoin or Ether to Survive Crypto Winter

Blockstack limited its access to funds raised last year, so it couldn't spend faster than it gained traction. Now that's paying off.

Business  ·  13 December 2018
XRP

R3’s New Corda App Supports Payments in XRP Cryptocurrency

R3 has launched the Corda Settler, an app aimed to facilitate global crypto payments within enterprise blockchains – and it's starting with XRP.

Business  ·  5 December 2018
Supply Chain

IBM and Intel’s Blockchain Tug of War

More than a potential competition between blockchain platforms, tensions between IBM and Intel point to bigger questions around governance.

Business  ·  20 November 2018
Insurance

Deloitte Blockchain Chief: Bad Crypto Headlines Making Clients ‘Nervous’

Hype around ICOs and altcoins “hasn’t helped us,” says Linda Pawczuk, leader of Deloitte Consulting’s financial services industry blockchain group.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 November 2018
Banking

15 Banks Join DTCC Post-Trade Blockchain as Project Enters Testing

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is now testing its main blockchain project with 15 global banks, before taking the tech live in 2019. 

Business  ·  6 November 2018
Exchanges

Cboe’s Head of Equity Options Just Joined a Blockchain Startup

Blockchain startup AlphaPoint has hired Kapil Rathi from Cboe Global Markets, the parent of the Chicago Board of Exchange.

Tech  ·  2 November 2018
Europe

IBM and Maersk Struggle to Sign Partners to Shipping Blockchain

Since Maersk and IBM launched TradeLens 10 months ago, only one other carrier has joined the network. As those involved admit, that's not enough.

Business  ·  26 October 2018
Australia

Australian Government Agency Says Blockchain ‘Interesting’ But Hyped

Australia's Digital Transformation Agency says blockchain is hyped by firms working with the tech and still has better alternatives.

Tech  ·  23 October 2018
Startups

Fidelity’s Blockchain R&D Lead Just Went Full Crypto

Fidelity Investments' blockchain R&D lead is leaving to join blockchain startup Bloq as its first-ever chief operating officer.

Business  ·  23 October 2018