Sources suggest R3's fundraising could become a topic at a client meeting scheduled for London this week.
Digital asset trading service Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in new funding.
Bank blockchain leads are leaving to build startups, a trend signalling that opportunities in the private blockchain space remain abundant.
Pantera Capital partner and chief technology officer Steven Waterhouse has officially left the VC firm.
A market is developing for Bitfinex's newly issued equity tokens, with their value rising 4x in the hours after the troubled exchange's reopening.
A technology initiative backed by the Dubai government has launched a $275m startup investment fund.
Brave Software has raised $4.5m to expand on its efforts to let users send bitcoin micropayments to their favorite websites.
Coinigy has raised $400,000 in new seed funding to develop an updated version of its bitcoin trading platform.
An information technology affiliate of Samsung announced today that it has invested in a blockchain startup.
Coinbase has reportedly raised more than $10m from Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
Netki, a digital identity startup, has raised $3.5 million to help it expand its team and technology offerings.
German engineering giant Siemens plans to invest in blockchain startups and projects through a newly created business unit backed by $1.1bn.
A bitcoin exchange startup based in Singapore has raised $16m in new funding as part of an ongoing Series A.
A new survey estimates that finance companies will invest as much as $1bn on blockchain initiatives related to capital markets in 2016.
Blockchain-based social payments app Circle has raised $60m in new funding as it expands to China.