R3 Corda

Swiss Exchange SDX Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Looks Beyond R3 Corda

“You cannot ignore the Ethereum ecosystem as a driver of digital asset flow,” said SDX chief Tim Grant.

Business  ·  20 April 2021

R3 Corda Now Has a Bridge to Public Blockchains With Arrival of Ethereum-Based XDC

Former RBS bankers from blockchain startup LAB577 built the bridge.

Business  ·  30 March 2021
R3 Corda

Former Bitcoin Developer Mike Hearn Steps Down From Enterprise Blockchain Firm R3

Hearn will become CEO of a new firm while remaining a technical adviser to R3.

Business  ·  12 February 2021
CBDCs

SDX Chief Gets Philosophical About Crypto’s Swiss-Singapore Connection

The crypto corridor connecting Switzerland and Singapore is firming up, involving many of the usual suspects in banking, custody and trading.

Business  ·  11 December 2020
Enterprise Blockchain

IBM-R3 Pact Shows Tech Trumps Tribe in Enterprise Blockchain

A new collaboration this week between R3 and IBM is raising eyebrows in the world of enterprise blockchain.

Business  ·  23 October 2020
Blockchain Applications

Around 100 Italian Banks Are Officially on a Blockchain

The Italian Banking Association claims that about 100 local banks are now operating on a blockchain network designed to speed up interbank transactions and processes.

News  ·  13 October 2020
Coda Protocol

Coda Protocol Changes Name After Trademark Dispute With R3

O(1) Labs-led lightweight blockchain Coda Protocol said it is relaunching as “Mina” following a settlement in a trademark dispute with software maker R3.

News  ·  29 September 2020
Banking

85% of Italian Banks Are Exchanging Interbank Transfer Data on Corda

Banks across Italy are using R3’s Corda blockchain to vastly speed the process of double-checking transaction logs.

Business  ·  27 July 2020
ConsenSys

Staying Alive: Why the World of Enterprise Blockchain Has Turned to Collaborations

Enterprise blockchain isn’t dead, but survival has meant more collaboration and some smart pivots. A dispatch from this week’s Consensus: Distributed.

Business  ·  14 May 2020
Ethereum

R3 Corda Partners With Kaleido After Ethereum Startup Spins Out of ConsenSys

R3, the company behind the Corda blockchain, is edging ever closer to Ethereum, with news of a partnership with enterprise software startup Kaleido.

Business  ·  12 May 2020
Digital Assets

Nasdaq Is Using R3’s Corda for Managing Digital Assets

Nasdaq has partnered with R3 to offer a platform for digital asset marketplaces on the Corda blockchain.

Business  ·  29 April 2020
Security Tokens

R3 Teams With Custodian Hex Trust to Help Asian Banks Sell Security Tokens

Hong Kong-based Hex Trust is partnering with the enterprise blockchain company to offer banking clients another option for issuing security tokens.

Business  ·  3 April 2020
Banking

HSBC Puts $10B of Private Placements on R3’s Corda Blockchain

HSBC is using blockchain as opposed to a traditional database because it plans to tokenize the $10B in private placements after it digitizes them.

Business  ·  27 March 2020
CBDC

Sweden’s Central Bank Finally Embraces DLT, but Only in Simulation Mode

Riksbank's e-krona pilot will run on distributed ledger tech, but the entire project will be operated as only a simulation through at least 2021.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 February 2020
R3 Corda

Daimler Carries Out First Transaction on Marco Polo Blockchain Trade Network

Automaker Daimler has carried out its first commercial transaction on the blockchain-based Marco Polo trade finance network.

Business  ·  25 September 2019