Private bank Kleinwort Hambros has launched an exchange-traded note made up of blockchain companies. Private bank Kleinwort Hambros launched an exchange-traded note (ETN) made up of blockchain-related companies, financial news outlet Finextra reported on April 8. Kleinwort Hambros is owned by Societe Generale, acting as their private wealth management division in the United Kingdom. Societe […]
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Global consulting company Accenture wins two patents aimed to increase blockchain interoperability. Global consulting company Accenture has patented two solutions focused on blockchain interoperability, according to the data published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on April 2. The first patent, filed August 2018, patents a method for cryptologic blockchain interoperability. As […]
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The world’s leading crypto exchange and token offering platform turns to a lottery-style structure. Despite the changing attitude toward altcoins and initial coin offerings (ICO) on the whole, Launchpad — the token offering platform developed by the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance — is selling out of its offerings in a matter of minutes. With […]
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Zurich-based blockchain insurance startup B3i has expanded its group of investors in its current funding round. Swiss blockchain-based insurance transaction platform B3i has expanded its group of investors in its ongoing funding round, according to a press release published on April 3. Per the release, B3i has added three new insurer and reinsurers to participate […]
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Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland joined around 40 entities testing a platform based on R3’s Corda. Two major United Kingdom banks — Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) — have joined a trial using blockchain to streamline real estate purchasing after rethinking the technology’s potential, Bloomberg reported on April 4. The trial, […]
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Wien Energie has announced their new blockchain fridge, developed with Bosch, as part of a sustainable energy consumption experiment. Austria’s largest energy provider, Wien Energie, has developed a blockchain-driven fridge in partnership with tech giant Bosch, Cointelegraph’s correspondent reported from the ANON Blockchain Summit Austria. Wien Energie presented the new model during the crypto conference […]
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Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom introduced its blockchain project for automated gas supply agreements. The Russian prime minister has welcomed an initiative to use blockchain in agreements over gas supplies by the country’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom, local finance news outlet Vestifinance reports on April 4. The news agency operates under Russian Television and Radio […]
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Digital Asset has open sourced the code for its DAML under the Apache 2.0 open source license. Blockchain software firm Digital Asset has open sourced its Digital Asset Modeling Language (DAML), the company announced on Twitter on April 4. Introduced in April 2016, DAML is an expressive language designed for financial institutions to model and […]
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Nouriel Roubini has argued that if and when they are adopted, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) won’t be on the blockchain. American economist and notorious crypto critic Nouriel Roubini has argued that if and when central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are adopted, they won’t be based on blockchain. Roubini — otherwise known as “Dr. Doom” […]
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A recent report by the WEF states that at least 40 central banks around the world are currently or soon will be experimenting with central bank digital currencies. Dozens of central banks around the world are currently or soon will be experimenting with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), according to a recent report from the […]
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