U.K. startup Setl, which provides blockchain solutions for the financial sector, has gained French securities regulator’s approval to run a central securities depository. U.K. blockchain startup Setl is about to enter an E.U. settlement system after receiving approval from the French securities regulator to run a central securities depository, the Financial Times (FT) writes Tuesday, […]
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Privacy focussed web browser Brave is introducing a new feature to allow the tipping of individual Reddit and Twitter users. The functionality will be available from directly within the browser window and enable micro-payments using its native BAT token. Brave New World Brave browser has been making waves online with innovative features to enhance online privacy […]
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The UK-based industry body RFI Foundation plans to develop a blockchain tool to track firms’ sustainable commitments. A U.K.-based industry body for the responsible finance sector revealed plans to introduce a blockchain tool to monitor firms’ sustainable commitments, Reuters reports Wednesday, Oct. 17. The Responsible Finance & Investment (RFI) Foundation is developing a blockchain-powered tool […]
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Why the European Blockchain Partnership proves Europe is getting serious about distributed ledger technology. On April 10, 2018, 21 EU member states and Norway signed up to create the European Blockchain Partnership. Including the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and Ireland, they committed themselves to “cooperate in the establishment of a European Blockchain Services […]
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An expert from major British law firm RPC stated that the introduction of a crypto regulatory framework in the U.K. could take two years. Jeff Kaufmann, Legal Director at British law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC), said that the introduction of cryptocurrency market regulations in the U.K. could take two years, according to an RPC […]
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Blockchain isn’t a solution to the UK’s post-Brexit Irish border dilemma. Blockchain has one new supporter: the UK finance minister Philip Hammond. Quizzed at the Conservative Party conference on how the UK government might solve Brexit’s UK-Irish border issue, he suggested that blockchain technology may be a solution. “There is technology becoming available […] I […]
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U.K .digital currency exchange Coinfloor is reportedly laying off the greater part of its staff amid a “business restructure.” British cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor is laying off the majority of its staff, news outlet Financial News reported Oct. 8. Coinfloor is a London-based digital currency trading platform founded in 2013. Coinfloor is reportedly the oldest crypto […]
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The British telecoms regulator has received a £700,000 grant to explore blockchain applications for better telephone number management. The United Kingdom (U.K.) Office of Communications (Ofcom) has received a £700,000 ($916,00) grant from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to explore blockchain technology, according to an announcement published Oct. 8. The grant […]
Continue ReadingB2B payments company TransferMate Global Payments has announced a partnership with AccountsIQ, which will enable its customers to access preferential FX rates for payments through an automated solution within the AccountsIQ system. TransferMate, which is partly owned by AIB and ING Group, has built one of the largest portfolios of payment licenses in the world, partnering […]
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Law enforcement agencies and the military could benefit from blockchain as much as financial institutions do. Blockchain-based systems’ decentralized nature makes for their formidable resiliency to the outsiders’ attempts to infiltrate or take down such networks. Governments, law enforcement agencies and even military leadership around the world seem to be embracing a more blockchain-friendly way […]
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