Post-trade financial service firm Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has confirmed that it would delay the launching of its blockchain-based post-trade platform for derivatives by several months, to avoid …
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the governing body of the New York Stock Exchange, has carried out the first block trade of Bakkt Bitcoin futures contracts.
Digital payments firm PayPal becomes the first company to withdraw from the Libra Association, the 28-member firm that will oversee Facebook’s upcoming Libra cryptocurrency.
Innovative blockchain platform Beowulf has announced a partnership with the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), a top tier higher education institution in Taiwan. The partnership focuses on easing the barriers t…
Algorand’s investment arm Algo Capital lost around $1–2 million in Tether stablecoins and Algorand tokens after the mobile phone of its chief technology officer was breached.
Two lawmakers urge Fed to mull a digital U.S. dollar; Philly Fed president thinks digital currencies are 'inevitable' Two U.S. congressmen, Rep. French Hill (R-Arkansas) and Rep. Bill Foster (D-Illinois), have asked t…
Japanese financial holding company Nomura has signed a final agreement with chat giant LINE and LVC Corporation, LINE’s subsidiary focused on its virtual currency and blockchain-related business, to form a financial b…
Seven European countries this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation and sharing of knowledge in the area of distributed ledger technologies.
The House of Representatives Financial Services Committee wants Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify on the social media giant’s highly ambitious cryptocurrency project, The Information reported.
The oldest taxi company in Vietnam, Mai Linh, will adopt Beowulf’s SDK for in-app voice calling and messaging capabilities, enabling riders to coordinate their rides more efficiently and quickly. This adoption will im…
Two U.S. congressmen, Rep. French Hill (R-Arkansas) and Rep. Bill Foster (D-Illinois), have asked the Federal Reserve to consider developing a digital dollar.
Asset management firm Stone Ridge has filed a prospectus for its bitcoin futures fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday.
Supply chain management firm Tradeshift, in collaboration with licensed fintech firm Monerium, has completed a transaction on the ethereum blockchain using smart contracts and licensed e-money.
Swiss stock exchange SIX is going to list a new crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) with a combination of bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH), The Block reported.
Xpring, an investment arm of Ripple, is launching an open developer platform that will make it easier for developers to move money instantly across any payments network.
Cryptocurrencies have been around for more than a decade now. As the ecosystem continues to grow and flourish, it calls for more proactive efforts from various participants – cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, wall…