Court Forces Chile’s Banks to Reopen Crypto Exchange Accounts A Chilean court has ordered banks to reopen the accounts of crypto exchanges after the institutions announced their plans to close them in March. … Read More
Ripple Says Sales of XRP Cryptocurrency Rose 83% In Q1 While XRP’s price has fallen since the end of the year, Ripple’s sales of the cryptocurrency are stronger than ever.… Read More
BBVA Issues $91 Million Loan Using Two Blockchains Spanish banking giant BBVA has completed a pilot that issued a $91 million corporate loan using two different blockchain technologies.… Read More
Barclays, Goldman Champion ISDA Standard for Blockchain Derivatives U.K.-based bank Barclays is pushing hard for a data standard for derivatives, as a foundation for that market to adopt distributed ledger technology.… Read More
1 in 5 Financial Institutions Exploring Crypto Trading, Survey Finds A survey conducted by Thomson Reuters found that around 20 percent of its financial services clients are mulling trading cryptocurrencies in 2018.… Read More
‘WordPress of Blockchain’ Startup Seeks to Solve Enterprise Pain Points Elemential, which is based in Mumbai, India, seeks to remove the pain of “blockchain administration.”… Read More
JPMorgan Trial Puts Debt Issuance on a Blockchain JPMorgan Chase has partnered with National Bank of Canada and others to trial a blockchain platform aimed to improve the debt issuance process.… Read More
Blockchain Slump? Banks May Be Fatigued But Insurers Are Pumped Giving progress reports on their blockchain projects, bankers come across browbeaten and anxious, while their cousins in insurance sound spritely. … Read More
Blockchain Taps Former Goldman Exec for Institutional Investor Push Blockchain’s new hire oversaw Goldman Sachs’ relationships with institutional clients managing $1.49 trillion in assets.… Read More
Barclays Is Talking to Clients About Opening a Crypto Trading Desk A person with knowledge of the situation said all major banks are likely to be weighing the same decision.… Read More