Shanghai Stock Exchange: New Regulation ‘Crucial’ to Clear Way for DLT Shanghai Stock Exchange sees potential for DLT in the securities market, but says the lack of a regulatory framework is a hurdle to be addressed.… Read More
UK Financial Regulators Are Preparing for a World of Crypto Assets Technology startups Nivaura and 20|30 are shaking up equity crowdfunding with the FCA and LSE.… Read More
R3 Launches Corda Enterprise With First-Ever ‘Blockchain Firewall’ Not a traditional firewall, the term denotes how Corda is able to limit communication between blockchain nodes operating in different environments.… Read More
Czech Investment Bank Raising $100 Million for Blockchain Fund Prague-based Benson Oak has announced it is raising $100 million to launch an investment fund with a focus on blockchain startups in Israel. … Read More
Crypto Exchange Gemini Hires Former NYSE Tech Chief Crypto exchange Gemini has hired former NYSE chief information officer Robert Cornish to serve as its first chief technology officer.… Read More
Bernstein: No, Crypto Markets Aren’t Like the Dot-Com Bubble Cryptocurrency and blockchain developers are building “parallel financial networks,” according to a new report by Alliance Bernstein.… Read More
Coinbase’s New Custody Service Is Now Live Having accepted its first deposit last week, Coinbase Custody is officially “open for business,” the exchange said Monday.… Read More
Registered Broker Templum Plans Security Identifiers for Tokenized Assets Regulated token trader Templum Markets is partnering with CUSIP Global Services (CGS) to bring securities identification numbers to tokenized assets.… Read More
SEC Has Removed ‘Stumbling Block’ for Ether Futures, Says Cboe The doors may be open for Cboe to launch an ether futures product, following a recent comment from the SEC that the cryptocurrency is not a security.… Read More
JD.com’s Finance Arm to Issue Asset-Backed Securities on a Blockchain JD Finance, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, has announced a pilot issuance of asset-backed securities over a blockchain.… Read More