California City’s Blockchain Token Is Definitely Maybe Happening The “labyrinth” of city politics defies easy interpretation, but it seems that Berkeley is actually on its way to issue on a bond on the blockchain.… Read More
BlackRock Staffers Depart to Start Blockchain Investment Fund Wall Street and the City are seeing a steady drumbeat of departures for blockchain and cryptocurrency ventures.… Read More
Author William Mougayar to Launch Blockchain Investment Fund Blockchain author William Mougayar is teaming up with Jabre Capital Partners to launch a blockchain investment fund for startups.… Read More
ASX Exchange Targets 2020 for DLT Settlement System Launch The Australian Securities Exchange provided an update on its plans to replace its settlement and clearing system with blockchain technology.… 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
Digital Currency Group Adds Zcash Offshoot ZenCash to Crypto Investment List The fork of a fork of zcash made it onto Digital Currency Group’s “conviction list.”… Read More
Mutual Fund Giant Bars Employees from Investing in ICOs One of the world’s largest asset managers has updated its code of ethics to account for the blockchain-based fundraising method. … 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
Smart Contract Pioneer Nick Szabo: Don’t Ditch Decentralization One of the few cypherpunks in a room full dominated by financial services, Szabo urged blockchain developers not to forget about decentralization.… Read More
Blythe Masters: Business Blockchain Won’t Be ‘Winner-Takes-All’ At the Synchronize 2018 conference in New York City, enterprise blockchains heavyweights made it clear they want to build ethereum-like platforms.… Read More