Pete Rizzo

Pete Rizzo was CoinDesk's editor-in-chief until September 2019. Prior to joining CoinDesk in 2013, he was an editor at payments news source PYMNTS.com.

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Markets

Citi, Nordea Select Bitcoin Compliance Firm for Accelerators

Bitcoin compliance startup Polycoin was recently accepted into two incubators, one backed by Citi and the other by Nordea.

accelerator, startup

Markets

WVU Student Government Considers Blockchain Voting

West Virginia University’s Student Government Association is debating whether to use a blockchain-based voting platform for its upcoming election.

West Virginia University

Markets

Why Visa Europe is Testing Remittances on the Bitcoin Blockchain

Visa Europe discusses why it is using the bitcoin blockchain as part of its new proof-of-concept for the remittance market.

visa, euros

Markets

Post-Trade Tech Firm Seeks to Build Commodities Blockchain Consortium

Post-trade services firm Kynetix is seeking to assemble a consortium of commodities market stakeholders to explore the use of blockchain tech.

commodities, trading

Markets

Ethereum Swaps Tool Added to Microsoft's Blockchain Sandbox

Microsoft has added a new decentralized application to its Ethereum blockchain-as-a-service toolkit introduced in October.

microsoft

Markets

Hands On With Linq, Nasdaq's Private Markets Blockchain Project

CoinDesk goes under the hood of Nasdaq's first blockchain product Linq, a platform for private shares trading.

nasdaq linq

Markets

State Street Names ‘Blockchain Advocate’ to CIO Role

Financial services giant State Street is touting the blockchain experience of its newly appointed executive vice president and global CIO.

state street, boston

Finance

Wells Fargo, ING Among 5 New Banks Partnering With R3

BNP Paribas, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, ING, MacQuarie and Wells Fargo are the latest financial institutions to partner with R3CEV.

wells fargo, bank

Markets

German Bank Association: Blockchain Could Revolutionize Securities

The German banking industry association Bankenverband has stated it believes blockchain technology may have a revolutionary impact on finance.

germany, parliament

Markets

Core Developers Call for New Bitcoin Software Strategy at MIT

Bitcoin Core developers including Gavin Andresen expanded on their larger vision for bitcoin development at an MIT event yesterday.

mit, gavin andresen