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Crypto Money Market Compound Lets You HODL and Earn

Compound, a crypto money market, launched today on ethereum. Now hodlers can earn interest on their crypto.

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Austrian Government to Notarize $1.3 Billion Bond Auction Using Ethereum

The Austrian government is planning to use the ethereum blockchain to notarize the auction of a bond worth around $1.3 billion.

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How I Lost My Faith in Private Blockchains

It remains to be proven if permissioned blockchains provide a real business benefit at all. Take it from one who used to advise banks on them.

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Chinese Banking Giant Issues $1.3 Billion in Securities on a Blockchain

A state-owned commercial bank in China has completed the issuance of mortgage-backed securities worth $1.3 billion using a blockchain network.

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Former UBS Bankers Net $100 million to Build a Crypto Bank

A Swiss startup launched by several former UBS bankers has raised $104 million in a bid to establish a regulated crypto-friendly bank.

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Crypto Payments Startup Bitwala Raises €4 Million in New Funding

Blockchain startup Bitwala has raised €4 million in new funding that will help develop a planned blockchain bank account offering.

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Over 75 New Banks: JPMorgan Expands Blockchain Payments Trial

A blockchain payments trial launched by JPMorgan, Australia's ANZ and the Royal Bank of Canada has just gained over 75 new banks as participants.

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US Banking Giant PNC Becomes Latest to Adopt Ripple's xCurrent

PNC Bank's Treasury Management division is to begin accepting cross-border transactions using Ripple's xCurrent product.

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R3's Hearn and Brown Say Enterprise Blockchain's Day of Reckoning Is Here

Bitcoin apostate Mike Hearn and his R3 colleague Richard Gendal Brown view the enterprise blockchain game as, if not quite zero-sum, something close.

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R3's CordaCon Event Sees Big News, Packed Talks and Blockchain Converts

R3's annual Corda event appeared to be in rude health this year, with packed presentations and some notable news announcements.

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