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World Bank Taps Australia's CommBank to Issue Its First Blockchain Bond

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been chosen by the World Bank Group to help issue a bond over a blockchain.

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94 Companies Join IBM and Maersk's Blockchain Supply Chain

TradeLens has attracted a wide variety of entities ranging from port operators and customs authorities to logistics companies and even rival carriers.

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Barclays Is Pitting Blockchains Against Each Other (For a Cause)

The bank's DerivHack event will attempt to suss out which of the major enterprise DLT platforms works best for derivatives life cycle smart contracts.

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Inside State Street Bank's Blockchain Deliberations

The global custody bank's tech and product teams are keen to transform securities lending into a peer-to-peer market, but not all are on board.

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Goldman Sachs Is Reportedly Weighing a Crypto Custody Service

Having launched bitcoin futures trading in May, Goldman Sachs is now pondering the launch of a cryptocurrency custody service, according to a report.

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Blythe Masters Looks Beyond Finance for Next Wave of Blockchain Growth

The enterprise DLT startup now sees a vast range of opportunities, both within the industry where its founder spent most of her career and outside it.

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Bithumb Sees 40% Trading Volume Drop After User Registration Suspension

Trading volume on South Korea's Bithumb exchange has plummeted since it temporarily stopped offering new account registrations.

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BBVA Can't Hold Cryptocurrency – And That's a Problem

The bank wants to use ethereum as a notary, but regulators discourage holding even the tiny bit of ether needed to put data on the public blockchain.

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Banking Giant Trials Blockchain for Issuance of Land-Backed Loans

One of the "Big Four" commercial banks in China has completed the issuance of a loan worth $300,000 using a blockchain system. 

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Novogratz's Galaxy Digital Will Start Trading on a Stock Exchange This Week

Cryptocurrency merchant bank Galaxy Digital will begin trading on the Toronto TSX Venture Exchange this week.

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