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Startup Raises $3.9 Million in Tokenized Equity in London Stock Exchange Test Issuance

Blockchain startup 20|30 has raised £3 million in a sale of tokenized shares in a test carried out with the London Stock Exchange Group.

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India's National Payments Corporation Wants to Build a Blockchain Solution

The bank consortium-owned organization supported by the central bank is seeking bids for the creation of a blockchain solution for digital payments.

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Binance Labs Grants $45,000 to 3 Open-Source Blockchain Startups

Binance Labs has awarded grants of $15,000 each to three startups developing open-source blockchain technologies.

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Coinbase Exec Dan Romero Leaving Crypto Exchange After 5 Years

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is losing another executive – this time its vice president for international business, Dan Romero.

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Japanese Bank Abandons Work With SBI Ripple's 'Money Tap' App

Resona, one of three Japanese banks working with SBI Holdings and Ripple on their blockchain app Money Tap, is pulling out of the project.

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Blockchain Startup Horizen Labs Doubles Target to Raise $4 Million

Just-launched sidechains startup Horizen Labs has raised $4 million in a seed funding round – twice what it had initially planned.

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Trade Organization ICC Eyes Blockchain Adoption for Its 45 Million Members

The world's biggest business organization is making blockchain available to its many members including Amazon, Coca Cola, McDonald's and PayPal.

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Crypto Exchange Bithumb Posts $180 Million Loss for 2018

Bithumb, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has posted a net loss of 205.5 billion won ($180 million) for 2018.

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Binance Partners With CipherTrace in Latest Compliance Push

Binance is partnering with the blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace to beef up its anti-money laundering procedures.

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Digital Asset Scores Partnership With Cloud Computing Giant VMware

Software virtualization giant VMware is integrating Digital Asset's smart contract language into its blockchain platform.

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