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Barclays Completes Blockchain Trade Finance Transaction

Barclays has completed a blockchain trade finance transaction with incubator graduate Wave.

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Markets

6 Blockchain Startups Accept New Ernst & Young 'Challenge'

Ernst & Young has selected six blockchain startups for its first distributed ledger startup challenge.

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Markets

Bank Veterans Raise $1.5 Million for Digital Asset Startup

Digital asset trading service Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in new funding.

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Finance

China Merchants Bank Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium

That's another Asia-based bank for R3's growing roster.

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Markets

Blockchain Startup Symbiont Adds Ex-Morgan Stanley Director

Former Morgan Stanley managing director Caitlin Long has joined blockchain startup Symbiont as president and chairman of the board.

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Markets

Blockchain Executives Sign Pledge to Address Governance Issues

Fourteen blockchain executives have signed a letter calling for changes to the way blockchain governance is managed.

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Markets

Bitcoin Tipping Platform Zapchain to Shut Down

Bitcoin-based social network Zapchain has announced it will close effective 31st August.

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Markets

Why ICAP Believes Central Banks Could Adopt Digital Currency

ICAP is working to show central banks how they may be able to one day adopt a market infrastructure based on distributed ledger tech.

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Tech

R3 Files Patent Application for Distributed Ledger Tech

New York-based startup R3CEV has reportedly filed for a patent for a blockchain-inspired financial platform.

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Markets

Bitfury Research Shines Light on Bitcoin Privacy Weaknesses

A new Bitfury white paper aims to advance the study of how bitcoins sent using certain privacy-enhancing techniques can be traced to participants.

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