Tagged: corda

R3 Comments on Global Regulators Collaborating on Crypto Asset Innovation

Yesterday, CI reported that multiple regulators around the world had announced a partnership to collaborate on digital asset, or crypto asset, innovation. The goal is to enable innovation to thrive while protecting investors. The agencies participating in the partnership include the UK Financial Conduct Authority… Read More

DLT: R3, the Distributed Ledger Tech Firm, Focuses on Interoperability, High Availability, Scalability Reinforced by Corda

R3, the enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT) and services firm, announced the next generation of its flagship platform Corda at its hosted event in New York. The updated version has been “designed for global financial market infrastructure providers and central banks to enable applications to… Read More

DTCC Says Blockchain Platform Ion Live Now, Operating in Parallel, Selects R3’s Corda DLT

DTCC Ion Platform Processing 100,000+ Transactions per Day The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a vital post-trade custody and asset servicing firm, says its blockchain-based platform Ion is live and in production, operating in parallel with its legacy system. DTCC shares that it has… Read More

Catalyst Blockchain Platform Now Live on Corda

Catalyst Blockchain Platform is now available on Corda, the distributed ledger technology platform from R3, “created specifically for highly-regulated markets.” Users benefit from both Corda Community Edition and Corda Enterprise Edition, “using Catalyst’s highly-automated processes and intuitive user interface to streamline the development, deployment, and… Read More

DLT: LedgerEdge Reveals Regulated Trading Platform for Corporate Bonds

LedgerEdge has announced a regulated bond trading platform that utilizes distributed ledger technology (DLT or blockchain). LedgerEdge has selected Corda’s R3 permissioned blockchain to power the trading platform. LedgerEdge shares that it is targeting the $41 trillion global corporate bond market, much of which is… Read More

London based Fintech VALK Surges to $4B in Deals via Platform During Past Year

Over 70 financial institutions have reportedly worked with Valk‘s digital transaction and tokenization platform this year. Private market digital platform VALK says that it is “building for expansion after achieving over $4 billion in assets and deals managed on its platform in a year” as… Read More

DBS Bank and Contour to Expand Digital Trade Offerings in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore

DBS Bank and Contour have expanded their digital trade offerings to four new markets in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. As mentioned in a release, digital letter of credit capabilities will be offered in Australia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore starting this month. The announcement also… Read More

Global Enterprise Software Firm R3’s Development Fund Reaches $10M in Capital Deployed to Blockchain Startups

Global enterprise software company R3’s Development Fund has reportedy reached the milestone of $10 million in capital deployed “across over 30 investments in more than 20 of the most promising early-stage blockchain and confidential computing companies,” according to a release shared with CI. As noted… Read More

Singapore’s #dltledgers, a Blockchain or DLT Platform for Cross-Border Trade, Secures $7M via Series A

Singapore-based #dltledgers, a blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for conducting cross-border trade, trade finance, and handling supply chain digitization, has secured $7 million in capital through a Series A round. The firm’s investment round was led by Regis and Savoy Capital, Vittal, Walden… Read More

Enterprise Blockchain Firm R3 Expands in Thailand After Renewed Partnership with Bangkok Bank

R3 will expand its presence in Thailand, including new hires, after the renewal of its partnership with Bangkok Bank, according to a statement by the firm. Amit Ghosh, Head of APAC, R3, stated: “Thai enterprises are at the forefront of innovation, digital transformation and blockchain… Read More

Skyhook Capital, a Distributor of Investment-Grade Digital Assets, Partners Digital Asset Shared Ledger, a Corda based Liquidity Network

Singapore-based Skyhook Capital Pte Ltd, a Fintech firm focused on the distribution of “investment-grade” digital assets to institutional and retail clients, has teamed up with Digital Asset Shared Ledger (DASL), the global digital asset liquidity network for financial institutions that are built on Corda. As… Read More

Perspective: Institutional Adoption of STOs and Digital Assets in 2020

Back in December, I wrote a piece for Coindesk’s Year in Review 2019 entitled “Security Token Offerings Are (Finally) Set for Takeoff in 2020”.  This was before word of COVID-19 became widespread and before many of the cataclysmic events of 2020 were even imaginable.  Thus… Read More

Tuhina Singh, Founder of Digital Securities Platform Propine, Shares Vision for the Future of Digital Assets

Propine Seeks to Power the Future of Digital Assets Singapore has long been a leader in Fintech. Innovative financial services have benefited from a supportive regulatory regime and an entrepreneurial population. Singapore is also a highly business-friendly, low tax jurisdiction and has emerged as a… Read More

Hex Trust Is Now the First Licensed Crypto Asset Custodian in Hong Kong to Integrate with R3’s DLT-based Corda Platform

Hex Trust has reportedly become the very first licensed crypto-asset custodian in Hong Kong to integrate its services with R3’s Corda platform. The integration will allow the blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform to be used by Hex Trust’s virtual asset custody solution. R3… Read More

Enterprise Blockchain Firm R3 Hires former AWS & IBM Executive Dorothy Copeland

R3 an enterprise blockchain platform that has developed “Corda” and was founded with the support of multiple financial services firms, has hired Dorothy Copeland, as Global Head of Partner Ecosystem & Alliances. Copeland previously worked at both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM. While at… Read More

Blockchain-based Supply Chain and Trade Finance Firm, Envoy Group, Acquires $13 Million in Funding

Blockchain-enabled supply chain and trade finance firm Envoy Group is reportedly planning to expand its operations beyond Latin America. This, after recently acquiring $13 million in funding from Alcedo Digital Ventures. Developed on R3’s Corda platform, Envoy aims to enhance the existing $17 trillion annual… Read More

Oman Oil and Orpic Group and HSBC Bank Oman SAOG Perform First Blockchain-based Trade Finance Transaction in the Country

Oman Oil and Orpic Group and HSBC Bank Oman SAOG have reportedly performed the first blockchain-based trade finance transaction in the Middle Eastern nation using R3’s Corda technology. According to a November 23 report from Oman Observer, Oman Oil and Orpic Group, the country’s largest… Read More

Swisscom, Deutsche Börse Settle Securities Transactions via DLT

Digital Securities Swisscom, Deutsche Börse and three other partners have successfully settled a securities transaction using tokenized shares via distributed ledger technology (DLT). Three banking partners participated in the digital asset transaction; Falcon Private Bank, Vontobel and Zürcher Kantonalbank. According to Swisscom, the proof of… Read More

Wethaq Completes Pilot of First Fintech Sukuk, Uses R3 Corda

Wethaq Capital has announced that it has issued the first pilot Sukuk on its securities market platform for the Islamic capital markets under the supervision of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Wethaq is operating under an innovation testing license issued by the DFSA. Mohammed… Read More

R3, Accenture and SAP Team Up to Build Gross-Settlement System Using Corda

Accenture (NYSE:ACN), SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) and R3 are working to build a real-time gross-settlement system to handle large payments between banks and other parties. In standard real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, electronic fund transfers are immediate. RTGS is often used for high-value transactions that must… Read More

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