Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

IBM has announced a new blockchain banking solution to help financial institutions address the processes of universal cross-border payments.

IZNES, a blockchain record-keeping platform for EU mutual funds has secured an undisclosed strategic investment.

An Israel-based startup looking to transform the business factoring invoice industry through blockchain has pulled in the first capital towards its $2m fundraising target.

Securrency, a blockchain technology developer for the financial and regulatory sectors, has scored $17.65m in its Series A.

Blockchain-as-a-solution provider Stratis has secured an investment from digital asset investment fund Alphabit.

The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) was founded with Tier 1 partner banks to help them improve operational control, cut cost and comply accurately with the regulators. In a short space of time, the company has already onboarded an extensive list of clients for its reference data services, but it plans to go one step further by extending its offering with an instantly deployable suite of APIs.

With backing from Munich Re, Chainproof, which aims to “insure the future of Web3” has officially launched.

Coinbase has received a strategic investment of $10m from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), Mitsubishi UFJ Capital and Silicon Valley investor Sozo Ventures.

Eventus Systems, a provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, has deployed its solution on OSL Digital Securities’ platform, as part of a new deal.

Ethereum-based decentralised application developer ConsenSys has reportedly picked up around $40m in its ICO pre-sale.