Multiple central banks team with BIS on CBDC exploration
Central banks in Israel, Norway and Sweden will team with the Bank of International Settlements to explore how CBDCs can be exploited for international retail and remittance payments.
Digital asset management firm LumiShare bags $3.2m
LumiShare, a blockchain-based digital asset management ecosystem, has netted $3.2m from the Abu Dhabi royal family.
Soul Wallet secures $3.1m in seed funding raise
Soul Wallet, a California-based startup that is creating an online, self-custodial Ethereum wallet, has landed $3.1m in seed funding.
Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Web3 wallet Xverse pulls in $5m raise
Xverse, a Bitcoin Web3 wallet, including NFTs through a method called Ordinals, has secured significant backing in its latest seed round.
R3 blockchain consortium brings in record $107m funding round
R3, a consortium made up of more than 80 banks and financial services firms from around the world, has raised $107m in the largest blockchain funding deal to date.
Former BNY Mellow technology head launches smart contract startup
Former head of emerging business and technology and blockchain lead at BNY Mellon Alex Batlin has launched a new P2P smart contract platform called Trustology.
Everledger closes $10m Series A led by GMP, Fidelity
Everledger, a blockchain technology platform to lower risk and fraud for banks, insurers and open marketplaces, has closed a $10.4m Series A.
DrumG picks up strategic investment from ConsenSys
DrumG Technologies, which develops distributed ledger-based applications for financial services, has raised a $6.5m Series A minority investment from ConsenSys.
Commerzbank and LBBW reach milestone blockchain transaction milestone
Two banks have just completed a multi-participant deal using blockchain technology, which they hail as an important expansion of the digital trade finance ecosystem.
Tim Cook denies Apple is looking to launch its own cryptocurrency
Apple is not launching a cryptocurrency like Facebook’s Libra anytime soon, according to CEO Tim Cook.
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