Blockchain

Coinfirm, a blockchain compliance & analytics platform, is set to release a dedicated token to build an open financial system and bring cryptocurrencies into the mainstre

The dual CEO and co-founder of both Twitter and Square has made no secret to where he stands when it comes to the Facebook-backed cryptocurrency.

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.

Crypso, a community-led investing platform for crypto, has raised $3m in a seed financing round headed by Hashed Emergent. 

Money-transfer company Ripple has over 300 customers and counting on its books.

UK-based supply chain management company Provenance has received an $800,000 investment to support its UK launch.

Spanish stock market BME has teamed with Renta 4 Banco to launch the first test of using blockchain to remove the need for physical certificates for the collateral pledge process.

Airswift, a FinTech startup pioneering Web 3.0 native payment solutions, has raised $2m in a pre-seed funding round led by CE Innovation Capital (CEiC).

Israel-based crypto mobile wallet for retail investors ZenGo raised $20m in Series A funding.

Atato, a digital asset company, has raised $6m from a Series A funding round headed by AlphaLab Capital and FEBE Ventures.