An increase in capital gains taxes (CGT) is anticipated to be announced at this week’s Autumn Statement. This will impact investments in firms and may undermine support of early-stage ventures. This much is clear. Today, we have two more executives adding their voices to the… Read More
The Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) is now open for applications. Digital securities, or tokenized assets, are widely believed to be the future of the securities sector. While anticipation of the migration to digital from more analog issuance and trading of securities has been predicted for… Read More
R3, the infrastructure platform building digital solutions for financial markets, and Quant, the digital finance pioneer, announce the release of the results of UK Finance’s UK Regulated Liability Network. The report which follows work with UK Finance with eleven of its members and partners on… Read More
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) was once viewed as a pioneer in transitioning from legacy exchange technology – CHESS – to blockchain or distributed ledger technology. The strategy was to create a “database architecture that solves a data reconciliation issue.” This has nothing to do… Read More
Nik Storonsky, the CEO of Revolut, has spent the last ten years focused on disrupting the traditional banking / financial services sector with various innovations. The Fintech billionaire and ex- Lehman Brothers trader is now looking to enhance the existing venture capital space. Storonsky has… Read More
Two digital asset firms, R3 and Quant, have been chosen to provide services for the UK’s Regulated Liability Network (RLN). R3 is an enterprise focused permissioned blockchain provider named Corda. Quant is a tokenization service supporting traditional financial institutions. RLN is led by UK Finance… Read More
Former CEO and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao‘s (CZ) departure from the firm will trigger some short-term volatility in the cryptocurrency market, but crypto will “continue to thrive as more institutional money pours in,” predicts the CEO of an independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech… Read More
A new solution has been launched in order to make blockchain-based transactions more secure for banks and other institutions. Financial institutions have “implemented mature key management solutions to secure data, business applications, and transactions.” With the introduction of blockchain and digital assets, existing key management… Read More
BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is pleased “to report… Read More
The Bank of England has posted a request for applicants for a contracted service to create a proof of concept digital wallet for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The Bank has been investigating the potential for a digital pound, similar to many other central… Read More
A review of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement actions in this fiscal year show a growing threat posed by cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) scammers. The year ended Sept. 30. The SEC filed 434 new enforcement actions in FY2021, and that is a… Read More
Bitcoin’s recent travails are a reminder to retail investors to watch the whales, GlobalBlock sales trader Alexandra Clark said in a recent research note. After dipping to $29,393, signs show Bitcoin is on the upswing, Clark said. A group of Bitcoin whales purchased a total… Read More
Quant, a platform that aims to connect the world’s networks to blockchain to distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions with “just three lines of code,” has reportedly partnered with Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), a leading provider of database software. The Quant team confirmed that it would be… Read More
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