Clearstream, Credit Suisse Asset Management, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Natixis Investment Managers have joined forces to launch the blockchain technology-based FundsDLT platform dedicated to the investment fund sector. These financial institutions have announced their Series A investment in FundsDLT. The aim is to develop a new platform to facilitateContinue…
Damien Conce, Doctor of Law, gives us his thoughts on the concept of Smart City. In this article, which represents a true systemic analysis of Smart City, Damien Conce asks essential questions associated with the city’s conversion to digital, and the regulatory card needed to give birth to a realContinue…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dutch bank ING (INGA.AS) is working on developing technology to help clients safely store digital assets, according to people familiar with the matter. The custody project, which is being run out of Amsterdam, is still in its early days and is one of the bank’s severalContinue…
Accelerating blockchain adoption The mission for our blockchain investments has remained steadfast since the beginning, with the goal of democratizing complex technologies and creating connections across organizational boundaries to solve shared problems in a trusted manner. With this in mind, our roadmap has been focused on building an open andContinue…
Spain’s multinational banking giant Banco Santander has just redeemed a $20 million bond using the Ethereum blockchain. The firm has performed an early repayment of the blockchain-based bond that was issued on Sept.10, 2019, which purportedly shows that the public Ethereum blockchain can be applied to securities issuance across theContinue…
The two big names in the technology world, Twitter Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Jack Dorsey and former Alibaba Group chairman Jack Ma, are in Ethiopia this week as Africa’s second most populous country’s aggressive digitization drive to create jobs is attracting global interest. The Twitter CEO is in theContinue…
The greatest commodity in the world today is information, as information leads to knowledge. Similarly, the ability to access, and distribute information have become crucial factors for the upliftment and development of any county. “Moving towards a knowledge-based economy by harnessing the power of ICTs, will greatly boost the competitivenessContinue…
Blockchain technology allows consumers to track products and fully understand what goes in their foods Blockchain technology is not a new term in its nature but new to the FMCG market. Brands are now thinking about the potential of blockchain and what it can do to their customer base. BrandsContinue…
Proposed updates to the banking, corporate and financial infrastructure laws to accommodate Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) have been broadly welcomed by Switzerland’s growing blockchain industry. Parliament is now set to debate the wide-ranging set of proposals presented by the governmentexternal link on Wednesday. The government’s intentions were first laid out last December, presentedContinue…
Rolls Royce blockchain network development grant has been granted to Block Aero. This aeronautical blockchain company will be given thirty-seven thousand dollars ($37K) to create a dedicated highly secure blockchain network for the aeronautics division of Rolls Royce. The network will focus on creating a central point for all theContinue…
