The real estate market has been already disrupted by blockchain. That is true especially when it comes to real estate companies and startups that are looking for new and innovative ways to boost property sales and expand their markets. Now, some of the world’s largest financial players such as RBS and Barclays are jumping on…
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SIX, a European Financial Markets Infrastructure provider, has chosen Corda Enterprise’s R3 blockchain infrastructure as the foundational blockchain technology behind its SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), which is a digital asset trading, listing, custody and settlement service. Corda Enterprise is the commercial version of Corda customized to cater for businesses that require robust operational and security…
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LiquidityEdge, an electronic network for trading US Treasuries (UST), released its trading volumes data for February 2019, which set several record highs. Users of the platform traded more than USD 31 billion (single count) on 28 February 2019 through both off-the-runs and on-the-runs. The platform also set a new weekly record in February when USD…
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The enterprise software firm R3 has just announced its plans to to boost the adoption of Corda in Japan and the wider East Asian region. The blockchain consortium has teamed up with SBI Holdings, which joined R3 back in 2016 and is its largest shareholder. Firms in Japan will now have access to Corda’s ecosystem applications and…
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Deutsche Börse Group and HQLAX have signed a Letter of Intent to form a strategic partnership for the creation of an innovative securities lending solution using the R3 Corda blockchain platform back in March 2018. Later on, Deutsche Börse Group has made an initial investment of a single-digit euro million amount in HQLAX S.à r.l. in exchange for a minority…
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AlphaPoint has announced the appointment of Scott Grayson as its new SVP & Head of Enterprise Sales. Grayson comes from the blockchain platform company R3, where he was the Chief Sales Officer. AlphaPoint is a provider of asset digitization software, and of trading technology for licensed broker-dealers, ATS and exchange operators. The company has also recently named Kapil…
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ING Bank has just announced that it has signed a major 5-year deal with enterprise software firm R3, entitling the bank to an unlimited number of licenses for R3’s commercial blockchain platform, Corda Enterprise. The deal will allow ING to roll out access to Corda Enterprise throughout the bank globally and deploy production-ready CorDapps across…
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Blockchain company R3 is announcing the launch of an open blockchain network to link participants in Corda (called Corda Network), to be run by a new non-profit independent of R3. Corda Network facilitates full interoperability between applications and businesses on Corda. This allows data used on one application to be shared onto another, supporting the…
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LeapRate Exclusive… Last week LeapRate reported that IPC, a provider of networking solutions, has entered a partnership with R3. The team formation has been made in order to support Corda blockchain networks on the IPC Connexus platform. Since this partnership, Corda blockchain applications (a.k.a. CorDapps) have been accessible via IPC’s Connexus Cloud. LeapRate has reached Rob Coole, Director, Product Management at…
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IPC, a provider of networking solutions, has just informed the public that it has entered a partnership with R3. The team formation has been made in order to support Corda blockchain networks on the IPC Connexus platform. From now on, Corda blockchain applications (a.k.a. CorDapps) will be accessible via IPC’s Connexus Cloud. The financial industry…
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