SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) launches first prototype
SDX, an end-to-end platform for digital assets from the Swiss-based exchange company SIX, has launched a prototype of its digital exchange and CSD. Future releases...
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Distributed Ledger Technology
Distributed ledger technologies and associated applications are beginning to make inroads in the financial services industry. The best-known implementation, the Bitcoin blockchain, has been described as a “trustless” network that enables value transfer among participants without the need for an intermediary or central verifier. This innovation has been used to distribute new digital currency that is accepted for real-world goods and services. While digital currency itself may be transformative where it is adopted, distributed ledger technologies, and in particular the main innovation of Bitcoin, the blockchain, extends into many other use cases that traditionally rely on third-party transaction verifiers: payments, audit, brokerage, asset registry, and more.
IBM and Tata Communications join Hedera Governing Council
Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-ready distributed ledger platform, has announced that IBM and Tata Communications have joined the Hedera Governing Council. The Council, which will comprise...
Read moreHedera Hashgraph and Chainlink collab on decentralized oracle network
Today, Hedera Hashgraph and Chainlink announced they will collaborate to integrate Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network with Hedera’s enterprise-grade distributed public ledger. This will allow developers...
Read moreASX opens customer development environment for new DLT clearing system
ASX is on-track to go-live with the new DLT-based system in March-April 2021. The timetable and functionality reflect what the market has asked for through...
Read moreIntiva Health first in healthcare to launch using Hashgraph distributed ledger technology
Intiva Health—a company known for its healthcare career management platform, has announced its launch of Ready Doc, the first credential management and verification service to...
Read moreEastern Caribbean Central Bank piloting blockchain-based digital currency
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Barbados-based fintech company, Bitt, have announced the signing of a contract to conduct a blockchain-issued Central Bank...
Read moreHedera Hashgraph reveals first members of governing council
Hedera Hashgraph, a next-generation public ledger designed to have highly diversified governance and the most distributed consensus at scale, today announced the first members of...
Read moreEOS Global’s ecosystem fund invests in Proof-of-Location (PoL) protocol Platin
Platin, a decentralized Proof-of-Location (PoL) protocol, today announced that it has secured investment from EOS Global's EOS ecosystem fund, a partnership fund of Block.one's EOS...
Read moreHedera Hashgraph accelerates APAC expansion with new leadership appointments
Hedera Hashgraph, a next-generation distributed public ledger organization, has continued the expansion of its APAC operations by announcing the appointments of Edgar Seah, who will oversee...
Read moreJDX Coin to build token ecosystems on Hedera Hashgraph
Today, JDX Coin announced that they have selected the Hedera Hashgraph public distributed ledger platform upon which to build their JDX token ecosystems in three phases. JDX Coin...
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