Hyperledger

DLT liquidity platform for private assets posts $180m volume in first two months of 2022

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

LONDON, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over $180 million of secondary transactions of private shares have been executed through Globacap's platform in the first two months of 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Leading capital markets tech company, Globacap, enables frictionless private market liquidity through blockchain technology
    LONDON, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over $180 million of secondary transactions of private shares have been executed through Globacap's platform in the first two months of 2022.
  • This record-breaking figure is greater than the combined transaction volume of all European liquidity facilities for private shares through the entirety of 2021 and is a clear signal of the accelerating shift from public to private markets.
  • With cutting-edge innovation and technology, Globacap's liquidity platform automates all transaction and settlement processes for private assets and cash through to legal settlement finality, a first in private markets and a significant technological step further than the two leading private share platforms, Nasdaq Private Market and Forge Global.
  • Over $10 billion of private share and debt instruments are digitally managed on the platform, for over 80 companies and 4,300 investors.

DLT liquidity platform for private assets posts $180m volume in first two months of 2022

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

LONDON, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over $180 million of secondary transactions of private shares have been executed through Globacap's platform in the first two months of 2022.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over $180 million of secondary transactions of private shares have been executed through Globacap's platform in the first two months of 2022.
  • This record-breaking figure is greater than the combined transaction volume of all European liquidity facilities for private shares through the entirety of 2021 and is a clear signal of the accelerating shift from public to private markets.
  • With cutting-edge innovation and technology, Globacap's liquidity platform automates all transaction and settlement processes for private assets and cash through to legal settlement finality, a first in private markets and a significant technological step further than the two leading private share platforms, Nasdaq Private Market and Forge Global.
  • Over $10 billion of private share and debt instruments are digitally managed on the platform, for over 80 companies and 4,300 investors.

LoadSys Solutions, a Custom Software Development Company, Offers Blockchain Development Services

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

LoadSys, a Chicago based custom software development company, is now offering smart contract development services for major blockchains such as Solana, Ethereum and Ethereum-based chains.

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  • LoadSys, a Chicago based custom software development company, is now offering smart contract development services for major blockchains such as Solana, Ethereum and Ethereum-based chains.
  • We have seen a big growth in demand for blockchain development services.
  • LoadSys Solutions provides consulting and smart contract development services for public/permissionless (Solana, Ethereum, Avalanche, Cosmos SDK ) and permissioned ( Hyperledger Fabric ) blockchains.
  • LoadSys Solutions: Chicago custom software development company providing web, mobile, and desktop application development services, Cloud Services, DevOps, and Blockchain Development.

New Cloud Security Alliance Report Highlights Factors to Consider When Designing Blockchain Solutions That Operate Within Critical Sectors

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The paper explains the three layers of blockchain security (conceptual, component interaction, and technology) and their interaction with on-premises and cloud IT environments of organizations in critical sectors.

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  • The paper explains the three layers of blockchain security (conceptual, component interaction, and technology) and their interaction with on-premises and cloud IT environments of organizations in critical sectors.
  • Configuration-led fabric guidance, for instance, rarely explains why high assurance security controls are needed to obtain authorization to operate blockchain solutions in critical sectors.
  • We wanted to close the information gap by highlighting the steps that should be considered when designing these types of blockchain solutions.
  • The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the worlds leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment.

HYPERLEDGER FOUNDATION ADDS NINE NEW MEMBERS

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

"When we added Foundation to our name, it was to reflect the growing breadth of the Hyperledger community, technology landscape and market impact," said Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation, and General Manager Blockchain, Healthcare and Identity at the Linux Foundation.

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  • "When we added Foundation to our name, it was to reflect the growing breadth of the Hyperledger community, technology landscape and market impact," said Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation, and General Manager Blockchain, Healthcare and Identity at the Linux Foundation.
  • It supports not only major enterprise blockchains such as Hyperledger Fabric and Hyperledger Besu but also Ethereum.
  • "As early adopters of Hyperledger Besu (former Pantheon), we are excited to join the Hyperledger Foundation and work closely with the top players and active members that are shaping the present and future of blockchain," said Fernando Paris, CTO at IoBuilders.
  • Linux Foundation's projects, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, Hyperledger Foundation, RISC-V, and more, are critical to the world's infrastructure.

HSBC And IBM Successfully Design And Test Interoperable Multi-Ledger Central Bank Digital Currency, Securities And Foreign Exchange Settlement Capability

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HSBC and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement capability encompassing direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in a hybrid cloud environment.

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  • LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --HSBC and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement capability encompassing direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in a hybrid cloud environment.
  • Several previous initiatives have individually demonstrated support for CDBCs, securities and/or foreign exchange.
  • The experiment, which was designed and implemented within a four-month period, successfully executed across ledgers in support of such a complex multi-asset transactional scenario.
  • Our collaboration with IBM on this initiative has resulted in this milestone of streamlining front-to-back securities and foreign exchange DVP and PVP settlement processes.

HSBC And IBM Successfully Design And Test Interoperable Multi-Ledger Central Bank Digital Currency, Securities And Foreign Exchange Settlement Capability

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, December 16, 2021

LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --HSBC and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement capability encompassing direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in a hybrid cloud environment.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON and NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --HSBC and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement capability encompassing direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in a hybrid cloud environment.
  • Several previous initiatives have individually demonstrated support for CDBCs, securities and/or foreign exchange.
  • The experiment, which was designed and implemented within a four-month period, successfully executed across ledgers in support of such a complex multi-asset transactional scenario.
  • Our collaboration with IBM on this initiative has resulted in this milestone of streamlining front-to-back securities and foreign exchange DVP and PVP settlement processes.

JCB and Datachain Start Demonstration Experiment to Build a "Digital Currency Exchange Platform"

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

TOKYO, Dec 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only international payment brand, and Datachain has started a demonstration experiment on interoperability between different blockchains(*1) to build a "digital currency exchange platform".

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  • TOKYO, Dec 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only international payment brand, and Datachain has started a demonstration experiment on interoperability between different blockchains(*1) to build a "digital currency exchange platform".
  • As the existing fiat currencies are widely exchanged, it is essential to develop exchange functions that enable interoperability among digital currency platforms to make use of digital currencies.
  • For now, the most common way to exchange digital currencies is to have a third party mediate the transaction.
  • Now, in collaboration with Datachain, JCB has started a demonstration experiment of interoperability between different blockchains to build a "digital currency exchange platform."

ISACA’s New Emerging Tech Virtual Conference to Explore Cloud, AI, Blockchain, Zero Trust and More

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

This event is a new offering from ISACA and is its first emerging technology-focused conference.

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  • This event is a new offering from ISACA and is its first emerging technology-focused conference.
  • Closing EVOLVE is keynote speaker Ted Harrington, best-selling author and executive partner at Independent Security Evaluators, who will explore The Common Thread to Hacking Emerging Tech.
  • Attendees can pre-register for the Emerging Technologies Cyber Hunt competition, starting the day before EVOLVE on 15 November and concluding on 17 November.
  • In 2020, ISACA launched One In Tech, a philanthropic foundation that supports IT education and career pathways for under-resourced, under-represented populations.

Linux Foundation's Open Source Climate Welcomes Airbus, EY and Red Hat

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

I encourage other companies to join us, especially those who, like us, are committed to foster climate transition through innovation."

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  • I encourage other companies to join us, especially those who, like us, are committed to foster climate transition through innovation."
  • "Many promising governmental and business efforts are underway to drive climate-aligned finance and investment," saidSteve Varley, Global Vice Chair Sustainability, EY.
  • OS-Climate is a collaborative, member-driven, non-profit platform hosted by the Linux Foundation for the development of open data and open source analytics for climate risk management and climate-aligned finance and investing.
  • Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation is supported by more than 2,160 members and is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware.