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Finteum: NatWest Group, BNY Mellon, Barclays and 11 Additional Banks Trial Intraday FX Swap and Repo Trading Platform

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

The platform enables payment-vs-payment intraday FX swaps as well as delivery-vs-payment intraday repo transactions.

Key Points: 
  • The platform enables payment-vs-payment intraday FX swaps as well as delivery-vs-payment intraday repo transactions.
  • Other banks are assessing participation to become Key Participants following this latest trial, and the opportunity is open to all banks.
  • In 2022, the Finteum Platform added intraday repo alongside intraday FX swaps due to interest from banks, which was an important change.
  • BNY Mellons triparty infrastructure can also be used to settle U.S. dollar intraday repo transactions executed on the Finteum Platform.

Catalyst Blockchain Platform Launches on Corda

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Friday, June 10, 2022

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, June 10, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Catalyst Blockchain Platform is now available on Corda, the leading distributed ledger technology platform from R3, created specifically for highly-regulated markets.

Key Points: 
  • BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, June 10, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Catalyst Blockchain Platform is now available on Corda, the leading distributed ledger technology platform from R3, created specifically for highly-regulated markets.
  • "On Corda, Catalyst Blockchain Platform brings a whole new frontier of data privacy and ease of use to blockchain network development.
  • Catalyst Blockchain Platform on Corda takes all of the strengths of the protocol and renders them easier and faster to work with by removing the technical barriers to entry.
  • Catalyst Blockchain Platform is developed by IntellectEU, a leader in distributed finance.

Digital Asset Announces General Availability of Daml 2.0

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Digital Asset , a software and services provider that helps enterprises build economic value through interconnected networks, today announced the general availability of Daml 2.0 , the newest version of Digital Assets multi-party application platform.

Key Points: 
  • Digital Asset , a software and services provider that helps enterprises build economic value through interconnected networks, today announced the general availability of Daml 2.0 , the newest version of Digital Assets multi-party application platform.
  • For example, a Daml asset can now be safely delivered on Hyperledger Besu while the payment can be made using a different Daml asset on Hyperledger Fabric, in a single, atomic transaction.
  • Lack of privacy and sovereignty is driving enterprise blockchain users into walled-garden installs, said Craig Blitz, Chief Product Officer at Digital Asset.
  • Goldman Sachs is using Daml to develop its end-to-end tokenized asset infrastructure supporting the entire digital life cycle across multiple asset classes on permissioned and public blockchains.

BSN's NFT infrastructure soft-launched today and is slated for an official launch with 26 founding partners in March

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

HONG KONG, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) today announced that the BSN Decentralized Digital Certificate (BSN-DDC) Network (ddc.bsnbase.com), an infrastructure dedicated to Non-Fungible Token (NFT) adoption in China, has soft-launched with eight platform operators along with seven Open Permissioned Blockchains (OPBs), most of which are converted from public chains including Ethereum, Cosmos/IRISnet, and EOS.

Key Points: 
  • To differentiate from NFTs outside China that are traded on public chains with cryptocurrencies (banned in China), NFT is renamed as Decentralized Digital Certificate (DDC) by BSN.
  • "NFT/DDC technology is a digital certification and distributed database technology that can be applied in any scenario where digital proof is required.
  • The platform partners announced today include Rong Bao Zhai Auction, EY Blockchain , Sumavison , Baiwang , Digital Art Fair Asia , and Hainan International Culture and Artworks Exchange Center .
  • BSN will announce all twenty-six founding partners, disclose future roadmaps, and outline the governance structure of the network at the official launch ceremony and press conference in Nanjing, China, in late March.

BSN's NFT infrastructure soft-launched today and is slated for an official launch with 26 founding partners in March

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

To differentiate from NFTs outside China that are traded on public chains with cryptocurrencies (banned in China), NFT is renamed as Decentralized Digital Certificate (DDC) by BSN.

Key Points: 
  • To differentiate from NFTs outside China that are traded on public chains with cryptocurrencies (banned in China), NFT is renamed as Decentralized Digital Certificate (DDC) by BSN.
  • "NFT/DDC technology is a digital certification and distributed database technology that can be applied in any scenario where digital proof is required.
  • The platform partners announced today include Rong Bao Zhai Auction, EY Blockchain , Sumavison , Baiwang , Digital Art Fair Asia , and Hainan International Culture and Artworks Exchange Center .
  • BSN will announce all twenty-six founding partners, disclose future roadmaps, and outline the governance structure of the network at the official launch ceremony and press conference in Nanjing, China, in late March.

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Report on Corda Blockchain Framework and Security Controls

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the worlds leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today released Corda Enterprise 4.8 Architecture Security Report and an accompanying security controls checklist .

Key Points: 
  • The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the worlds leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today released Corda Enterprise 4.8 Architecture Security Report and an accompanying security controls checklist .
  • Drafted by the CSA Blockchain/Distributed Ledger Working Group , the report examines the security of r3s blockchain framework, Corda Enterprise 4.8 Permissioned Network, and offers ways to mitigate negative business impacts that could arise from such threats as improper business logic flow and insecure network implementation, among others.
  • The Blockchain/Distributed Ledger Working Group works to produce useful content to educate different industries on blockchain and its proper use, as well as define blockchain security and compliance requirements based upon different industries and use cases.
  • 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.

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.

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.

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.

GuildOne Inc. Launches Landmark IoT-Verified Carbon Credits on the Cardano Network

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

GuildOne Inc. (GuildOne) is pleased to announce that the company has issued its first series of voluntary carbon credits on the Cardano network as digital tokens.

Key Points: 
  • GuildOne Inc. (GuildOne) is pleased to announce that the company has issued its first series of voluntary carbon credits on the Cardano network as digital tokens.
  • Were excited to continue our work on Cardano and also develop new interoperability with R3s Corda, our private blockchain network partner.
  • View GuildOnes carbon credits on the Cardano network:
    GuildOne leverages the power of advanced blockchain infrastructure and applications to build innovative digital assets and ESG solutions.
  • Uniting product intelligence with blockchain traceability and digital assets, GuildOne is developing the automated foundation for the next generation of verified carbon credits.

ProfitStream March Beacon Release - Support for GraphQL, Kong, Isito Servicemesh

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Our unstoppable team is at it again.HyperCurrent.io ( www.hypercurrent.io ) is excited to announce the March Beacon release of ProfitStream.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Our unstoppable team is at it again.HyperCurrent.io ( www.hypercurrent.io ) is excited to announce the March Beacon release of ProfitStream.
  • We have made tremendous progress on extending our support across the enterprise fabric for service meshes, microservices, events, and APIs, as well as extending the depth and reach of our support for our OEM partners.
  • More importantly, we also continue to extend the enterprise capabilities of our monetization engine built on the Corda permissioned enterprise DLT/next generation Blockchain Platform.
  • ProfitStream is a prime example of how blockchain can be leveraged to better manage APIs and Corda is ideally suited to this.