Settlement

Settlement

Finance

Jill Carlson, Meltem Demirors Back $3.3M Round for Non-Custodial Settlement Protocol Arwen

The funding will help the Boston-based Arwen expand its non-custodial settlement system, potentially to institutional players.

Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares at CoinDesk Invest:NYC 2019.

Finance

Few Banks Will Touch Crypto Firms, but Silvergate Wants to Touch Bitcoin Itself

Silvergate made its name providing fiat banking services for crypto businesses. Now, CEO Alan Lane wants the bank to handle digital assets themselves.

Silvergate Bank CEO Alan Lane (right) speaks on a panel in New York. (Photo via CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Blockchain of Things Pays SEC $250,000 to Settle Unregistered ICO

Internet startup Blockchain of Things has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle with the SEC over its $13 million ICO.

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Markets

SEC in Settlement Talks With 'Fraudulent' ICO Organizer Reg Middleton

Middleton organized the unregistered $14.8 million Veritaseum (VERI) initial coin offering, and is further accused of market manipulation post-ICO.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Acquisition Marks Broadridge Financial's First Foray Into Crypto Services

Broadridge Financial Solutions has bought a startup offering products that serve the cryptocurrency and crypto derivative space.

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Markets

Wells Fargo to Pilot Dollar-Linked Stablecoin for Internal Settlement

U.S.-based financial giant Wells Fargo is developing a digital dollar that will run on the firm’s first blockchain platform.

Wells Fargo

Markets

ASX DLT System 'On Track,' Says Annual Report

The Australian Securities Exchange has released its 2019 financial report, offering insight into its upcoming distributed ledger settlement system.

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Markets

Russian Central Bank to Consider Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency

The Bank of Russia will consider the use of a gold-backed cryptocurrency to facilitate international settlements, according to its governor.

Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Bank of Russia.

Markets

Mutual Funds Network Calastone’s 'Real-Time' Blockchain Platform Is Live

Calastone, a transactions network for the mutual funds industry, has now moved to its own blockchain-based settlement system.

Ether traders are looking to the London hard fork as a potential price catalyst.

Markets

Top Banks 'Investing $50 Million' to Build Blockchain Settlement System

Around a dozen banks are said to be spending $50 million to build a blockchain-based digital cash settlement system, according to Reuters.

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