Blockchain

Deloitte: The blockchain debate is over, and blockchain won
May
14

Deloitte: The blockchain debate is over, and blockchain won

When Bitcoin declined, one might expect all the hype for blockchain to have declined with it. But it did the opposite.

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PayPal skips Bitcoin while ‘clearly working on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency’
May
09

PayPal skips Bitcoin while ‘clearly working on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency’

PayPal believes it is too early to pronounce Bitcoin as the future of payments. Nevertheless, the $128 billion financial services firm is pursuing blockchain and cryptocurrency projects.

Bitcoin . Blockchain . Currency . FinTech . Payments
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How blockchain could change the way you buy your next house
May
09

How blockchain could change the way you buy your next house

When you buy a house, you pay a solicitor to verify the property’s ownership and check for outstanding loans or other title restrictions. But what if this information was available to you instantly?

Blockchain . FinTech . Mortgage
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Commonwealth Bank trials smart-money on blockchain
May
08

Commonwealth Bank trials smart-money on blockchain

A new type of smart money, powered by blockchain, has been successfully trialled by CSIRO’s Data61 and the Commonwealth Bank.

Banking . Blockchain . Currency . FinTech . Payments
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Financial world watches as ASX launches blockchain test
Apr
30

Financial world watches as ASX launches blockchain test

Eleven early adopters of the ASX’s planned equities blockchain will begin testing the new technology from Tuesday, when the exchange switches on a test site that allows them real-time access to its data store.

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Aussie blockchain investor goes global
Apr
17

Aussie blockchain investor goes global

Australian digital assets investment firm TCM Global Asset Management (formerly Token Capital Management) is making its first international foray. TCM is chaired by former ANZ managing director of global markets, Steve Bellotti, and its chief executive is former JP Morgan managing director of Asia Pacific commodities trading, Jon Deane. The firm has acquired a controlling stake, alongside high profile blockchain investor Frank Amato, in Cleveland-based Grasshopper Capital. Grasshopper Capital's first fund, launched in 2017 and closed in 2018, returned 29.28%. The fund was long only and focused on infrastructure opportunities in the blockchain ecosystem. Grasshopper has now announced it will be launching a new fund, Grasshopper Capital Fund II LP, […]
Blockchain . FinTech . Investing . Venture Capital
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Emerging technologies are changing the future of financial services
Apr
16

Emerging technologies are changing the future of financial services

Emerging technologies such as blockchain, data and artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting the landscape of the financial services industry, participants at Swinburne’s Financial Technologies (FinTech) panel discussion have heard. Renowned FinTech leaders came together to discuss the trends, challenges and opportunities of FinTech in Australia. The event’s panel discussion was moderated by Director of the Master of Financial Technologies, Dr Dimitrios Salampasis. Representing a diverse range of industries from start-ups such as WORBLI and Moula, to traditional banks and regulatory bodies, the panellists shared insights into how FinTech is disrupting or presenting opportunities for their organisations. Manager of Corporate Development at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Cameron Stewart, said that as […]
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The Bitcoin Times – Officially Launched
Apr
12

The Bitcoin Times – Officially Launched

The Bitcoin Times was created to cut through all the bulls#*% you may have read or heard about Bitcoin…(there’s lots of it). It’s not about “blockchain”, nor is it about “crypto”. It’s about what matters. It’s dedicated to Bitcoin, as a concept, as a monetary phenomenon & as a new form of global, digital collaboration that is fair and robust in nature. The Bitcoin times is a distillation of a broadly complex concept into something digestible, so that more people know what the real innovation in this space is. Only publishing 2 of these per year. It’s 100% free and created by the team at Amber to help spread the right narrative.
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