Blockchain

May
16

World Bank and CBA partner to enable secondary bond trading recorded on blockchain

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and CBA have enabled secondary market trading recorded on blockchain for bond-i

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May
15

Aussie start-ups offer bite of the blockchain in Big Apple

Australian blockchain start-ups are attending the Consensus blockchain conference this week, as part of an Austrade mission to New York.

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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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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.

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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?

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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.

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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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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, […]
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