Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructureThe BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business.Robert LakinJul 16, 2026
HSBC, BNP Paribas, StanChart, Others Launch Hong Kong Blockchain Trade Finance PlatformA new blockchain trade finance platform developed by a dozen banks, among them HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Standard Chartered, launched Oct. 31 in Hong Kong.Nov 2, 2018Marie Huillet
7 Global Banks Partner Up to Develop Blockchain-based Syndicated Loan MarketSeven major global banks have partnered with fintech firms R3 and Finastra for the development of the Blockchain-based syndicated loans marketplaceOct 7, 2017Joshua Althauser
Banks’ Blockchain Race: BNP Paribas Sends Its First Payments from Germany, UK, NetherlandsActing on behalf of Panini Group and Australian company Amcor, France’s BNP Paribas sent real-time Blockchain-based payments from bank accounts located in Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.Dec 22, 2016William Suberg
BNP Paribas ‘to Add Bitcoin to Currency Fund’ Within WeeksBNP Paribas is set to announce it is adding Bitcoin to one of its currency funds in the coming weeks.Jul 24, 2015William Suberg
BNP Paribas: Bitcoin’s a Disruptive Invention ‘Like the Steam or Combustion Engine’BNP Paribas, one of the largest banks in the world, has released a new report in which the bank details two scenarios for the integration of blockchain technology in our financial systemJul 3, 2015Diana Ngo
BNP Paribas Research Reveals 5 potential Disruptive Impacts of CryptocurrenciesResearch analyst of French financial institution BNP Paribas, identifies 5 ways cryptocurrencies could shake up finance and asset servicing, and suggests banks to “invest time and energy to understand how they can best make use of them.”Nov 13, 2014Diana Ngo
