Thai Stellar-based blockchain startup Lightnet raised $31.2 million in a Series A funding round led by major financial conglomerates in South East Asia.
SWIFT News
SWIFT, or a Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, is a co-operative organization that is the provider of the SWIFT network — a standard for exchanging transaction information between financial institutions. SWIFT was founded in 1973 in Belgium. SWIFT is currently used by most international banks and is famous for its secure and trusted network. That being said, SWIFT has its flaws and is investing in the further development the system. With multiple blockchain competitor companies like Ripple, which plans to speed up and establish the highest level of security in banking transactions, SWIFT is actively working on implementing blockchain technology into their protocol. SWIFT’s blockchain tests have already been conducted and have showed very good results. However, SWIFT’s team concluded that distributed ledger technology should be improved in order for it to be implemented into the international banking system.
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With Chinese President Xi Jinping recently showcasing support for blockchain, local media is seemingly changing its sentiment toward crypto.
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predicts that 99% of all crypto will likely go to zero as they are not focused on real problems.
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Representatives at interbank payments network provider SWIFT have lambasted cryptocurrencies as being “useless and unstable.”
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SWIFT says it conducted a successful trial of instant cross-border transfers in Asia.
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The Japanese government is attempting to spearhead the creation of a new, global cryptocurrency payments network that would be similar to SWIFT.
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SWIFT will enable blockchain-based platforms to use its global payments innovation platform.
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Global financial messaging network SWIFT is carrying out a DLT-based shareholder e-voting proof-of-concept in the first half of this year.
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U.S. banking giant JPMorgan Chase will begin conducting tests of its bespoke coin in the next several months, an executive said.
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Major global banking payments network SWIFT announced its collaboration with R3.
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Iran could soon release its state-backed coin, and Gemini announces it will complete further security compliance reviews.
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Major global banking payments network SWIFT has revealed it plans to integrate technology from R3.
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Tehran may reveal the identity of a new state-sponsored cryptocurrency at a conference this week.
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