Blockchain

A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit has found almost three quarters of bank IT executives believe moving to the cloud will help their companies reach their objectives.

The European Commission has said it intends to end anonymity in cryptocurrencies and introduce a new anti-money laundering (AML) agency to crack down on financial crime.

A recent survey has found that over half of the experts who took part believe bitcoin will become more dominant than money issued by central banks in less than 30 years.

Crypto tax and portfolio tracking service CoinTracker has netted $100m in its Series A investment, which puts its valuation at $1.3bn.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) introduced a global challenge for retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) solutions.

A cryptocurrency community rivalling bitcoin is in uproar after an Ethereum Foundation worker was arrested after giving a blockchain talk in North Korea.

The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) was founded with Tier 1 partner banks to help them improve operational control, cut cost and comply accurately with the regulators. In a short space of time, the company has already onboarded an extensive list of clients for its reference data services, but it plans to go one step further by extending its offering with an instantly deployable suite of APIs.

Blockchain-based banking startup Humaniq has landed backing from professional services giant Deloitte. The size of the round is undisclosed.

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InsurTech companies continued their winning streak last week among the 37 FinTechs that raised big rounds.