Blockchain
R3’s Fund Records US$10 Million in Investment Into 20 Early-Stage Blockchain Startups
Global enterprise software firm R3’s Development Fund announced that it has hit the US$ 10 million mark in capital deployed across over 30 investments in more than 20 promising early-stage blockchain and confidential computing companies. The fund invests in startups
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HSBC Executes Singtel’s Billion Dollar Digital Asset Issuance on Marketnode’s Platform
HSBC Singapore and Marketnode successfully completed a digital bond issuance on Marketnode’s digital asset issuance, depository and servicing platform. Marketnode is a joint venture between Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Temasek. The transaction with Singtel is said to represent the largest
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STACS Raises S$4.8 Million Ahead of Series A Funding Round
Singaporean blockchain development company Hashstacs (STACS) announced the completion of its US$ 3.6 million (S$ 4.8 million) pre-Series A funding round, bringing its fundraising total to more than US$ 6 million (S$ 8 million). The fundraise led by Wavemaker Partners
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R3 Inks Deal With IMDA and Tramés to Build a Blockchain Based Supply Chain Solution
R3, the enterprise software firm, Tramés, a Singapore-based supply chain orchestration technology startup, and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) to accelerate global trade and supply chain digitalisation. The MOI will support the collaboration
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DBS Report Looks at Digital Assets’ Buoyant 2021 First Quarter
Digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), are having an exciting year 2021, with many developments and booming adoption witnessed in Q1’21, DBS’ latest quarterly update on digital assets outlines. In Q1’21, digital assets
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STACS Teams up With Bluecell for Blockchain-Powered Green Loans
Bluecell and Hashstacs (STACS) announced a new collaboration to offer green and sustainability-linked loans though GreenSTACS, which runs on top of latter’s patent-pending blockchain technology. Bluecell will connect its live end-to-end loans matching engine integrated with MyInfo, to STACS’ sustainability-enabling
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Singapore-Based Blockchain Firm #dltledgers Raises US$ 7 Million, Switches to R3’s Corda
#dltledgers, a Singaporean blockchain platform for cross-border trade, trade finance, and supply chain digitisation, has raised US$ 7 million during a Series A funding round. The fundraising round was led by Regis and Savoy Capital, Vittal, Walden International and various
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Ripple Appoints Former Uber Exec to Lead Southeast Asian Operations
Ripple announced the appointment of Brooks Entwistle as Managing Director of Southeast Asia to lead and scale the company’s operations in the region. Based out of Ripple’s Southeast Asia headquarters in Singapore, Brooks Entwistle brings three decades of senior management
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DBS First Asian Bank To Transact on AntChain’s Blockchain-Based Trade Financing Platform
Following the official launch of Trusple, AntChain’s international trade and financial services platform, DBS announced that it is the first Asian bank to successfully close a trade financing transaction on the platform, valued at over US$ 40,000. The transaction was
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Bank of Thailand Revealed Plans To Focus on Retail Digital Currency Next
Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced the results of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for Business Prototype Development Project and revealed plans to focus on retail CBDC as its next step. Initiated in June 2020, Project Inthanon marks the first
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