AWS enhances Amazon Managed Blockchain with Ethereum support
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces general availability of Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain.
Crypto wallet and exchange company Blockchain.com raises $120 million
Blockchain.com has announced that it has raised a $120 million funding round. The company develops a popular crypto wallet as well as an exchange.
Aussie blockchain community calls for more government support around the nascent tech
Blockchain Australia has again called on the government and regulators to provide more support for the local blockchain ecosystem.
SwiftPass and Wallyt to partner with Findora on payments network
Findora announced today that the company will integrate their solutions with global payments company SwiftPass, and HK-based fintech Wallyt.
UK FinTech Fasset granted authorisation to test blockchain platform in Bahrain
UK FinTech Fasset received authorisation to test its solutions for the tokenisation of hard assets in Bahrain’s FinTech Regulatory Sandbox.
Tencent to build virtual bank after Hong Kong regulator approves license
Chinese internet giant Tencent is set to open a blockchain-based virtual bank after the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) approved a new license. Speaking at the World Blockchain Summit in Wuzhen, China on Friday, Tencent blockchain chief Yige Cai said the company’s virtual bank received the SFC’s green-light. Moving forward, the company will assemble a team to support the blockchain-based banking platform, according to Chinese media site Sina Finance. “Hong Kong’s new regulations and supervision on digital assets transactions validates the importance of blockchain technology and digital assets, which is good news for the whole industry,” Cai said in his speech at the summit. The SFC has granted […]
How this young entrepreneur turned her hobby into a fintech startup powered by blockchain
Making money is hard but managing it is not as tough, says 23-year-old Smriti Tomar, who started InvestoAsia, a fintech startup based on blockchain technology this year. Gurugram- and Hong Kong-based InvestoAsia aims to help retail investors to easily invest in international markets, especially in China and South Korea, which Smriti feels is currently a major difficulty. The Founder and CEO dubs the platform as a ‘financial lifestyle product’ that aims to redefine personal finance with the power of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and distributed ledger technology (blockchain), to eradicate the inequality amongst the unbanked, unaware, and financially illiterate. The startup, the Founder notes, provides opportunities that were […]
Jibrel wins Fintech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge
Jibrel, a multinational blockchain-based fintech company, won the 2019 Fintech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge. The award was given for the team’s work on Jibrel.com, a fully-regulated blockchain-powered private financing platform. Jibrel provides a vertically-integrated solution that connects startups and small-to-medium enterprises with investors of all genres to create capital formation. As an awardee, Jibrel will represent Abu Dhabi and the Mena region at the Global FinTech Hackcelerator in Singapore this month. Additionally, a panel of experts will help deploy Jibrel·com’s proof of concept in the UAE and beyond. Various other benefits of the award include a S$200,000 grant. Jibrel was one of two chosen from a pool of 14 startups. […]
