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GM, BMW Back Blockchain Data Sharing for Self-Driving Cars
General Motors will chair the next autonomous vehicle data markets working group, using blockchain to help share self-driving data.
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Blockchain Financial Plumbing Is Still Years Away, Says LSE Spinoff Exactpro
Exactpro, which tests software for stock exchanges, says it could be years before blockchains can safely connect to existing post-trade systems.
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Digital Asset Names New CEO to Succeed Blythe Masters
Enterprise blockchain startup Digital Asset has named co-founder Yuval Rooz as the company’s new chief executive officer.
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Digital Asset Loses a Manager and a High-Profile Board Member
Wall Street superstar Sallie Krawchek has quietly left the board of Digital Asset, and the manager of the firm's DAML product has returned to banking.
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Blockchain-for-Banks Startup Switches From Hyperledger to R3's Corda
MonetaGo, which builds private blockchains for banks, has switched platforms from Hyperledger Fabric to R3 Corda.
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Digital Asset's Europe Head Is Latest to Leave Enterprise Blockchain Startup
The upheaval continues at Digital Asset, with the news that Gavin Wells will step down as head of Europe.
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High School Team Places Third in Barclays Blockchain Challenge Event
A U.K. school won third place in a blockchain interoperability hackathon hosted by Clearmatics at the Barclays Rise fintech hub in London.
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SWIFT Chief Announces Trial DLT Integration With R3
Global banking payments network SWIFT says it plans a trial integration with DLT provider R3.
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2 Executives Are Leaving Blockchain Startup R3 in Management Shake-Up
R3 is carrying out an internal reorganization, resulting in the departures of head of global services Brian McNulty and chief administrative officer Lauren Carroll, CoinDesk h...
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IBM, Aetna, PNC Explore Medical Data Blockchain for 100 Million Health Plans
Aetna, Anthem, Health Care Service Corporation, PNC Bank and IBM are collaborating to improve healthcare data sharing with blockchain.
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