Barclays

Barclays

Barclays Hackathon to Attack Data ‘Silos’ With Blockchain

Ian AllisonSep 25, 2019

Barclays is holding another hackathon to tackle the finance industry’s perennial problem of data silos. Again, blockchain will take center stage. 

Coinbase

Barclays Is No Longer Banking Coinbase

Ian AllisonAug 14, 2019

Barclays is no longer banking Coinbase, resulting in delayed fiat withdrawals and deposits for the crypto exchange's U.K. users.

Coinbase

Coinbase Taps Ex-Barclays Markets Exec to Head Institutional Coverage

Ian AllisonApr 20, 2020

Coinbase has hired former Barclays markets veteran, Brett Tejpaul, to lead institutional coverage at the San Francisco-based crypto exchange.

Barclays

14 Banks, 5 Tokens: Inside Fnality’s Expansive Vision for Interbank Blockchains

Ian AllisonJun 13, 2019

Fresh off a $63 million fundraise, execs at bank blockchain consortium Fnality shed some light on the often-secretive project's plan to tokenize fiat currency.

Venture Capital

Barclays Leads $5.5 Million Round for Blockchain Business Payments Startup

Yogita KhatriMay 29, 2019

Barclays Bank has jointly led a $5.5 million Series A funding round for blockchain-based B2B payments startup Crowdz.

Barclays

Barclays

Fidelity Hires Barclays’ Former Head of Digital Assets

Yogita Khatri

Financial services giant Fidelity hired Chris Tyrer, former head of Barclays' digital assets project.

Barclays

Barclays, RBS, R3 Cut Property Transaction Times in Blockchain Trial

Yogita Khatri

Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, R3 and more say they've reduced property transaction times to "less than three weeks" using a distributed ledger.

Venture Capital

Blockchain Sleuthing Startup Chainalysis Raises $30 Million

Ian Allison

The Series B funding was led by seasoned VC firm Accel and included investment from Benchmark, which led the firm's $16m Series A.

Barclays

High School Team Places Third in Barclays Blockchain Challenge Event

Ian Allison

A U.K. school won third place in a blockchain interoperability hackathon hosted by Clearmatics at the Barclays Rise fintech hub in London.

Payments

Barclays and Clearmatics Call on Coders to Help Blockchains Talk to Each Other

Ian Allison

U.K. bank Barclays and startup Clearmatics will hold a hackathon next month to spur ideas for blockchain interoperability.

Barclays

15 Banks Join DTCC Post-Trade Blockchain as Project Enters Testing

Ian Allison

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is now testing its main blockchain project with 15 global banks, before taking the tech live in 2019. 

Coinbase

Coinbase’s Head of Trading Resigns After Six Months on Job

Ian Allison

The head of trading at Coinbase, Hunter Merghart, has resigned just six months after joining the crypto startup from Barclays, CoinDesk has learned.