Blockchain Sleuthing Startup Chainalysis Raises $30 Million
The Series B funding was led by seasoned VC firm Accel and included investment from Benchmark, which led the firm's $16m Series A.
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Feb 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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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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Feb 9, 2019 at 12:05 p.m. UTC
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Barclays and Clearmatics Call on Coders to Help Blockchains Talk to Each Other
U.K. bank Barclays and startup Clearmatics will hold a hackathon next month to spur ideas for blockchain interoperability.
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Jan 17, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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15 Banks Join DTCC Post-Trade Blockchain as Project Enters Testing
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is now testing its main blockchain project with 15 global banks, before taking the tech live in 2019.
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Nov 6, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Coinbase's Head of Trading Resigns After Six Months on Job
The head of trading at Coinbase, Hunter Merghart, has resigned just six months after joining the crypto startup from Barclays, CoinDesk has learned.
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Oct 31, 2018 at 6:52 p.m. UTC
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Barclays Is Pitting Blockchains Against Each Other (For a Cause)
The bank's DerivHack event will attempt to suss out which of the major enterprise DLT platforms works best for derivatives life cycle smart contracts.
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Aug 9, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
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IBM and FX Giant CLS Team Up to Launch Blockchain App Store for Banks
Announced Monday, LedgerConnect is the offspring of bank-owned currency trading utility CLS and enterprise software giant IBM.
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Jul 30, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
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Barclays Seeks Twin Blockchain Patents for Banking Services
Barclays Bank proposed using blockchain to make various banking processes more efficient in a pair of patent applications.
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Jul 19, 2018 at 8:45 p.m. UTC
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Barclays CEO Pushes Back Against Crypto Trading Desk Reports
The CEO of U.K.'s banking giant Barclays has shot down the rumor that the bank is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency trading desk.
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May 2, 2018 at 6:00 a.m. UTC
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Barclays, Goldman Champion ISDA Standard for Blockchain Derivatives
U.K.-based bank Barclays is pushing hard for a data standard for derivatives, as a foundation for that market to adopt distributed ledger technology.
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Apr 26, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
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