R3 Corda

Italy

Around 100 Italian Banks Are Officially on a Blockchain

Sandali HandagamaOct 13, 2020

The Italian Banking Association claims that about 100 local banks are now operating on a blockchain network designed to speed up interbank transactions and processes.

Trademark

Coda Protocol Changes Name After Trademark Dispute With R3

Jaspreet KalraSep 29, 2020

O(1) Labs-led lightweight blockchain Coda Protocol said it is relaunching as “Mina” following a settlement in a trademark dispute with software maker R3.

R3 Corda

IBM-R3 Pact Shows Tech Trumps Tribe in Enterprise Blockchain

Ian AllisonOct 23, 2020

A new collaboration this week between R3 and IBM is raising eyebrows in the world of enterprise blockchain.

Banking

85% of Italian Banks Are Exchanging Interbank Transfer Data on Corda

Nathan DiCamilloJul 27, 2020

Banks across Italy are using R3’s Corda blockchain to vastly speed the process of double-checking transaction logs.

Consensus: Distributed

Staying Alive: Why the World of Enterprise Blockchain Has Turned to Collaborations

Ian AllisonMay 14, 2020

Enterprise blockchain isn’t dead, but survival has meant more collaboration and some smart pivots. A dispatch from this week’s Consensus: Distributed.

R3 Corda

Ethereum

R3 Corda Partners With Kaleido After Ethereum Startup Spins Out of ConsenSys

Ian Allison

R3, the company behind the Corda blockchain, is edging ever closer to Ethereum, with news of a partnership with enterprise software startup Kaleido.

Nasdaq

Nasdaq Is Using R3’s Corda for Managing Digital Assets

Nathan DiCamillo

Nasdaq has partnered with R3 to offer a platform for digital asset marketplaces on the Corda blockchain.

R3 Corda

R3 Teams With Custodian Hex Trust to Help Asian Banks Sell Security Tokens

Nathan DiCamillo

Hong Kong-based Hex Trust is partnering with the enterprise blockchain company to offer banking clients another option for issuing security tokens.

Banking

HSBC Puts $10B of Private Placements on R3’s Corda Blockchain

Nathan DiCamillo

HSBC is using blockchain as opposed to a traditional database because it plans to tokenize the $10B in private placements after it digitizes them.

CBDC

Sweden’s Central Bank Finally Embraces DLT, but Only in Simulation Mode

Danny Nelson

Riksbank's e-krona pilot will run on distributed ledger tech, but the entire project will be operated as only a simulation through at least 2021.

R3

R3 Completes Trade Finance Blockchain Trial With More Than 70 Organizations

Nathan DiCamillo

The trade finance blockchain consortium claims that it completed more than 700 funding requests with around 340 participants.

News

Daimler Carries Out First Transaction on Marco Polo Blockchain Trade Network

Daniel Palmer

Automaker Daimler has carried out its first commercial transaction on the blockchain-based Marco Polo trade finance network.