(Post-trade infrastructure systems provider DTCC recently announced that it will be replacing the legacy technology of its Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) with blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT). This will be done via the technology and support from IBM, Axoni and R3. The TIW service automates the record-keeping, lifecycle events, and payment management for more than $11… Read More >>
SWIFT Urges a Cautious Embrace of DLT
The financial messaging and systems cooperative SWIFT is urging a cautious embrace of the much-hyped blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) while acknowledging that it is engaged in many R&D and proof-of-concept projects. SWIFT is laying out its response to the DLT phenomenon via a position paper written with global professional services provider Accenture, and via the… Read More >>
Linux Foundation Bolsters Hyperledger Project
Industry Players and Vendors Back Hyperledger Project The Hyperledger Project, an open source blockchain initiative from the nonprofit Linux Foundation, founded in 2000, reports the following new members: Chris Ferris, chief technology officer (CTO) of open technology at IBM, becomes chair of the project’s technical steering committee (TSC); Blythe Masters, CEO of Digital Asset… Read More >>
Ops Gets on the Blockchain Revolution Bus
Bitcoin, a so-called crypto-currency, may fade before anyone really understands what it was or how it could actually have prevailed in financial services. However, out of Bitcoin’s ashes has risen the humbly named Blockchain technology. The distributed ledger technology that has been propping up Bitcoin has come to the attention of major industry players. This… Read More >>
Wall Street Heavyweights Back Open Source Project for Blockchain
Blockchain technology, with distributed-ledger potential that has excited much of the financial services world, has gotten a big boost from the Linux Foundation, the San Francisco-based open source nonprofit founded in 2000, which reports the launch of a broadly based open source initiative. “The project will develop an enterprise grade, open source distributed ledger framework… Read More >>
SWIFT’s Innotribe Crowns Hyperledger
At the Sibos conference in Singapore, SWIFT’s fintech innovation division Innotribe has named newcomer Hyperledger as the winner of the 2015 Innotribe Startup Challenge, giving the vendor exposure and a $50,000 cash prize. On its website, Hyperledger says it “uses revolutionary shared, replicated ledgers technology to provide a trustful, universal record of truth not controlled… Read More >>
