News Topic: Distributed ledger technology

Banks are putting the concept of securities lending on a blockchain-inspired platform to the test. ... Read full article

In what could be seen as a mea culpa for CEO Jamie Dimon's disparagement of bitcoin five months ago, the Wall Street megabank has released a big and relatively bullish report on cryptocurrencies. ... Read full article

The nation’s two largest banks don't want the credit risk associated with the transactions. ... Read full article

AriseBank said it was the first crypto platform to buy a traditional bank. But there’s no evidence it did anything of the kind — and its founder now says it has been raided by the FBI. ... Read full article

The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck says roughly $400 million of the digital currency NEM was stolen. If banks and others are to invest in the digital-asset industry, it will have to do better. ... Read full article

Plans by IDT and MercuryFX to test XRP for cross-border payments are another vote of confidence for Ripple’s products. ... Read full article

Fears about regulators coming down on digital currency trading caused an epic crash in the market this week. But reining in this evolving asset class won't be easy. ... Read full article

The stratospheric rise of bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and other cryptocurrencies in recent months may be only the beginning. ... Read full article

The famed investment bank is set to become the first major Wall Street bank to make markets in digital currencies such as bitcoin. ... Read full article

The blockchain startup continues to pack its board with mainstream finance experts. ... Read full article

With Wall Street on board, investors look to spend coins on real estate or through bitcoin debit cards. ... Read full article

Rather than forming a consortium of peers to investigate blockchain technology, as many banks have done, one of the world's largest asset managers is acting on its own. ... Read full article

Dizzying trading in bitcoin fed the bubble argument, but now that Nasdaq is the third Wall Street player to say it is designing a financial instrument around it, banks may be forced to reassess cryptocurrencies. ... Read full article

It’s been month after month of record-breaking, confounding growth for the cryptocurrency, accompanied by regular warnings from banks about bubble speculation. ... Read full article

Japan’s bitFlyer is expanding to the American market, even as U.S. banks remain wary of cryptocurrencies. ... Read full article

The digital-currency startup, which markets software to banks, appears keen to signal that it wants to play by the rules. ... Read full article

The startup is betting that a venture offering safe storage of digital assets will entice billions from banks and other institutional investors. ... Read full article

Brian Behlendorf, leader of the Linux Foundation's effort to establish standards for blockchain, likens the invention of cryptocurrencies to the moon launch and says banks, open-source developers and others are working to make the underlying ... Read full article