Blockchain technology news

MasterCard has filed 4 new patent applications focused on payments and transactions based on Blockchain technology with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Most representatives of the government and governmental companies in Russia have changed their attitudes towards the use of Blockchain technology, as is used for the operation of Bitcoin. It’s safe to visit conferences in Russia without the threat of a visit by “KGB” like government bodies.

Calypso Technology, one of the leading financial software vendors, has become the first partner to develop capital markets applications on R3’s Corda distributed ledger-based smart contract platform.

The German Federal Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) and Deutsche Börse, one of the world's leading marketplace organizers for the trading of shares and other securities, have jointly presented a functional prototype for the Blockchain-based settlement of securities.

World Marketing Congress has awarded this year’s Top 100 Most Influential Global Marketing Leaders Award to Jack Cheng, the Head of Marketing at ANX INTERNATIONAL, an Industrial Giant in the Fintech and Blockchain spaces.

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Santander are reported to be dropping their membership in the R3 CEV Blockchain consortium.

One of the leading audit and advisory services companies, Deloitte, has collaborated with SETL, a London-based fintech company, and Metro Bank to produce a contactless card for payments using blockchain technology.

ARK Crew, the development team behind the new ARK cryptocurrency ecosystem has announced the date for the official release of their open source code on GitHub.

R3, financial innovation firm, has announced its partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to launch its first dedicated distributed ledger technology Center of Excellence in Asia.