Securrency, Inc. has announced Series A funding of $17.65 million from a leading financial services company, and venture firms focused on financial market infrastructure technology. WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (Nasdaq: WETF) led the round as a strategic investor. Other participants in the round include the Abu Dhabi Investment Office through its Ventures Fund, Japanese financial services giant, Monex Group, Inc., and venture […]
By Jonas Gross and Philipp Sandner After Facebook’s Libra and the announcement of the Chinese central bank to issue a digital currency, the discussion about a digital Euro has gained momentum. Even if a central bank-issued digital Euro might not be introduced in the foreseeable future, the digital Euro does already exist in the form of […]
Ownera, the institutional-grade blockchain network for digital securities (AKA Security Tokens), has announced it will be releasing its Digital Securities API utilizing the Amazon Managed Blockchain service running HyperLedger Fabric. Ownera is a network where all nodes will be regulated financial entities (such as banks, asset managers and exchanges), who underwrite and distribute the assets […]