Bitcoin InterviewsCryptocurrency NewsExclusiveNewsR3 Lead Mike Hearn: Corda is More Like Bitcoin Than Ethereum By CCN: “Corda is more like Bitcoin,” says Mike Hearn, lead engineer…Justin OConnellMay 12, 2019
NewsWhy the R3-SWIFT Partnership is Cranking the Gears of the Ripple (XRP) Rumor Mill SWIFT, the 11,000-member global payments network, has announced a partnership with enterprise…Josiah WilmothJanuary 30, 2019
NewsCorda Blockchain Platform Executes Successful Live Commercial Paper Transaction in Europe Enterprise blockchain software provider R3 has issued a statement announcing that Corda,…David HundeyinDecember 8, 2018
Blockchain NewsNewsRipple: R3 Corda’s New Settlement Layer Now Supports XRP R3, the distributed ledger development company which introduced its first enterprise/open source…P. H. MadoreDecember 5, 2018
Blockchain NewsNewsAccenture Launches Commercial R3 Blockchain Solution in Thailand Global consulting giant Accenture and Digital Ventures, a fintech subsidiary of Thai…David HundeyinOctober 18, 2018
Blockchain NewsNews14 Italian Banks Complete Interbank Transactions on R3 Blockchain Corda A consortium of Italian banks has successfully completed the initial trial of…Mark EmemOctober 5, 2018
Bitcoin LawFinTech NewsNewsRipple, R3 Reach Settlement in Multibillion Dollar Cryptocurrency Lawsuit Blockchain companies Ripple and R3 have reached an undisclosed settlement on “all…Josiah WilmothSeptember 11, 2018
Blockchain NewsNewsBank of England to Open New Payment System to Blockchain Users The Bank of England is executing a complete overhaul of its interbank…Josiah WilmothJuly 24, 2018
Blockchain NewsFundingNewsEnterprise Blockchain Consortium R3 Mulls IPO, Outright Sale: Report Enterprise blockchain startup R3 is the latest industry firm to hold high-level…Josiah WilmothJuly 13, 2018
Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsR3’s Not Bankrupt, But Documents Show It’s Not Flush with Cash, Either Enterprise blockchain startup R3 is not bankrupt, but the high-profile banking consortium…Josiah WilmothJune 22, 2018
Blockchain NewsNewsR3 Not Going Bankrupt, in a Very Strong Financial Position: CEO David Rutter The chief executive of R3 is striking back at a recent report…Josiah WilmothJune 18, 2018
Blockchain NewsNewsEnterprise Blockchain Startup R3 May Run Out of Money by Next Year: Report Enterprise blockchain startup R3 is burning through cash at a breakneck pace…Josiah WilmothJune 8, 2018
Blockchain NewsNewsShipping Giant Maersk Deploys First Blockchain-based Marine Insurance AP Moller – Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, has deployed the…Lester ColemanMay 28, 2018
NewsRegulationPotential Conflict of Interest? UK Parliament Blockchain [and Ripple] Critic Worked For R3 Last week, UK Parliament held an evidence session aimed to inform regulators…Conor MaloneyMay 7, 2018
Blockchain NewsNews‘Pixie Dust’: Anti-Crypto ‘Expert’ Tells British Govt. Blockchain Is Just a Fad On Tuesday, a director of a leading think tank stood before the…Claire WilliamsonMay 4, 2018
Bitcoin TechnologyNewsThink ‘Heretical’ Thoughts: Mike Hearn tells Bitcoin Cash Early Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn isn’t coming back to the open-source community,…Josiah WilmothApril 6, 2018
NewsR3’s Lawsuit Against Ripple is Now Worth $19 Billion The value of a legal dispute involving US-based fintech startups R3 and…Josiah WilmothJanuary 4, 2018
Blockchain NewsNewsR3, 22 Member Banks Develop Instant Cross-Border Payments Platform Global enterprise consortium R3 and 22 member banks have developed a cross-border…Samburaj DasOctober 31, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsCredit Suisse Banker: ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ for Blockchain Technology As major banks reject the notion of bitcoin, many are turning their…Rebecca CampbellOctober 20, 2017
Altcoin NewsFinTech NewsCourt Dismisses $1 Billion R3 Lawsuit Against Ripple A Delaware judge has dismissed the $1 billion lawsuit fintech firm R3…Josiah WilmothOctober 17, 2017
Altcoin NewsBlockchain NewsNews$1 Billion: Ripple, R3 File Dueling Lawsuits Over Cancelled Partnership Distributed ledger startups Ripple and R3 have plunged themselves into a legal…Josiah WilmothSeptember 12, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsBahrain Bank First in MENA Region to Join R3 Blockchain Consortium Bank ABC, an international banking group headquartered in Bahrain is the latest…Samburaj DasAugust 15, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsBlockchain Consortium R3 Close to Launching First Pilot Product Global banking blockchain consortium R3 is close to launching its first pilot…Rebecca CampbellAugust 7, 2017
Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsR3 Aims to Build the ‘Operating System of Finance’ R3 CEO David Rutter has stated that his company seeks to build…Benjamin VitárisJune 14, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsJapanese Banking Giants Complete R3 Blockchain Trial for Derivatives A number of major Japanese financial institutions have announced the successful completion…Samburaj DasJune 2, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsCentralized System More Efficient and Beneficial than Blockchain: Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada isn’t keen on a blockchain-based interbank payments system.…Samburaj DasMay 26, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsOpinionWhy R3CEV Member Banks Have Left, Abrupt Change in Vision In August of 2016, Thomson Reuters, the US$42.5 billion financial and media…Joseph YoungMay 23, 2017
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBlockchain NewsFundingNewsSmart ContractsBlockchain Consortium R3 Raises Record $107 Million The global banking blockchain consortium led by R3 has raised a record…Samburaj DasMay 23, 2017
Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsAbu Dhabi Regulator Joins the R3 Blockchain Consortium The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial center that houses…Samburaj DasMay 19, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsJP Morgan Quits R3’s Blockchain Consortium, R3 Isn’t Pleased One of R3’s earliest members has left the banking-centric blockchain consortium that…Samburaj DasApril 28, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsOp-edR3’s Refusal of Russia’s Sberbank is Against the Principles of Blockchain After long and careful consideration, R3CEV, better known as the R3 consortium,…Joseph YoungApril 15, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsSmart ContractsR3 Tries to Woo Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to Join Blockchain Consortium New York-based blockchain startup R3, known for spearheading an international banking-based blockchain…Samburaj DasMarch 28, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsR3 Consortium Study Compares Blockchain Privacy Tools The R3 consortium released a summary last November of the various schemes that…Lester ColemanMarch 12, 2017
Blockchain NewsNewsR3: ‘Corda Is Not A Blockchain And We Didn’t Say It Was’ As Critics Take Aim In a recent blog, “When is a blockchain not a blockchain” R3…Lester ColemanFebruary 26, 2017
Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsSmart ContractsHong Kong Financial Markets Authority Joins R3 to Test Blockchain Transactions The Securities and Futures Commission, an independent statutory authority that regulates the…Samburaj DasFebruary 13, 2017
Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsSmart ContractsMicrosoft Announces Availability of R3’s Corda Blockchain Platform on Azure R3’s blockchain software Corda, developed by the Fintech startup alongside 70 of…Samburaj DasDecember 27, 2016
Blockchain NewsNewsR3 Demonstrates Blockchain Technology in Bermuda R3 brought its blockchain research to Bermuda to demonstrate how distributed ledger…Justin OConnellNovember 28, 2016
Bitcoin & Blockchain InvestmentsBitcoin TechnologyBlockchain NewsNewsBanking Blockchains Without Native Digital Assets are “Nonsense”, says Italian Tech Professor Ferdinando Ametrano, a professor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy’s largest tech university,…Joseph YoungNovember 25, 2016
Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsReport: Morgan Stanley Might Leave R3 Blockchain Consortium Is Morgan Stanley about to part ways with its banking brethren and R3?Samburaj DasNovember 23, 2016
Blockchain NewsNewsAnother R3 Exit: Spanish Bank Santander Quits Blockchain Consortium Banco Santander, one of the early participants of the R3 blockchain consortium…Samburaj DasNovember 22, 2016
Bitcoin TechnologyBlockchain NewsNewsGoldman Sachs Exits the R3 Blockchain Consortium Goldman Sachs, one of the earliest members of the R3 blockchain consortium…Samburaj DasNovember 21, 2016
Blockchain NewsNewsSingapore’s Central Bank is Developing a Blockchain Inter-Banking Payments Platform with R3 The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, has announced…Samburaj DasNovember 16, 2016
Blockchain NewsFinTech NewsNewsR3 Partners Singapore’s Central Bank to Open Blockchain Lab Prominent enterprise blockchain startup R3 has collaborated with the Monetary Authority…Samburaj DasNovember 10, 2016
Blockchain NewsMarket NewsChina’s Interbank Trading Platform Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium The operator for China’s official interbank market trading platform has joined New…Samburaj DasNovember 7, 2016
Altcoin NewsBlockchain NewsNews12 R3 Member Banks Trial Cross-Border Payments with Ripple’s XRP over its Blockchain Twelve member banks of the R3-led banking blockchain consortium and the New…Samburaj DasOctober 25, 2016
Blockchain NewsNewsSmart ContractsReport: R3’s Banking Blockchain Software is Going Open Source The R3 private banking consortium’s blockchain software code will be released publicly.Samburaj DasOctober 20, 2016
Bitcoin TechnologyBlockchain NewsNewsR3 Blockchain Consortium Sees First Russian Member in Payments Firm QIWI Russian payments services firm QIWI is the latest member to join the global financial and banking blockchain consortium led by New York-based R3.Samburaj DasOctober 13, 2016
Bitcoin TechnologyBlockchain NewsNewsFormer Bitcoin Exchange Executive Joins Blockchain Firm R3 Antony Lewis, the former director for business development at bitcoin exchange Paxos,…Samburaj DasOctober 5, 2016
Bitcoin TechnologyBlockchain NewsNewsResearch: Blockchain Tech Interests Corporate Treasurers in Africa and Latin America A new report from Ovum has found that 75 percent of corporate…Rebecca CampbellSeptember 30, 2016
Bitcoin TechnologyBlockchain NewsFinTech NewsMarket NewsNewsR3, Banks, Fintech Startups Test Blockchain Platform for Syndicated Loans A group of banks, the R3 blockchain consortium and Fintech startup Symbiont…Samburaj DasSeptember 27, 2016
