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Ripple Says Sales of XRP Cryptocurrency Rose 83% In Q1

While XRP's price has fallen since the end of the year, Ripple's sales of the cryptocurrency are stronger than ever.

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BBVA Issues $91 Million Loan Using Two Blockchains

Spanish banking giant BBVA has completed a pilot that issued a $91 million corporate loan using two different blockchain technologies.

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Barclays, Goldman Champion ISDA Standard for Blockchain Derivatives

U.K.-based bank Barclays is pushing hard for a data standard for derivatives, as a foundation for that market to adopt distributed ledger technology.

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1 in 5 Financial Institutions Exploring Crypto Trading, Survey Finds

A survey conducted by Thomson Reuters found that around 20 percent of its financial services clients are mulling trading cryptocurrencies in 2018.

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'WordPress of Blockchain' Startup Seeks to Solve Enterprise Pain Points

Elemential, which is based in Mumbai, India, seeks to remove the pain of “blockchain administration."

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JPMorgan Trial Puts Debt Issuance on a Blockchain

JPMorgan Chase has partnered with National Bank of Canada and others to trial a blockchain platform aimed to improve the debt issuance process.

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Blockchain Slump? Banks May Be Fatigued But Insurers Are Pumped

Giving progress reports on their blockchain projects, bankers come across browbeaten and anxious, while their cousins in insurance sound spritely.

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Blockchain Taps Former Goldman Exec for Institutional Investor Push

Blockchain's new hire oversaw Goldman Sachs' relationships with institutional clients managing $1.49 trillion in assets.

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Barclays Is Talking to Clients About Opening a Crypto Trading Desk

A person with knowledge of the situation said all major banks are likely to be weighing the same decision.

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Bank of America Envisions Blockchain As Internal Ledger

A newly released Bank of America patent application proposes securing health records on a permissioned blockchain.

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