- Blockchain startup Zilliqa adds banking veterans to advisory board (Finextra): Alexander Lipton (from BAML) and Stuart Prior join Zilliqa.
- Blockchain In Trucking Alliance Lands Corporate Finance Member (Pymnts)
- State Bank of India partners with BankChain and Intel to deploy blockchain solutions (India Times): Bankchain is developed by PrimeChain who is working with SBI and more than two dozen members in India/ME.
- CIBC Walks From Tapscott’s NextBlock Global After Falsehoods Revealed; More Misrepresentations Found (Forbes)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Cryptocurrencies (from Martin Walker, formerly HSBC / R3) at FT Alphaville
- Blockchains and central banks – what have we learnt? (from Antony Lewis at R3)
- Otonomos alleges ex-CEO mishandled company resources; ex-CEO denies (Tech in Asia)
- Note: the NYT published this article about a week ago and then a few days later the SEC published a statement (below): How Floyd Mayweather Helped Two Young Guys From Miami Get Rich
- SEC statement on people advising/endorsing ICOs: Statement on Potentially Unlawful Promotion of Initial Coin Offerings and Other Investments by Celebrities and Others
- New Zealand’s FMA published its guidance on ICOs and cryptocurrencies
- Other personnel movements: Hu Liang and John Burnett have left State Street and are setting up a company called “Omni” which competes with Omega One and Tradeblock.
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