December 2021- Enterprise blockchain monthly review

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4 min readJan 12, 2022

We bid farewell to 2021 with a recap of all the most outstanding news of the blockchain industry of December!

Digital Assets / Securities

Renta 4 hará banca universal y lanzará activos digitales en su nuevo plan estratégico

Renta 4 Banco amplía su foco de negocio. Sin olvidar su origen como banco de inversión, la entidad presidida por Juan…

www.elespanol.com

Coinstreet And Somerley Collaborate To Form New Venture To Provide Professional Services In…

Coinstreet Holdings Limited, a leading global professional consultancy group and solution provider in the digital asset…

thetokenizer.io

Cloud Security Alliance reviews Corda blockchain security - Ledger Insights - enterprise blockchain

Yesterday the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) published a security report on enterprise blockchain Corda. In developing…

www.ledgerinsights.com

Digital assets outlook 2022: All eyes on regulations as capital pours in | Alternatives |…

Regulation will play a big role in the direction that digital assets will take as many digital exchanges continue to…

www.asianinvestor.net

One Big Regulatory Question Holds Advisors Back From Crypto

Christopher Robbins is a nationally recognized journalist who has been featured as a speaker and panelist on topics…

www.coindesk.com

Digital Currencies / CBDC’s

HSBC and IBM create successful multi-ledger CBDC demo

On Thursday, HSBC and IBM announced the successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement between two…

cointelegraph.com

Kazakhstan Piloting a CBDC on R3′s Corda Platform

The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) is using R3′s Corda platform for the ongoing pilot of a central bank digital…

www.coindesk.com

UK has no plans for a wholesale CBDC, envisages banks enabling synthetic - Ledger Insights …

Earlier this week, the UK House of Lords Economic Committee met about central bank digital currency ( CBDC). Baroness…

www.ledgerinsights.com

Mexico central bank plans to launch CBDC by 2024

The Bank of Mexico, Banxico, aims to introduce a central bank digital currency by 2024, the Mexican government wrote in…

seekingalpha.com

Nigerian Experts: CBDC Still Unattractive to Users Despite Claim of 'Excellent' Adoption Rate …

Nigerian blockchain and cryptocurrency experts have suggested that many prospective users will only consider adopting…

news.bitcoin.com

WhatsApp begins offering Novi money transfers to some users in the US

WhatsApp has begun offering an option for in-app cryptocurrency payments to selected users. Testers won’t have to pay…

finance.yahoo.com

Siemens taps JP Morgan’s Onyx for blockchain-based payments — Ledger Insights — enterprise…

According to a Financial Times report, JP Morgan’ s Onyx blockchain unit is working with Siemens for blockchain-based…

www.ledgerinsights.com

NFTs

Michael Jordan Jumps Into Web3 via Solana App for Athletes - Decrypt

Michael Jordan remains an icon long after his playing career. Image: Shutterstock In brief Michael Jordan and son…

decrypt.co

L'Oréal calls out lack of female representation in NFT space

L'Oréal Paris USA commissioned five female artists to create NFT art inspired by the six shades of red in its new Reds…

www.marketingdive.com

DraftKings Marketplace plans to launch gamified NFT collection next NFL season

The National Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, in collaboration with sports betting operator DraftKings…

cointelegraph.com

Adidas sold more than $22 million in NFTs, but it hit a few snags along the way

All 30,000 of Adidas' Into the Metaverse NFTs were minted within a matter of hours of going on sale Friday. Each NFT…

www.theverge.com

Chinese Tech Giants Ready Metaverse, NFT Moves Despite Regulatory Scrutiny

China's tech giants are hopeful of launching metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) businesses despite suffering a…

cryptonews.com

Blockchain Industry

Microsoft Leads $27M Funding Round for Palm NFT Studio

Microsoft's venture arm is leading a $27 million bet on NFT studio Palm. Eli is a news reporter for CoinDesk. He owns…

www.coindesk.com

Blockchain-powered breakthrough on mutual fund

Dechert partner Timothy Spangler well remembers standing next to a whiteboard on Franklin Templeton Investments' San…

www.ft.com

ConsenSys Collaborates With Mastercard on New Ethereum Scaling System

Ethereum software firm ConsenSys has launched "ConsenSys Rollups" with the help of Mastercard's engineering team to…

www.coindesk.com

Paris Blockchain Week Summit Returns April 12-14, 2022 - The Daily Hodl

December 16, 2021 - Paris, France Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS), a leading international conference dedicated to…

dailyhodl.com

Hedera, a Distributed Network Targeting Businesses, Jumps Into Metaverse Fray

The metaverse refers to the idea of digital worlds that would combine elements of augmented and virtual reality, the…

www.coindesk.com

Institutional Crypto

More businesses offer pay in cryptocurrency in a bid to lure younger workers

Stephen Gerrits, a senior at Clemson University in South Carolina, has a part time gig with a start-up. He gets paid in…

www.cnbc.com

100 Companies Fail to Obtain Crypto Licenses in Singapore Due to Tough Regulation - Regulation…

More than 100 companies that applied for a license to offer crypto services in Singapore have either been turned down…

news.bitcoin.com

December 2021- Enterprise blockchain monthly review

Digital Assets / Securities

Renta 4 hará banca universal y lanzará activos digitales en su nuevo plan estratégico

Renta 4 Banco amplía su foco de negocio. Sin olvidar su origen como banco de inversión, la entidad presidida por Juan…

Coinstreet And Somerley Collaborate To Form New Venture To Provide Professional Services In…

Coinstreet Holdings Limited, a leading global professional consultancy group and solution provider in the digital asset…

Cloud Security Alliance reviews Corda blockchain security - Ledger Insights - enterprise blockchain

Yesterday the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) published a security report on enterprise blockchain Corda. In developing…

Digital assets outlook 2022: All eyes on regulations as capital pours in | Alternatives |…

Regulation will play a big role in the direction that digital assets will take as many digital exchanges continue to…

One Big Regulatory Question Holds Advisors Back From Crypto

Christopher Robbins is a nationally recognized journalist who has been featured as a speaker and panelist on topics…

Digital Currencies / CBDC’s

HSBC and IBM create successful multi-ledger CBDC demo

On Thursday, HSBC and IBM announced the successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement between two…

Kazakhstan Piloting a CBDC on R3′s Corda Platform

The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) is using R3′s Corda platform for the ongoing pilot of a central bank digital…

UK has no plans for a wholesale CBDC, envisages banks enabling synthetic - Ledger Insights …

Earlier this week, the UK House of Lords Economic Committee met about central bank digital currency ( CBDC). Baroness…

Mexico central bank plans to launch CBDC by 2024

The Bank of Mexico, Banxico, aims to introduce a central bank digital currency by 2024, the Mexican government wrote in…

Nigerian Experts: CBDC Still Unattractive to Users Despite Claim of 'Excellent' Adoption Rate …

Nigerian blockchain and cryptocurrency experts have suggested that many prospective users will only consider adopting…

WhatsApp begins offering Novi money transfers to some users in the US

WhatsApp has begun offering an option for in-app cryptocurrency payments to selected users. Testers won’t have to pay…

Siemens taps JP Morgan’s Onyx for blockchain-based payments — Ledger Insights — enterprise…

According to a Financial Times report, JP Morgan’ s Onyx blockchain unit is working with Siemens for blockchain-based…

NFTs

Michael Jordan Jumps Into Web3 via Solana App for Athletes - Decrypt

Michael Jordan remains an icon long after his playing career. Image: Shutterstock In brief Michael Jordan and son…

L'Oréal calls out lack of female representation in NFT space

L'Oréal Paris USA commissioned five female artists to create NFT art inspired by the six shades of red in its new Reds…

DraftKings Marketplace plans to launch gamified NFT collection next NFL season

The National Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, in collaboration with sports betting operator DraftKings…

Adidas sold more than $22 million in NFTs, but it hit a few snags along the way

All 30,000 of Adidas' Into the Metaverse NFTs were minted within a matter of hours of going on sale Friday. Each NFT…

Chinese Tech Giants Ready Metaverse, NFT Moves Despite Regulatory Scrutiny

China's tech giants are hopeful of launching metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) businesses despite suffering a…

Blockchain Industry

Microsoft Leads $27M Funding Round for Palm NFT Studio

Microsoft's venture arm is leading a $27 million bet on NFT studio Palm. Eli is a news reporter for CoinDesk. He owns…

Blockchain-powered breakthrough on mutual fund

Dechert partner Timothy Spangler well remembers standing next to a whiteboard on Franklin Templeton Investments' San…

ConsenSys Collaborates With Mastercard on New Ethereum Scaling System

Ethereum software firm ConsenSys has launched "ConsenSys Rollups" with the help of Mastercard's engineering team to…

Paris Blockchain Week Summit Returns April 12-14, 2022 - The Daily Hodl

December 16, 2021 - Paris, France Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS), a leading international conference dedicated to…

Hedera, a Distributed Network Targeting Businesses, Jumps Into Metaverse Fray

The metaverse refers to the idea of digital worlds that would combine elements of augmented and virtual reality, the…

Institutional Crypto

More businesses offer pay in cryptocurrency in a bid to lure younger workers

Stephen Gerrits, a senior at Clemson University in South Carolina, has a part time gig with a start-up. He gets paid in…

100 Companies Fail to Obtain Crypto Licenses in Singapore Due to Tough Regulation - Regulation…

More than 100 companies that applied for a license to offer crypto services in Singapore have either been turned down…

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