Blockchain for Capital Markets: EquiChain Unveils Working Prototype

Global professional services and consulting giant Accenture has developed a prototype that will enable a central administrator to edit – even expunge – a record on a private blockchain. In an announcement today, Accenture said it has created “a prototype of a new capability” that will allow one or more designated administrators to edit, rewrite and remove blocks from a permissioned blockchain, without breaking the chain. Patent applications for the prototype’s invention have been filed in the United States and the European Union, by the firm and co-developer Giuseppe Ateniese, a professor....

The German central bank Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse are working together on a Blockchain prototype which will allow for functionality for the settlement of securities in a delivery-versus-payment mode for centrally-issued digital coins. This is yet more proof that markets are in love with Blockchain technology. The system will also be able to transfer digital coins or digital securities alone, and will also be capable of settling basic corporate actions such as coupon payments on securities and the redemption of maturing securities. Germans are willing to give Blockchain a try.....

JPMorgan has unveiled what it calls a "distributed cryptoledger", presented during this week's meeting of the technical steering committee for the Linux Foundation-led open-source Hyperledger Project. The prototype, dubbed Juno, was presented by developer Will Marino on 3rd March. JPMorgan executive director David Voell said during the meeting that the proposal has been under development since September of last year, and that it is one of several concepts that he said the bank has been working on. Juno provides support for a smart contract language called 'Hopper' within a permissioned....

DECENT is a decentralized publishing platform, which we first covered last year. Using blockchain technology, it allows creators to freely share their content on a peer-to-peer network while maintaining a secure record of ownership. Although it’s still under development, they now have a working prototype to demonstrate how it works. As we’ve previously explained, DECENT allows users to upload any digital content to its peer-to-peer network, including books, movies and video games. Along with it, they issue a DECENT transaction, which logs them as the author on the blockchain. If the media....

Unchained Capital, an Austin-based financial services firm, has announced its new enterprise-grade self-custody offering, aptly named “Business Accounts for Bitcoin.” The post Unchained Capital Unveils New Ways For Businesses To Custody BTC appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.