Fintech
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — British Columbia Discovery Fund (VCC) Inc. (the “Fund”), a venture capital investment fund managed by Discovery Capital Management Corp. (“DCMC” or the “Manager”), is pleased to report that the holdback receivable with respect to the sale of Rx Networks Inc. (“Rx Networks”) to Beijing BDStar Navigation Co., Ltd.…
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The World Bank has issued a second round of its landmark blockchain bonds. The international financial institution raised another $50 million AUD ($33.8 million U.S.) by selling the “blockchain-operated debt instrument” (bond-i), according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank), which managed the sale jointly with RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities. Both new and existing investors participated, CommBank…
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Agoric’s plans for smart contracts that span multiple blockchains If you think smart contracts began with Etherum or even Nick Szabo think again. Dean Tribble, founder and CTO of Agoric, claims they go all the way back to 1989, when Tribble, Mark Miller, now chief scientist at Agoric and others were working on at the American…