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Coinbase has reportedly raised more than $10m from Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Tech firm Infoteria has successfully tested an application of blockchain technology with Myanmar microfinance firm BC Finance.

Netki, a digital identity startup, has raised $3.5 million to help it expand its team and technology offerings.

A group of Russian banks and financial services companies has formed a private-sector consortium focused on blockchain applications.

After months of small-scale testing in the Philippines, blockchain payments app Abra launched in the US today.

A new research report by banking giant Citi asserts that it does not view bitcoin and other digital currencies as a disruptive threat.

IBM has completed a blockchain project with Crédit Mutuel Arkéa that found the two firms using the technology to verify customer identities.

As the ethereum community debates a hard fork option to undo losses sustained by The DAO, ANZ is questioning the credibility of public blockchains.

German engineering giant Siemens plans to invest in blockchain startups and projects through a newly created business unit backed by $1.1bn.

San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Kraken is making yet another acquisition, scooping up Dutch exchange CleverCoin.

As many as four bidders have claimed $16m in bitcoin recently auctioned off in Australia by Ernst & Young.

A bitcoin exchange startup based in Singapore has raised $16m in new funding as part of an ongoing Series A.

A group of technology and finance companies in Shenzhen, China, have launched a new blockchain consortium.

BNP Paribas Securities Services has announced a new innovation lab that will focus on big data and distributed ledger tech.

A new survey estimates that finance companies will invest as much as $1bn on blockchain initiatives related to capital markets in 2016.

Toyota joins R3CEV, making it the first member of the auto industry to join the distributed ledger consortium.

Built in partnership with IBM Mizuho Financial Group announced today that it has tested the use of a token-based blockchain settlement system.

Blockchain-based social payments app Circle has raised $60m in new funding as it expands to China.

The Australian Stock Exchange is boosting its stake in New York blockchain startup Digital Asset Holdings.

San Francisco-based distributed ledger tech provider Ripple has added seven partner financial institutions.

Seven financial institutions have partnered to explore how blockchain tech could benefit small enterprises.

Clearing and settlement leader Euroclear has announced its first partnership with a blockchain industry business.

Blockchain startup Cryex is pushing back against reports it is seeking capital to stay afloat amid issues launching one of their core products.

The Bank of England is continuing to explore distributed ledger technology as part of a wider embrace of financial technology.

A bitcoin trading option targeting European investors and listed on Nasdaq Nordic is once again live.