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On this episode we have Todd McDonald talking about regulations and then we have Andrew Stakiwicz, Global Head of Sales Engineering to discuss what drew him to the space, what it's like to work on the sales engineering team, and why he believes in what we are doing here at R3. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Check out our job openings here (https://www.r3.com/job-openings/). Guest: Andrew Stakiwicz - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstak/) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by: Nadia Pressley - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-pressley-b89084178/)
Check out this episode of Life in the Fast Chain with R3's Chief Economist, Alisa DiCaprio! She talks about all the career moves and decisions that landed her here as Chief Economist. She has a GREAT story so make sure to listen in to learn more about Alisa. Before we get to her, hear from Todd McDonald on what's the latest in the global CBDC space. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Guests: Alisa DiCaprio - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisadicaprio/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/AlisaDiCap) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by: Nadia Pressley - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-pressley-b89084178/)
Check out this episode of Life in the Fast Chain where Todd McDonald educates Catherine one what Web 3.0 is and discusses recent news coming out of Six Digital Exchange. Then Catherine has Michelle Neal US CEO of LedgerEdge to discuss how she got here. Links - Further Web 3.0 Information (https://www.investopedia.com/web-20-web-30-5208698) - SIX Digital Exchange news (https://www.six-group.com/en/newsroom/media-releases/2021/20211118-six-sdx-digital-bond.html) - LedgerEdge Twitter (https://twitter.com/_LedgerEdge_) - LedgerEdge LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ledgeredge/) Guest Michelle Neal - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-neal-051a80/) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/mcdtv) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Nadia Pressley - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-pressley-b89084178/)
On this episode of Life in the Fast Chain, Catherine has R3 co-founder Todd McDonald to give an update on what's going on in the emerging tech space and talk about how he got here. The next few episodes will feature different R3ers and others in the R3 ecosystem talking about how they got here. How they got into emerging tech, what peaked their interest about blockchain, what their story is. Hope you enjoy! Listen to the latest episode of R3's podcast, Life in the Fast Chain. US President's working group report on stablecoins (https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/StableCoinReport_Nov1_508.pdf) Meta info (https://about.facebook.com/meta?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_campaign=metaverse&utm_content=post-launch) Guest: Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
On this episode, R3's Head of Digital Currencies Ricardo Correia comes on to discuss what R3 is doing with Central Bank Digital Currencies. He talks about the CBDC Working Group and how the CBDC Sandbox was born. He also touches on how stablecoins are different and how he naturally fell into this position after quite a few roles at R3. Links: Learn more about the R3 Sandbox for Digital Currencies and request a demo here (https://www.r3.com/digital-currency-sandbox/). Blog - Facilitating Cross Netowrk CBDC Interoperability (https://www.r3.com/blog/facilitating-cross-network-cbdc-interoperability/) Blog - The Role of Policy in the Successful Development of CBDC (https://www.r3.com/blog/the-role-of-policy-in-the-successful-development-of-cbdc/) Blog - CBDC and Interoperability: Your Questions Answered (https://www.r3.com/blog/cbdc-and-interoperability-your-questions-answered/) Webinar Replay - Connecting CBDCs: Enabling cross-border and cross-network transactions (https://www.r3.com/webinars/connecting-cbdc-enabling-cross-border-and-cross-network-transactions/) Guest: Ricardo Correia - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-correia-0a9b86/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Check out the latest episode of our podcast with R3's Cloud Alliances Lead, Amy Fisher. Amy talks about what's going on in the R3 San Francisco office, cloud and blockchain, + our recent webinar with AWS. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Truth or Myth: Has Blockchain Failed To Deliver in Banking - Webinar (https://www.r3.com/webinars/truth-or-myth-has-blockchain-failed-to-deliver-in-banking/) Guest: Amy Fisher - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-fisher-06162311/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/amyannalee) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
On this week's episode, Catherine has Megan Paytas, R3's Event Manager on to talk about #CordaCon2021 and how our hybrid event is going to run. Then David Awad comes on from the Developer Relations team here at R3 to discuss the DevRel team, what they do, and how they are here for you! Listen on your favorite podcast app or online here - https://vimeo.com/571766697 CordaCon save the date! (https://www.r3.com/events/cordacon-2021/) Megan Paytas - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-paytas-1b8417b5/) David Awad - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaawad/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/realdavidawad) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy
On this episode, R3's Austen Appleby stops by for a quick chat about recent news in CBDC. CoreChain's CTO, RJ Herrick, and Founder/ CEO, Chris Aguas, also join to talk about their B2B payments network platform built on Corda, how COVID-19 has impacted business, digital assets and more! Listen on your favorite podcast app. Recent News Facilitating cross network CBDC interoperability with Banque de France, Swiss National Bank and SIX (https://www.r3.com/blog/facilitating-cross-network-cbdc-interoperability-with-banque-de-france-swiss-national-bank-and-six/) CoreChain - website (https://corechainb2b.com/) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/corechainb2b/about/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/corechaintech?lang=en) *Guests * Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) RJ Herrick - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjherrick/) Chris Aguas - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisaguas/) Austen Appleby - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/austen-appleby/) Produced by Conan Brophy
Chaim Finizola is the ClaimShare Director and the head of business development for emerging markets over at IntellectEU. In this podcast we discuss ClaimShare’s confidential computing solution built on top of R3’s Conclave and Corda Enterprise platform for the detection and prevention of “double dipping” fraud in the insurance industry which runs in the several billions of dollars each year. What is blockchain? Blockchain is a technology that allows different actors to collaborate with each other without having to trust each other. Having a database in the form of a distributed ledger you can have not only the data decentralised, but also the way the data is handled in a decentralised manner. Independent of the discussion of centralised versus decentralised, Chaim reminds us what is important is to focus on the business use case and then determine the best approach. What is confidential computing Confidential computing allows different actors to perform private computations on specific data sets and process data without other actors being aware of each other and without them being able to see what data is being processed. The party that is hosting this black box whether it’s a regulator or a network operator they can’t see what is being processed within the black box. An example of such a black box is the Intel SGX chip which has enclaves where the data can be processed in a fully confidential way without revealing any data to external parties. Insurblocks recorded a podcast with Richard Brown, CTO at R3 entitled "Confidential computing - introduction to R3's Conclave". “Double Dipping” Fraud KPMG has estimated that detected and undetected fraud make up between 5% to 10% of insurers’ total claim payouts. “Double-dipping” fraud a key contributor to fraud, costs the insurance industry several billion dollars each year, which inevitably leads to higher household insurance costs Double dipping happens when one actor for one loss event goes to multiple insurers to request a same payout. For example, a customer whose had a car accident will go to insurers A, B and C to get a payout from each one of them. This is quite a large problem for insurers which today has been extremely hard to detect. Insurers are usually unaware of this problem as they do not have a way to detect if their customer are insured with another insurer and if a payout has been made on a claim or not. There has been attempts by insurers to share information via a centralised database but that came up with a number of complexities from a regulatory standpoint and from a GDPR one. In addition, centralised databases run the risk of getting hacked or of leaked sensitive information. IntellectEU IntellectEU are the developers of the ClaimShare solution. The firm was founded over 15 years ago as an integration company in the payment sector. They have done over 400 integrations, mainly with SWIFT, in addition to other payment rails. Since 2014 they have been working with DLT and were the first to perform a SWIFT to Ripple integration. In the blockchain space, IntellectEU has been working first with Ripple, then with Ethereum and in 2016 they were one of the founding members of Hyperledger. Since 2017 they have been working closely with R3 Up to now they have been working with 40 capital market, insurance and telco projects for using blockchain and emerging technologies such as AI, confidential computing and quantum computing. ClaimShare Chaim introduced ClaimShare is the first platform that allows the detection and prevention of double dipping fraud in the insurance industry. ClaimShare uses blockchain technology to allow the sharing of public information to match data and match claims based on colour, location and date, for example. They then use, confidential computing part to match sensitive data of the claims that can be the named user, their address and birthdate.
On this episode we talk about what the heck is going on with cryptos right now, how the money pouring into cryptos is different than whats being poured into blockchain and other emerging technologies. We talk about how R3 is investing in new tech and our development fund. We discuss how this focus on crypto and blockchain impacts heavily regulated and complex institutions. Andddd we have a lot of fun in the studio along the way. Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here (https://www.r3.com/podcasts/season-2-episode-9-charley-cooper-on-communications-cryptos-and-complex-institutions-adopting-new-tech/). Quick links R3 Development Fund Invests First USD 10 Million in Over 20 Start-ups (https://www.americanentrepreneurship.com/press-releases/r3-development-fund-invests-first-usd-10-million-over-20-start-ups) – American Entrepreneurship Today Global enterprise software firm R3’s Development Fund has reached the milestone of USD 10 million in capital deployed across over 30 investments in more than 20 of the most promising early-stage blockchain and confidential computing companies. Time to replace crumbling capital market infrastructure (https://www.globalriskregulator.com/Subjects/Reporting-and-Governance/Time-to-replace-crumbling-capital-market-infrastructure) – Global Risk Regulator David E. Rutter: This unprecedented moment in time presents a game-changing opportunity for CEOs to challenge their firms’ business models and embrace the new technologies at their disposal. SEC - Staff Statement on Funds Registered Under the Investment Company Act Investing in the Bitcoin Futures Market (https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/staff-statement-investing-bitcoin-futures-market) Charley Cooper - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cooper-charley/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are shaking up traditional finance and shifting the tectonic plates of investing, but the technology underlying digital assets — blockchain — may eventually have a bigger impact on the world. Today, most applications on public chains such as Ethereum are centered around the economic layers of cryptocurrencies, such as decentralized finance (DeFi). But for a country like China, where public chain applications may not always be aligned with local regulations, permissioned chains are presenting corporations an alternative as well as greater protection from the volatility of cryptocurrency prices. “If we ran an application on a public chain, the revenue must be in cryptocurrency. Then, the cost is in cryptocurrency, the revenue is in cryptocurrency — that makes no sense,” Yifan He, the CEO of Red Date Technology — the company behind state-backed Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) in China — told Forkast.News in a video interview. “Next year, the cost could be more than your revenue.” BSN recently scored the licensing rights to R3’s Corda Enterprise and Corda-based Open Permissioned Chain to resell the enterprise blockchain for developers in China, which would allow Chinese banks and other companies to adopt Corda’s technology “Large corporates are coming to these networks to help improve their working capital, to help finance their business day-to-day,” Todd McDonald, R3’s co-founder and chief product officer, told Forkast.News. “The volatility of having to pay for transactions in a cryptocurrency is sort of the opposite of what they’re trying to achieve.” According to He, there are at least five banks in China that have approached Red Date to build apps using Corda, or CorDapps. Corda was once a storied technology from abroad that piqued the curiosity of research centers and development teams across the mainland. These curious developers never had access to Corda’s permissioned blockchain — until now. “Now, it is very easy to access our network based on Corda, for everybody.” He said. “We really want the high school students, the colleges, to just have a class teaching how to program Corda.” As Beijing leads ahead of the pack among major nations in developing a central bank digital currency, the nation has also been building out the infrastructures for the Web 3.0 era through ambitious initiatives like BSN. “The focus within Europe is more on, what is the potential for something like a digital euro as more of a bigger project across the European Union,” McDonald said. “I would love to say that in the U.S. there is an equal amount of common investment on the infrastructure side, but it’s really being led, obviously, by the private sector.” Watch He and McDonald’s full interview with Forkast.News to learn more about how China’s BSN is looking to leverage Corda’s open-source protocol to drive further interoperability on the network, what the future might hold for BSN and other state-backed networks, the limitations of focusing too closely on cryptocurrency as an application, and more.
Catherine sits down with the legendary duo Richard Gendal Brown and Mike Hearn to talk about R3's Conclave. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Guests: Richard Gendal Brown - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gendal/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/gendal) Mike Hearn - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-hearn-2523962/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy
Catherine first hosts George Calle on the podcast to talk about the CBDC working group and new research on Central Bank Digital Currency. Then, Bryan D'Souza comes on to talk about how he and the partner team are finding new ways to engage with R3's ecosystem in the midst of lockdown. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Links - CBDC Research page (https://www.r3.com/cbdc-research/) - CBDC Research Overview & Conceptual Model Paper (https://www.r3.com/cbdc-research/research-overview-conceptual-model/) - Taxonomy & Design Choices Paper (https://www.r3.com/cbdc-research/taxonomy-design-choices/) Guests: George Calle - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-calle-12043097/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/georgecalle_) Bryan D'Souza -LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryandsouza1/) -Twitter (https://twitter.com/Bryandsouza90) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with R3 software engineer Roy Hopkins to talk about what problems Conclave is trying to solve! She first grabs R3 offering manager Sarah Lynch to talk about real world use cases for a platform like Conclave and why it's important. This episode is especially useful if you want a high level understanding of Conclave first and then a deep dive shortly after. Listen on your favorite podcast app. Roy Hopkins * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-hopkins/) Sarah Lynch * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-lynch-00354492/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy
This episode of Life in the Fast Chain features Chainstack's CEO and Co-founder, Laurent Dedenis! Laurent joins us to discuss digital transformation, working from home, how blockchain fits into the ever-changing digital world, and more. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Links - r3.com (https://www.r3.com/) - Chainstack.com (https://chainstack.com/) - Chainstack Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChainstackHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) - Chainstack LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/chainstack/?originalSubdomain=sg) Laurent Dedenis - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-dedenis/?originalSubdomain=sg) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/laurentjdedenis?lang=en) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com
This episode of Life in the Fast Chain features LedgerEdge's CEO and Co-Founder David Nicol and Head of Business Development, Tim Cook. Tim and David join us to talk about their daring new venture with LedgerEdge, the corporate bond market, and how DLT can help solve issues with corporate bond trading. Listen on your favorite podcast app and stay tuned for more information on LedgerEdge in months to come! Links - R3.com (https://www.r3.com/) - LedgerEdge Twitter (https://twitter.com/_LedgerEdge_) - LedgerEdge LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ledgeredge/) David Nicol - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmnicol/?originalSubdomain=uk) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/nicolrightnow?lang=en) Tim Cook - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-cook-4ab1733a/?originalSubdomain=uk) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy
This episode of Life in the Fast Chain features R3 CEO David E. Rutter and and Chainhaus CEO Jamiel Sheikh. David discusses cryptocurrencies and how they have inspired people to start seeing real business use cases for blockchain. Jamiel talks about his blockchain journey and how he became inspired to write a book about Corda. Be sure to listen on your favorite podcast app! Links www.r3.com (https://www.r3.com/) https://www.r3.com/corda-enterprise/ (https://www.r3.com/corda-enterprise/) Guests David E. Rutter LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviderutter) Twitter (https://twitter.com/daviderutter1?lang=en) Jamiel Sheikh LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiel/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamielsheikh?lang=en) www.Chainhaus.com (https://www.chainhaus.com/) Mastering Corda (https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Corda-Building-Distributed-Applications/dp/149204718X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1610722774&refinements=p_27%3AJamiel+Sheikh&s=books&sr=1-1) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Produced by Conan Brophy
This episode of Life in the Fast Chain features R3 Venture Development Lead, Lauren Feld. Lauren talks about how the team has been able to scale up for the hundreds of participants in the venture development program at R3, why she likes working with startups, what to expect for 2021, and much more. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Links More info on the Venture Development program (https://www.r3.com/venture-development/) Lauren's recent blog (https://www.r3.com/blog/r3s-venture-development-program%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8awhere-are-we-now/) Webinars at R3 (https://www.r3.com/webinars/) Contact VD (venturedevelopment@r3.com) Corda Challenge Winner (https://www.r3.com/blog/we-have-a-winner-corda-challenge-insurtech-2020/) R3 Holiday message + blog (https://www.r3.com/blog/seasons-greetings-from-r3/) Guest Lauren Feld - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-feld-5b04249b/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/laurenfeld629) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Martin Jee runs Oxenbury Partners and hosts the Corda Code Club in London. He is a Corda enthusiast and a great friend to R3. Check out some information on all the things Martin is involved in. Also-- make sure to check out his podcast "From the Basement!" (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-basement/id1522914989) Links: Corda Code Club (https://cordacodeclub.com/) What is Corda Code Club? (https://cordacodeclub.com/who-runs-corda-code-club/) Corda Code Club Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Corda-Code-Club/#:~:text=The%20Corda%20Code%20Club%20is,who%20join%20and%20attend%20events.) Martin's Medium Account (https://medium.com/@martin_7591) Create a Live Playable Slot Machine CorDapp (session at CordaCon2020) (https://www.r3.com/cordacon/create-a-live-playable-slot-machine-cordapp/) CordaCon2020 sessions on demand! (https://www.r3.com/cordacon-2020/) Anthony Nixon's rap!!!!!!!!!!!! (https://soundcloud.com/anthony-nixon-351317176/blockchain-devrelin) (Catherine didn't ask him to post this rap on the podcast in time..... enjoy here!) Guest: Martin Jee - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinjee/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/MartinJee) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Edited by Conan Brophy (https://twitter.com/conanism)
Check out the latest episode of the podcast, Life in the Fast Chain! This episode is all about telecommunications and the TM Forum Catalyst projects. It features Dr. MohammadHossein Zoualfaghari from BT Technology, Andrew Thomson from BearingPoint, and Michael Cooper from R3. This episode is informative and fun, so check it out if you’re interested in the space and want to hear how they are leveraging Corda + other blockchain platforms! As always, you can listen to the podcast on any podcast app or you can watch episodes online on r3.com (https://vimeo.com/463952128). Guests: Dr. MohammadHossein Zoualfaghari -Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoualfaghari/) Andrew Thomson - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-thomson-b3a2131/) Michael Cooper - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-cooper-a203685/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Check out the latest minisode of our podcast with R3's EMEA Venture Development Lead, David Vatchev. David is back in the London office and is on to talk about what it's like being back at work, how the Venture Development team is helping startups adjust to COVID and prepare for post-COVID times, CordaCon 2020 + more! Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here (https://www.r3.com/videos/podcast-and-chill-minisode-13-with-david-vatchev/). Register for virtual CordaCon (Oct 20-22) here (https://www.cordacon.com/). Learn more about the Venture Development team here (https://www.r3.com/venture-development/). Contact the Venture Development team here (https://www.r3.com/venture-development/#module-3). Sign up (http://info.r3.com/email-preferences-new-prospects) for our newsletters. Check out (https://www.r3.com/webinars/) our recorded webinars and register for upcoming webinars! Guest: David Vatchev - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-vatchev/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Check out this episode of Life in the Fast Chain featuring Eduardo Rodriguez, president of Flatstone Capital Advisors and the founder of the FlatStone Trident Xchange (FSTX). Watch online here (https://www.r3.com/videos/life-in-the-fast-chain-episode-52-enabling-future-generations-featuring-eduardo-rodriguez/) or listen on your favorite podcast app! Guest: Eduardo Rodriguez - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edrodriguezjr/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/edrodven) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with ISDA's Ciarán McGonagle and R3's Jason Rozovsky to talk about foundational standards for blockchain, smart contract guidelines, their recent paper, ISDA's work on the Common Domain Module (CDM), and more! Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online at r3.com. ISDA, Clifford Chance, R3 and the Singapore Academy of Law Publish Smart Contracts Paper (https://www.isda.org/2020/01/13/isda-clifford-chance-r3-and-the-singapore-academy-of-law-publish-smart-contracts-paper/) White paper: Private International Law Aspects of Smart Derivatives Contracts Utilizing Distributed Ledger Technology (https://www.isda.org/a/4RJTE/Private-International-Law-Aspects-of-Smart-Derivatives-Contracts-Utilizing-DLT.pdf) The ISDA paper got second place in the "Thought leadership and social responsibility" category for the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific awards. Check it out here (https://www.ft.com/content/3c56e9a0-aef2-11ea-94fc-9a676a727e5a). Guests Ciarán McGonagle - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciar%C3%A1n-mcgonagle-a4029013/) Jason Rozovsky - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrozovsky/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/JasonRozovsky) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with her intern, Nadia Pressley, to talk about virtually interning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here (https://www.r3.com/videos/podcast-and-chill-minisode-11-with-nadia-pressley/). Nadia Pressley - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-pressley-b89084178/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
This is an ongoing series of Women in Business and Technology In this podcast you’ll hear from Jeanine Jue, Head of Global Developer Relations at R3. R3 is an enterprise blockchain software firm working with a broad ecosystem of more than 300 participants across multiple industries from both the private and public sectors to develop blockchain applications on Corda, an open-source blockchain platform, and Corda Enterprise, a commercial version of Corda for enterprise usage. Jeanine is also an advocate for women in technology, and leading initiatives in women in artificial intelligence. Jeanine invites you to contact her with questions you might have about starting out in the tech industry. You can reach via email at: jeaninejue@gmail.com Or find her on Linkedin at: inkedin.com/in/jeaninejue --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chucktuck/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chucktuck/support
Ledgertech Website (https://www.ledgertech.com/) Ledgertech LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ledger-tech/) Ledgertech Twitter (https://twitter.com/insurledger) Guests Eran Tirer - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eran-tirer-478202/) Ronnie Kher (Ronman) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronnie-kher-264b873/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/KherRonnie) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with Silvia from ABI (Italian Banking Association) and Katerina from R3 to talk about the Spunta project, what it was like getting a bunch of banks to look into blockchain years ago, how things are going in quarantine, and much more. Listen on your favorite podcast app or online here (https://www.r3.com/videos/podcast-and-chill-minisode-10-with-silvia-attanasio-and-katerina-koutoulaki/). To learn more... Case Study (https://www.r3.com/case-studies/spunta/) Video explainer (https://www.r3.com/videos/italian-banking-association-and-r3/) Italian banking system goes on blockchain to cut operational risk (https://www.euromoney.com/article/b1lhbylj5w9rjy/italian-banking-system-goes-on-blockchain-to-cut-operational-risk?copyrightInfo=true) Guests Silvia Attanasio - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviaattanasio/) Katerina Koutoulaki -LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katerina-koutoulaki-5277a221/) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
All CBDC talk! We have a new Central Bank Digital Currency working group... learn all about it on the podcast and register your interest on the working group web page (https://www.r3.com/central-bank-digital-currency-working-group-q3-2020/). Download our latest CBDC white paper online here (https://www.r3.com/reports/central-bank-digital-currency-an-innovation-in-payments/). George's long snapping highlight reel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sokgnIJ7ULI) Todd McDonald * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) George Calle * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-calle-12043097/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/georgecalle_) Catherine Rutter * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
ChainThat's David Edwards and Rebecca Oliver come on the podcast with R3's Victor Boardman to talk all about insurance and how the industry is adjusting to our newly digital world. Watch here - https://www.r3.com/videos/life-in-the-fast-chain-episode-50-with-chainthat/ or listen on your favorite podcast app! Links ChainThat Twitter (https://twitter.com/Chain_That) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/chainthat-limited/) Website (https://www.chainthat.com/) Guests: David Edwards - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidedwards1/) Rebecca Oliver - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaoliverism/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Rebeccaj_O) Victor Boardman - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorboardman/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with Co-Founders of VALK, Antoine Loth and Elie Azzi to talk about how they have been staying productive while working from home, what they are working on, and some recent announcements they've had. Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here (https://www.r3.com/videos/podcast-and-chill-minisode-8-with-valk/). Links VALK Website (http://www.valktech.io/) VALK LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/valktech/) VALK Twitter (https://twitter.com/valktech) Glafka Capital to implement Valk's R3 Corda-based platform (https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/82236/glafka-capital-to-implement-valks-r3-corda-based-platform) Valk, Archax partner to facilitate digital listing and issuance (https://ibsintelligence.com/ibs-journal/ibs-news/valk-archax-partner-to-facilitate-digital-listing-and-issuance/) Valk partners with Koine to enable payment and cash custody (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/valk-partners-koine-enable-payment-170055978.html) Guests: Antoine Loth * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoine-loth-040a5a8a/) Elie Azzi * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elie-azzi-02820378/) Catherine Rutter * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with Ivar Wiersma, Head of Venture Development at R3, to talk about how his team is supporting startups during the COVID-19 crisis. Watch online here (https://www.r3.com/videos/podcast-and-chill-minisode-7-with-ivar-wiersma/) or listen on your favorite podcast app! More info about Venture Development at R3 (https://www.r3.com/venture-development/) Ivar Wiersma -LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivar-wiersma-18a6559/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine Rutter sits down with IntellectEU's Ai & Data Lead Maxim Piessen to talk about their recent app, #SpreadLoveNotCorona. If interested, make sure to donate as the funds will go to the UN Foundation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO. Watch here (https://www.r3.com/videos/podcast-and-chill-minisode-6-max-piesson/) or listen on your favorite podcast app! Link to donate (https://spreadlovenotcorona.io/r3) Maxim Piessen - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximpiessen/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with R3's Founder and CEO, David E. Rutter to catch up and talk about his recent piece on FinTech Futures + how he and employees at R3 are adjusting to working from home while quarantining. Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here (https://vimeo.com/409555212). Read David's FinTech Future's piece, Trump’s COVID-19 stimulus plan needs to swap checks for digital dollars (https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/04/trumps-covid-19-stimulus-plan-needs-to-swap-checks-for-digital-dollars/) Guest: David E. Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviderutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/daviderutter1) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Rutter) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine sits down with R3's Head of Trade and Supply Chain, Alisa DiCaprio to talk about how she is dealing with her new normal of working from home, how COVID-19 is impacting supply chain, what working groups she's focused on and more! Plus Catherine tries to hold her breath on camera. Gotta listen or watch to find out how long she makes it. Listen on your favorite podcast app or online here - https://vimeo.com/405438983. Alisa DiCaprio - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisadicaprio/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/AlisaDiCap) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
Catherine and Dimos sit down (while quarantining!) to talk about staying sane while working from home as well as his new book he just published, "Distributed Systems for Practitioners." Make sure to purchase the book on the link below! Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch this episode online here - https://vimeo.com/403329966. Link to the book: https://leanpub.com/distributed-systems-for-practitioners Link for the giveaway: https://leanpub.com/distributed-systems-for-practitioners/c/life-in-the-fast-chain Dimos Raptis -LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimosraptis/) -Twitter (https://twitter.com/dimosr7) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter)
On this minisode, Catherine sits down with R3's CTO Richard Gendal Brown to discuss COVID-19, how he is handling working from home, his latest post on Forbes '“Dear Computer”: A World Where Computers Email Each Other So You Don’t Need To,' and more! Watch online here (https://vimeo.com/401664722) or listen on your favorite podcast app! “Dear Computer”: A World Where Computers Email Each Other So You Don’t Need To (https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardgendalbrown/2020/03/26/dear-computer-a-world-where-computers-email-each-other-so-you-dont-need-to/#82ff9b770cc8) by Richard Gendal Brown on Forbes Special Guest: Richard Gendal Brown.
During quarantine for COVID-19, things can get a little lonely. So, we will be releasing mini-episodes to catch up and make your day a little less lonely. Keep an eye out for these more frequent "minisodes" during these crazy times. First up... R3 Chief Product Officer, Todd McDonald. Listen on your favorite podcast app or watch online here (https://vimeo.com/400985301). Excuse the technical difficulty... Special Guest: Todd McDonald.
Interested in what the blockchain vibes are in the Bay Area? R3's Business Development Lead in San Francisco, Amy Fisher comes on to talk about enterprise blockchain on the west coast. #techvibes. Guest: Amy Fisher - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-fisher-06162311/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/amyannalee) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Trustlayer - InsurTech Challange Winner (https://trustlayer.io/) Upcoming virtual events (https://www.r3.com/events/) Episode of LitFC with Kostas Chalkias (Cryptography lesson!) (https://www.r3.com/podcasts/episode-19-cryptography-with-kostas/) R3 CEO Update on the Coronavirus (https://info.r3.com/webmail/413292/953300774/b2f9c78eea9e7a8e528e43c64a5850ea09622e77ed06569fa8e0a2e880a1dd48) R3 Twitter (https://twitter.com/inside_r3) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/r3cev-llc/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/R3blockchain/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/inside_r3/)
Heather Flannery is the Chief Executive Officer of ConsenSys Health. On March 2, 2020, Consensys Health was officially spun out of one of the most foundational blockchain focused organizations in the world, ConsenSys AG. She is also a Chair at IEEE Standards Association P2418.6; Co-Founder & Chair, BiHG; Co-Chair, HIMSS Blockchain Task Force. Her previous work included web development, business development, entrepreneurship, Microsoft account tech specialist, Founder of Obesity Prevention, and other policy and management work. Show Notes •Introduction of Heather's background •Coronavirus and HIMSS cancellation •Journey into technology, business, and healthcare in your career •Entrepreneurship as a form of psychopathology •Managing leadership roles in multiple organizations and general blockchain advocacy work •When did you first hear about blockchain? •Origins of ConsenSys AG and the Healthcare subdivision •Why was ConsenSys Health spun off into it's own entity? •Values of ConsenSys: Radical transparency, self-organization, decentralization, self-sovereignty •Decentralization of power-generation in the industrial revolution history •Vision for ConsenSys Health and Company structure •ConsenSys Health services categories: Bioethics, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Identity, Compliance •Blockchain adoption and awareness in healthcare developing globally and domestically •How critical is Ethereum's future success and scalability for ConsenSys Health? •What are the biggest misconceptions of blockchain when you speak with various healthcare executives? •Perspectives from CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, CFOs and their biggest concerns when considering a DLT solution or project •Healthcare consortia- what are they doing right, what can they do better? •How important is community governance when developing a DLT solution? •What are some examples of good blockchain-enabled use cases you are seeing in the marketplace? Bad examples? •How important are HIPAA documentation requirements in the future of healthcare privacy? •Federated analytics and federating machine learning •What do you believe in that most people would disagree with? •Favorite book – Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand •What are your thoughts about the AI singularity that is supposed to happen in 2045? News Corner https://hashedhealth.com/procredex-capital-raise On March 5th, 2020, Tampa-based Professional Credentials Exchange LLC (ProCredEx) announced that it raised $3.5M in an initial seed round of funding. ProCredEx has developed a digital marketplace using DLT and machine learning technology to provide a solution for provider credentialing organizations to share, exchange, and monetize their credentialed data with a secure and private platform. ProCredEx has partnered with R3 and has a license to build its marketplace on top of R3’s Corda Enterprise. Check out episode 31 to learn more about how provider credentialing can be improved with DLT. Related Episode: https://soundcloud.com/healthunchained/ep31-provider-credentialing-anthony-begando-ceo-procredex Health Unchained Links Website: https://healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Bert’s Blockchain and Healthcare Weekly Newsletter: https://bert.substack.com/
Interested in learning more about how blockchain can help with all the inefficiencies of trade finance? You are listening to the right episode! Carl Wegner, CEO of Contour comes on the podcast to discuss all things global trade and why he believes this tech is going to change the game. Guest: Carl Wegner - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlwegner/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/cwegnertwn) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Special Guest: Carl Wegner.
Dirk Bullmann and Cédric Humbert join the podcast to discuss central bank digital currencies and what central banks are doing in the blockchain space with Catherine and R3's head of government relations, Isabelle Corbett. Listen on your favorite podcast app! Guests: Dirk Bullmann - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirk-bullmann-a8a012122/) Cédric Humbert - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedric-humbert/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/cedricHSci) Isabelle Corbett - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-corbett/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/isabellecorbett) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) 00:00-08:20 Isabelle Corbett and Catherine talk about Government relations and why it's important at R3 08:20-48:05 Dirk and Cédric join! Links from the episode... BIS - Central bank group to assess potential cases for central bank digital currencies (https://www.bis.org/press/p200121.htm) ECB Website (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html) Stella links: Part I Payment systems (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/news/shared/20170906_stella_report_leaflet.pdf) for the report: "Payment systems: Liquidity saving mechanisms in a distributed ledger environment" (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/ecb.stella_project_report_september_2017.pdf?ab7445c8fe2826d9847602dd9cb8a77b) Part II Securities settlement systems (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/stella_project_leaflet_march_2018.pdf) for the report: "Delivery versus payment in a distributed ledger environment" (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/stella_project_report_march_2018.pdf) Part III Cross border payments (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/publications/pdf/ecb.miptopical190604_1.en.pdf) for the report: "Synchronised cross-border payments" (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/publications/pdf/ecb.miptopical190604.en.pdf) Part VI Privacy and auditability (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/publications/pdf/ecb.miptopical200212_01.en.pdf) for the report: “Balancing confidentiality and auditability in a distributed ledger environment” (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/publications/pdf/ecb.miptopical200212.en.pdf) EUROchain & CBDC “Exploring anonimity in central bank digital currencies” December 2019 (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/publications/pdf/ecb.mipinfocus191217.en.pdf) Stablecoins & crypto-assets Crypto-assets – trends and implications (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/mip-online/2019/html/1906_crypto_assets.en.html) In search for stability in crypto-assets: are stablecoins the solution? (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecb.op230~d57946be3b.en.pdf) Reports & Upcoming conference Peer-to-Peer Financial Systems 2019 Event in Frankfurt (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/intro/events/html/20190726_peer_to_peer_financial_systems.en.html) Distributed ledger technologies in securities post-trading report (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecbop172.en.pdf)
Thomas Bohner, blockchain lead from IntellectEU joins the podcast to talk about how they got involved in the blockchain space, KYC, the idea behind their data sharing platform for onboarding, using the tech outside of financial institutions, and much more (over a beer, of course). Listen on your favorite podcast app! Guest: Thomas Bohner * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-bohner-a0165597/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/t_bohner) Catherine Rutter * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links from the episode IntellectEU website (https://www.intellecteu.com/) IntellectEU LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/intellecteu/) Richard Gendal Brown's "Blockchain's 'Troughs of Disillusionment' Are Really The 'Trenches of Deployment'" blog on Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardgendalbrown/2020/01/09/blockchains-troughs-of-disillusionment-are-really-the-trenches-of-deployment/#13c4202a5f65) 2020 Vision market report (https://www.r3.com/reports/blockchain-2020-vision/) 2020 Vision blog (r3.com) (https://www.r3.com/blog/7-enterprise-blockchain-trends-driving-2020-adoption/) 2020 Vision video explainer of Richard Gendal Brown (https://www.r3.com/videos/richard-gendal-brown-blockchain-trends-in-2020/)
Catherine and Matt sit down to talk about the recent internal Sales Kick Off conference, how he pitches blockchain technology to new clients, the challenges he faces selling this new tech, and why he believes in Corda. Guest: Matt Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-rutter-7b1b703/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/RutAboveTheRest) Email: Matthew.rutter@r3.com Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Inside the episode.. * Why Whiteclaw * Sales Kick Off * How to sell this new technology * How to sell Corda - Privacy, sescurity, interoperability * Challenges when selling this tech * Discount if sales come from this episode... * Why enterprise blockchain sales * Shout outs to lots of R3 employees Links The office themed R3 intro (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter/status/1217390290459414529?s=20) Information on Corda Enterprise (https://www.r3.com/corda-platform/) The Corda Difference - OS (https://www.corda.net/advantage/) Special Guest: Matt Rutter.
Andrew Speers, Director of Product and Innovation at RBS, is passionate about user experience and developing customer centric propositions. In this podcast he discusses the important role blockchain can help as an enabler of other technologies to delivering great user experiences within the financial industry and beyond. What is blockchain? Andrew recognises that there is no standardised definition to blockchain and his definition comes from as a business user instead of a technologist, engineer or coder. Blockchain is just a distributed ledger technology (DLT). That DLT sits on top of the internet. It is a network of nodes. A node has a unique identity and it stores data. Applications are built on that network like apps in the app store. Nodes can participate in one or many apps, depending on the blockchain. Andrew reminds us of a few more truth regarding DLTs: Not every DLT needs a blockchain Not every DLT has a crypto asset or crypto currency attached to it Not every DLT Disruption within a fragment financial industry Consumer Connectivity Insights 2018 reveals over 69 percent of global consumers would consider changing their bank, retailer or insurance provider due to a disconnected experience. For Andrew this has happened due capacity utilisation within financial services firms. The financial industry is fragmented and is being disrupted. It isn’t facing disruption it is being disrupted. The issue at hand is that the banking industry is focused on products along lines of technical expertise rather than building products along the user journey or the user experience. If an individual or a business has a multi-product need it fragments as it moves within the bank. The client first goes through an originations function, then into the credit assessment function, then into operations and/or bespoke product knowledge such FX trading finance, insurance risk and others. Complicated clients with complicated needs have to go through a number of different silos within a financial services firm which creates a hugely disconnected experience for them. DLT is coming to a maturity point now where it's helping financial firms to knit some of this together to create client centric user experiences by having a distributed architecture with identifiable data from corporates. These can be seamlessly stitched together and bespoke user propositions can be created. Clients can now have a little of FX attached to a little bit of credit assessment, attached to a little bit of trade finance with the exchange of data can be automatically transacted on the distributed ledger thanks to smart contracts, thus improving the user experience. Challenger banks and DLT Andrew recognises that these type of challenger banks are doing some great work. For specific parts of their business they are seen as challengers. RBS looks to embed the existing or incumbent technologies they’re using to catch up a little bit or to stop them taking transaction and their clients off the periphery as they build scale. RBS is looking to DLT and how DLT allows banks to attach identity to client data and to their transactional data. It allows RBS to develop solutions with greater efficiencies as RBS does not need to constantly exchange information between the client and itself and their different departments internally, those fragmented silos that were mentioned earlier on. RBS doesn’t have to process, recheck and reprocess those same data points continuously. It also means that for DLT clients sitting on a shared protocol such as R3’s Corda Enterprise, who have 57 other banks on their network, then theoretically they are accessible by anybody else which creates further user experience benefits and efficiencies as well. Examples of blockchain initiatives in the financial sector that generate better user experience Identity Billions of people and corporations have an identity.
John Reynolds comes on to talk about real estate and how Coadjute is using the Corda platform to streamline the entire moving process. There are lots of good things coming up for them in the next few months. Guest: John Reynolds - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/reynodes/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/reynodes) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links: Coadjute Website (https://coadjute.com/) Coadjute LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/coadjute/) Coadjute in Forbes article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/garybarker/2019/12/11/general-election-2019-five-housing-wishes-for-the-next-government/#130cdf0a168d)
Fun fact about the episode: Catherine almost forgot to set up the micorphones to record Dan and Chris (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter/status/1207712737431891968?s=20) Guests: Joel Dudley * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-dudley-613020a3/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/joeldudley6) Daniel Halstead * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielhalstead/) * Twitter (https://twitter.com/daniel_Halstead) Chris Rayner-Cook * LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-rayner-cook-84770822/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links: CockroachDB (https://www.cockroachlabs.com/) Corda Enterprise 4.3 Announcement Blog by Mike Ward (https://www.r3.com/blog/discover-corda-enterprise-4-3-and-the-power-of-accounts/) Corda Enterprise 4.3 Explainer video (https://www.r3.com/videos/corda-enterprise-4-3-explainer/) Corda Enterprise 4.3 Enhancements Factsheet (https://www.r3.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/R3_CordaEnterprise_4.3_FS.pdf) Ivno Website (https://ivno.io/) Ivno LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ivno/) Ivno Twitter (https://twitter.com/IvnoDLT) Ivno's Corda Trial (https://medium.com/ivno/ivnos-global-corda-trial-53016c85682) Amazon / Pentagon Drama (https://www.npr.org/2019/11/14/777585675/amazon-appeals-pentagons-choice-of-microsoft-for-10-billion-cloud-contract) Governance through Corda Network (https://medium.com/ivno/ivnos-global-corda-trial-53016c85682)
Catherine sits down with Dave Sutter (TradeIX) and Tobias Nafe (Landesbank Baden- Württemberg) to chat with a beer to discuss the Marco Polo network and how the trade finance industry is evolving! Listen on your favorite podcast app! Guests: Dave Sutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sutterdavid/) Tobias Nafe - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-nafe-709101161/) Important links... First episode with Dave Sutter (https://www.r3.com/podcasts/episode-6-were-not-calling-it-cryptolandia/)Marco Polo website (https://www.marcopolo.finance/) TradeIX website (https://tradeix.com/)LBBW website (https://www.lbbw.de/homepage/homepage_6kyjj4koh_e.html)Corda Network (https://corda.network/) Corda Network Episode with James Carlyle (https://www.r3.com/podcasts/episode-21-announcing-corda-network-anddddd-james-carlyle-was-lost-at-sea-for-a-month-say-what/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com
R3 Founder and CEO David E. Rutter alongside Co-founder and CPO Todd McDonald sit down with Catherine at CordaCon2019 for a fun conversation about the company's humble beginnings. They chat about the first few months of the company from the perspectives of the intern and the founders! This hilarious episode may have gotten David a ticket to join the podcast again. Listen on your favorite podcast app, or, watch it online at r3.com here. (https://www.r3.com/videos/life-in-the-fast-chain-podcast-episode-live-at-cordacon2019/) Links: June 3 2015 - Start up life tweet (https://twitter.com/inside_r3/status/606095726175776768?s=20) July 27 2015 - Todd making everyone laugh in the enzo office (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter/status/1112736832410845184?s=20) CordaCon 2019 site (https://www.cordacon.com/events/cordacon-london-2019/event-summary-48e259ee8ab5479ba457a3deed777252.aspx?5S,M3,48e259ee-8ab5-479b-a457-a3deed777252=) (videos of sessions to come!) Guests David E. Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviderutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/daviderutter1) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Rutter) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Special Guest: Todd McDonald.
Ken Marke (B3i) and Ronnie Kher (R3) join the podcast to discuss InsurTech and what B3i is doing in the blockchain space. (This episode was released on Halloween hence the spoooooky). Listen on your favorite podcast app! Guests: Ken Marke - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenmarke/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/kenmarke) Ronnie Kher - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronnie-kher-264b873/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/KherRonnie) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links: Catherine's Taylor Swift costume last year (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter/status/1057684590004002823?s=20) Catherine's Taylor Swift costume this year (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter/status/1189909409570467841?s=20) InsurTech Challenge information (https://www.r3.com/insurtech-challenge/) Trustlayer (https://trustlayer.io/) CordaCon (https://www.cordacon.com/events/cordacon-london-2019/event-summary-48e259ee8ab5479ba457a3deed777252.aspx?5S,M3,48e259ee-8ab5-479b-a457-a3deed777252=) Corda Network (https://corda.network/) Corda Open Source (https://www.corda.net/) Corda Enterprise (https://www.r3.com/download-corda-enterprise/)
How do you successfully build ecosystems? In episode 2, Ashlie speaks to Tom Menner, the director of solution architecture in APAC at R3. Tom gives an in-depth introduction of R3, Corda, and everything in between. He talks about several exciting solutions being built on Corda today across supply chain, digital asset, trade finance, and insurance, and discusses how Corda is powering some of the largest enterprise blockchain consortiums such (Voltron, Marco Polo, B3i, Monetago). Tom is fond of comparing blockchain to plumbing and he thinks that everyone needs to stop talking about blockchain. Tom Menner is R3’s Solution Architect for the Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore. His focus is to translate clients’ functional and non-functional business and technical requirements into a solution designs. In addition to architecture work Tom is a frequent speaker at blockchain and industry conferences, and is a technical ambassador in Asia for blockchain and cryptocurrency technology meetups. Prior to joining R3 Tom had a lengthy career at IBM, most recently working on Hyperledger Fabric but also supporting e-commerce solutions in B2B integration, electronic payments, and digital marketing. Prior to that he was a Worldwide Middleware Architect for IBM, leading design efforts for global clients on middleware and data solutions and earning assignments in Japan and China. He had his start as a consultant for Transarc, a Pittsburgh-based transaction processing technology startup. About R3 R3 is an enterprise blockchain software firm working with a global ecosystem of more than 300 participants across multiple industries from both the private and public sectors to develop on Corda, its open-source blockchain platform, and Corda Enterprise, a commercial version of Corda for enterprise usage. R3’s global team of over 200 professionals in 13 countries is supported by over 2,000 technology, financial, and legal experts drawn from its vibrant ecosystem. The Corda platform is already being used in industries from financial services to healthcare, shipping, insurance and more. It records, manages and executes institutions’ financial agreements in perfect synchrony with their peers, creating a world of frictionless commerce. Learn more at www.r3.com and www.corda.net. Special Guest: Tom Menner.
Catherine and Richard Crook from LAB577 sit down in London to talk about CordaCon next week, what they are doing in the digital asset space, why they keep coming back to Corda, and much more. Links: LAB577 Website (https://lab577.io/) LAB577 Twitter (https://twitter.com/lab577) LAB577 LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/lab577/) Information on DASL (http://lab577.io/dasl/) CordaCon app (https://crowd.cc/s/38sIA) Libra recent news (https://www.coindesk.com/ebay-stripe-follow-paypal-in-quitting-facebooks-libra-project) Guest: Richard Crook - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickcrook/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/rickcrook) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com
Guest: Simon Taylor - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sytaylor/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/sytaylor) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Shownotes: 11:FS website (https://11fs.com/) Blockchain Insider Twitter (https://twitter.com/bchaininsider) Blockchain Insider Podcast (https://bi.11fs.com/) Fintech Insider Twitter (https://twitter.com/fintechinsiders) Fintech Insider Podcast (https://fi.11fs.com/) Sibos Conference (https://www.sibos.com/) Music by bensound.com
This Week in Crypto - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency News
This is your daily roundup for Sunday, September 22, 2019. Wells Fargo pilots a stablecoin for internal settlement, Upbit delists 6 privacy coins, and CipherTrace develops a tracker for tracking illicit tokens. ☕ Buy Me A Coffee: https://glow.fm/mota Upbit Delists Privacy Coins South Korea’s Upbit exchange has announced the delisting of privacy coins monero (XMR), dash (DASH), zcash (ZEC), haven (XHV), bittube (TUBE), and PIVX (PIVX). The six privacy coins will no longer be supported after September 30th. Upbit said money laundering and the possibility of inflows of privacy coins to the exchange were the leading reasons for delisting, following the guidelines of the Financial Action Task Force. This follows OKEX dropping five privacy coins earlier this month. Wells Fargo Pilots Stablecoin Wells Fargo says its blockchain for internal cross-border money transfers is faster and more efficient than SWIFT. Wells Fargo Digital Cash uses R3’s Corda Enterprise software to handle internal book transfers, when funds move from a payer’s account to a payee’s account at the same bank. Unlike JPMorgan’s JPM Coin, Wells Fargo’s digital cash will be backed 1-for-1 with fiat. Wells Fargo will hold the fiat currency and will issue digital cash tokens. The tokens are placed into digital wallets and are able to be exchanged. Wells Fargo Digital Cash is strictly an internal settlement service and will go into a pilot phase next year. Using the digital cash would allow the bank to move funds 20 hours a day, rather than only six to nine hours when it relies on SWIFT. CipherTrace Develops Tracker For Illicit Tokens Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has developed a mobile tool for tracking bitcoin and ethereum tokens with an illicit history. CipherTrace Scout generates an instant report after inputting a wallet address. US federal agencies like the IRS and FBI already use similar tracking software by Chainalysis. Casey Bohn, a crime specialist and educator for the National White Collar Crime Center, trains agents to use CipherTrace and says law enforcement loves the transaction visualization that it provides. Seed CX Cut Trading Fees Cryptocurrency exchange Seed CX has cut trading fees from eight basis points to five basis points for takers, and makers will receive a basis point rebate. The lower fees beat out top players like Bittrex and Gemini. Seed CX provides institutional investors with execution and settlement services, including crypto derivatives trading through subsidiaries. EA Trolls Crypto Twitter Video game company EA trolled crypto Twitter by sending out a tweet stating quote “invest in Crypto.” The tweet was intended as a marketing stunt aimed at introducing a new character in its game, Apex Legends Season 3: Meltdown, in which the new character is named “Crypto” – referring to traditional cryptography and not cryptocurrency.
This Week in Crypto - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency News
This is your weekly roundup for the week ending September 13, 2019. The Libra Association stays firm on launching, despite rejection in the EU, KyberSwap introduces a fiat on-ramp, and Binance US is preparing to launch next week. ☕ Buy Me A Coffee: https://glow.fm/mota Libra Adds Singapore Dollar To Basket Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it added the Singapore Dollar to it’s Libra basket of fiat currencies. According to bloomberg, Facebook wrote in response to concerns from Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner, telling U.S. senators that the initial basket of currencies that will back its Libra cryptocurrency will likely include the U.S. dollar, the euro, the yen, the British pound and the Singapore dollar. Facebook also left open the possibility that the Libra Association might launch Libra outside the U.S. even if regulators inside the U.S. still have concerns. Libra Seeks Swiss License Then, FINMA confirmed that they received a request from the Libra Association for an assessment of its Libra project under Swiss supervisory law. FINMA released new stablecoin guidelines, noting an increase in stable coin’ projects since 2018. FINMA will treat stable coins just like existing blockchain-based tokens, with a focus on the economic function and purpose of a token. FINMA stated “The requirements under supervisory law may differ depending on which assets (e.g. currencies, commodities, real estate or securities) the ‘stable coin’ is backed by and the legal rights of its holders.” The Libra Association is seeking a swiss payments license, as they asked FINMA for an assessment of how they would classify the planned Libra project and issuance of a ‘stable coin’ under Swiss supervisory law. According to Reuters, the Libra Association stated “We are engaging in constructive dialogue with FINMA and we see a feasible pathway for an open-source blockchain network to become a regulated, low-friction, high-security payment system.” France To Block Libra Project Then at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conference on cryptocurrencies, finance minister Bruno Le Maire strongly opposed Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency stating “I want to be absolutely clear: In these conditions, we cannot authorise the development of Libra on European soil.” Le Maire reportedly expressed concerns that Libra may “substitute itself as a national currency” and potentially cause financial disruption. Libra Stays Firm On Launch Despite regulatory scrutiny, the Libra Association is staying firm on the launch of the Libra cryptocurrency. In an interview with French publication Les Echos, Libra managing director and COO Bertrand Perez addressed the concerns of regulators about Libra posing a threat to financial stability, stating that “It is their monetary policies that will influence the Libra through the basket and not the other way around.” He added that the reserve will be invested in the basket currencies and in very short-term government debt. He also said that the reserve would amount to no more than $200 billion. Perez readdressed that the U.S. dollar should have at least half the weight of the basket and that “If there is a catastrophe on a currency or a crisis between now and the Libra [launch], we could remove it from the basket, but this decision should be put to the vote and taken by a two-thirds majority of the members of the association.” Perez ended with saying that the Libra Association is firmly maintaining their launch schedule, between Q3 and Q4 2020. No Crypto-Crypto Tax in France According to Bloomberg, France will not tax crypto-to-crypto trades, but will tax gains when they are converted back into traditional fiat currency. French finance minister Bruno Le Maire stated “We believe that the moment the gains are converted into traditional money is the right time to assess tax,” Mastercard Pilots Cross Border Payments Blockchain Mastercard has partnered with enterprise blockchain software provider R3 to pilot a new blockchain-powered cross-border payments solution. The project aims at connecting faster payments schemes with banks backed by Mastercard’s clearing and settlement network. According to R3, the platform will be built on Corda Enterprise, the commercial version of R3’s open-source Corda Network. KyberSwap Introduces Fiat On-Ramp Non-custodial exchange KyberSwap has announced a partnership with Coindirect to provide a fiat to crypto on-ramp. KyberSwap users can use credit and debit cards to purchase Ethereum, but will incur a 3.5% fee. KyberSwap says there will be no complex KYC for purchasing small amounts. The platform currently supports Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens. Coinbase Fund Coinbase has launched a USDC Bootstrap Fund. The fund invests USDC directly into decentralised finance protocols. The USDC is tied up in a smart contract protocol and is available for borrow by any counterparty willing to provide crypto collateral and pay a floating interest rate. The first investment will be $1m USDC for Compound Finance and $1m USDC for dYdX protocol. EOS Hard Fork v1.8 The EOS network is expected to undergo a hard fork on September 23rd at 13:00 UTC. This is the first consensus upgrade that requires a hard fork on the EOS network. Block producer ColinCrypto says “EOSIO 1.8 enables many positive features, such as the Voice social platform and a reduction of inflation from 5% to 1%. As such, this is a very important update.” According to block producer EOS Nation, 29 of the 30 top block producers have committed to upgrading. Binance US To Launch Next Week Binance US is planning to open registration and deposits next week on September 18th. After registration, six cryptocurrencies will be available for deposits including bitcoin, ethereum, XRP, bitcoin cash, litecoin, and tether. The new U.S. exchange will not offer services in New York due to the ‘BitLicense’ regulatory requirement. As of August, Binance had not yet applied for the license. The launch of Binance US comes after the exchange banned U.S. customers in June following regulatory uncertainty. Binance Launches BUSD Stablecoin Binance is opening trading for its new stable coin BUSD starting September 16th. BUSD was created in partnership with the Paxos Trust Company, which already issues its own dollar-backed and gold-backed stablecoins. The new stablecoin has obtained regulatory approval from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). Binance has already issued stablecoins pegged to bitcoin (BTCB) and the British pound (BGBP). BUSD will be backed by U.S. dollars on a 1:1 ratio Cryptocurrency Adoption In Cuba A report from U.S. News suggests early signs of cryptocurrency adoption in Cuba, as one of the first Cuban crypto exchanges Fusyona is becoming active. The U.S. trade embargo cuts Cubans off from many of the financial services available in the West and Cubans cannot obtain credit or debit cards for international use. Some Cubans have turned to cryptocurrencies to make online purchases and investments. Jason Sanchez, a local Cuban who uses Bitcoin, to purchase parts from an online Chinese store told U.S. news “This is really opening new doors for us.” Fusyona currently has 1,300 users on the exchange. Interstellar Gets New CEO Interstellar, the company behind the stellar blockchain is getting a new CEO. Current CEO Adam Ludwin is stepping down to work on Pogo, an app-focused company targeting interoperability between mobile wallets. Pogo will be structured as a subsidiary to Interstellar. Zelle co-founder Mike Kennedy will be the new CEO starting September 15th. Zelle is the mobile payments network owned by several large U.S. banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America. Kennedy, has been an advisor to the Stellar Development Foundation since 2017. Lubin Joins Hyperledger Board Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin is joining the governing board the Hyperledger project by the Linux Foundation. ConsenSys recently became a Hyperledger premier member, saying it will work on interoperability between blockchains and promote standards to support enterprise-grade blockchain environments.
Greenwich Associates report.... Security Tokens: Cryptonite for Stock Certificates (https://www.greenwich.com/market-structure-technology/security-tokens-cryptonite-stock-certificates) Guest: Richard Johnson - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonricharde/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/_richjohnson) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Shownotes: Richard's company profile (https://www.greenwich.com/member/richard-johnson) with his recent publications and webinars! Antony Lewis recent blog post, The state of security token regulations in Asia (https://www.r3.com/blog/the-state-of-security-token-regulations-in-asia/) R3's Sibos exposure this year! (https://www.r3.com/events/sibos/) CordaCon registration (https://www.cordacon.com/events/cordacon-london-2019/event-summary-48e259ee8ab5479ba457a3deed777252.aspx?5S,M3,48e259ee-8ab5-479b-a457-a3deed777252=)
Guests: David Bettenhausen - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-bettenhausen/) Phong Nguyen Dang - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/phongnguyendang/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Kate DeWinter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-dewinter-a6320a158/) Music by bensound.com Links: Aerotrax website (http://aerotrax.org/) Villanova website (https://www1.villanova.edu/university.html) IATA Financial Symposium (https://www.iata.org/events/wfs/Pages/index.aspx) Tradeshift (https://tradeshift.com/) R3 blog on Aerotrax - From the dorm room to the boardroom (https://www.r3.com/blog/from-the-dorm-room-to-boardroom-the-aerotrax-journey/)
Guest: Brandon Zemp - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonzemp/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/zempbrand) Kate DeWinter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-dewinter-a6320a158/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links: BlockHash site (https://www.block-hash.io/) BlockHash podcast (https://www.block-hash.io/podcast.html) The Satoshi Sequence (https://www.amazon.com/Satoshi-Sequence-Manifesto-Blockchain-Technology/dp/1973214695/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1536812235&sr=8-1)
Guests Arani Halder - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arani-halder-9aaa74179/) Kate DeWinter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-dewinter-a6320a158/) Mariana Gomez - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariana-gomez-de-la-villa/) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links - Raja Ramachandran podcast epsiode (https://www.r3.com/podcasts/episode-33-everybody-loves-a-hairdryer-with-a-sensor-on-it-3d-printing-cloud-logic-apps-and-more-with-microsofts-marc-mercuri/) and testimonial (https://www.r3.com/videos/raja-ramachandran-from-ripe-io-on-why-corda/) - ING website (https://www.ing.com/Home.htm) - ING Bank, R3 Ink Deal for ‘Unlimited’ Corda Blockchain Deployment (https://www.coindesk.com/ing-bank-r3-ink-deal-for-unlimited-corda-blockchain-deployment) - Voltron (https://www.ing.com/Newsroom/All-news/Co-building-a-new-standard-for-letters-of-credit.htm) - New era in trade finance (https://www.ing.com/Newsroom/All-news/New-era-for-trade-finance.htm) Shownotes Intro and Kate and Arani: 00:00 - 08:39 Mariana Gomez de la Villa: 08:39 - 35:25
Guest: Marc Mercuri - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcmercuri/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/marcmercuri) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Shownotes: Microsoft website (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/) Microsoft Azure website (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/) Starbucks to Track Coffee Using Microsoft’s Blockchain Service (https://www.coindesk.com/starbucks-to-track-coffee-using-microsofts-blockchain-service) Logic apps documentation (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/) Using microsoft logic apps (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/logic-apps/)
Guests: Raja Ramachandran - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/raja-ramachandran-14a20/) Todd McDonald - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) Kate Dewinter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-dewinter-a6320a158/) Alisa DiCaprio - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisadicaprio/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/AlisaDiCap) Jackie Yang - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-yang-6058a4102/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links Libra announcement (https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/18/tech/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency/index.html) Ripe.io website (https://www.ripe.io/) Sweetgreen website (https://www.sweetgreen.com/) Dairy Farmers of America website (http://www.dfamilk.com/) Blockchain for Food, How the Industry Makes Use of the Technology (https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-for-the-food-how-industry-makes-use-of-the-technology) Show notes: 00:00-22:34 Todd McDonald on Libra 22:34-51:01 Raja Ramachandran on Ripe.io
Guests: Lynn Carroll - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-e-carroll-047111/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/LynnHSBlox) Jian Wang - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jian-wang-1538731/) David Houlding - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidhoulding/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/davidhoulding) Stephanie Perez - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieperez12/) Nick Rogers - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickrogers-digitalnative/) Shownotes: HSBlox (https://hsblox.com/) Q² Solutions (https://www.q2labsolutions.com/) Microsoft Azure (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/) Car T Therapy (https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/car-t-cell-therapy) Webinar on June 27 (https://info.r3.com/l/413292/2019-06-06/p1tv1v) Settlers of Catan (https://www.catan.com/) Settlers of CorDan on Git (https://github.com/rogersanick/SettlersOfCordan) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com
Guest: Jesse Chenard - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchenard/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/jchenard) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Monetago website (https://www.monetago.com/)
- FinFabrik website (https://www.finfabrik.com/) - Serendipity (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serendipity) Alex Medana - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmedana/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com
TranscriptInsurance is changing quickly these days and undergoing a digital transformation is not easy. Adding blockchain to the mix can change an entire architecture. When used appropriately, however, blockchain can become an indispensable tool for your ledger technology.In this episode, we discuss the use of blockchain in insurance as well as how it applies to other industries such as banking and capital markets, healthcare and manufacturing.Specifically, you will learn how companies are using Corda's smart contracts feature to create complex, logic-based, on-block content and events. Listen to how R3, with the open source Corda blockchain, is helping companies get started with blockchain today.Show LinksR3 on Azure: Launch of Corda Enterprise v3.1R3 websiteR3 on Azure: Strengthening our partnershipCorda Enterprise Scale Deployment on Microsoft AzureRyan RuggRyan is the Global Head of Insurance for R3 and leads the company's Insurance strategy to drive business growth. She is responsible for the strategic design, development, and commercialization across the ecosystem of blockchain innovation within the Insurance Industry.In 2017, she launched the Center of Excellence for Insurers and Reinsurers in partnership with ACORD which is redefining the foundations of insurance by harnessing the power of collaborative networks, through the deployment of DLT within the financial services industry. Since then Corda, R3's blockchain platform has been the platform of choice for the insurance industry. Corda integrates and secures the entire stream of disparate data sources, while simultaneously ensuring transparency across an interconnected network of clients, brokers, insurers and other third parties. Prior to R3 Ryan worked for Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan where she gained extensive experience in financial services covering a broad range of institutions including; insurance, hedge funds, banks and asset managers. Ryan started her career in Technology at Lehman Brothers, experiencing first-hand the inefficiencies in the legacy infrastructure which she is now working to solve. She has a double major in Computer Science and Finance.Nick LeimerNick Leimer is the Principal Insurance Industry Lead for Azure. Nick brings 20+ years of experience bridging the business and IT gap in application development, operations, and infrastructure.Before joining Microsoft, Nick was the Senior Director for Actuarial Compute at Manulife leading the migration of LAN based HPC Farms to the Azure environment for all of Asia; including all desktop Moody’s / GGY Axis users and data feeds.Prior to Manulife, his career progressed through developing applications for Actuarial Valuation and Projection including components of ArcVal and Prophet, the Defined Benefit area with the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (BPGC), and leading life insurers, AIG and Manulife. Follow Nick on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Guest: Carlos Arena - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-arena-0a55268/) Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links: Carlos Olympic profile (https://www.olympic.org/carlos-arena) Marco Polo (https://www.marcopolo.finance/) Marco Polo episode of LitFC (https://life-in-the-fast-chain.fireside.fm/6) TradeIX (https://tradeix.com/) Jorge Lesmes episode (https://life-in-the-fast-chain.fireside.fm/25) R3 Newsletters (https://info.r3.com/email-preferences-new-prospects) Carlos's phone numner +1 917 861 7449 Join our WhatApp group!
Guests: George Calle - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-calle-12043097/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/georgecalle_) Lamar Thomas - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yula9828/) Host Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links - Will Bussinesses Ever Use Stablecoins? (https://info.r3.com/l/413292/2019-03-21/np91y3) - George's blog post on the paper - When will stablecoins break out of Crypto-Narnia? (https://medium.com/inside-r3/https-medium-com-inside-r3-when-will-stablecoins-break-out-of-crypto-narnia-650604cf72b) - Corda Enterprise (https://www.r3.com/corda-enterprise/) - Master any language (https://www.masteranylanguage.com/c/l/en/o/hp) - Jobs at R3! (https://www.r3.com/careers-home/) - Developer Evangelist role (https://jobs.lever.co/r3.com/a7db716a-0a23-41a5-8f4a-ec71ef051bb6)
Jorge Lesmes - Everis Twitter (https://twitter.com/everis_en) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgelesmes/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links Eggo Waffles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvZgAEiQXgk) Jorge's R3 Testimonial video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZShWKE_iro) Everis Website (https://www.everis.com/global/en) NTT Data (https://us.nttdata.com/en/) Open Source community (https://www.corda.net/) Corda Enterprise information (https://www.r3.com/corda-enterprise/) 1337 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet) (Catherine is not a developer, please don't hold it against her she didn't know what this was...) Fax Machine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax) StampChain (https://insights.everis.co.uk/post/102f14h/everis-stampchain-the-new-smart-way-to-notarise-documents) Venmo (https://venmo.com/) Special Guest: Jorge Lesmes.
Nick Rogers - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickrogers-digitalnative/) Stephanie Perez - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieperez12/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/NYCSteph1) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Notes: Dwight Schrute (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schrute) US Office (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(U.S._TV_series)) Stephanies blogs... Blockchain Approaches to Data Privacy in Healthcare (https://medium.com/inside-r3/blockchain-approaches-to-data-privacy-in-healthcare-e6e7f114094c) Corda in Healthcare (https://medium.com/corda/corda-for-healthcare-how-r3s-corda-platform-can-be-used-in-healthcare-73877fd493dc) Special Guest: Stephanie Perez.
On my daily tech podcast, I often talk about new solutions that leverage technology. But today, I wanted to explore the world of Blockchain Innovators in Trade Finance. TradeIX are building the world’s first open platform powered by blockchain and distributed ledger technology. The best way to describe TradeIX is as a ‘Network of Networks’ for global trade finance. It is the most connected and secured platform infrastructure for banks, asset managers, B2B networks and value-added service providers. TradeIX and R3 also launched Project Marco Polo as a joint undertaking together with over a dozen of the world’s foremost financial institutions active in Trade Finance including BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, ING, and Natwest. Usually, I would just invite TradeIX onto this podcast to talk about how they are transforming trade finance through technology. But I wanted to try something different. I wanted to get companies based all over the world onto one call and see if we can show how they are all collaborating with each other to reshape trade finance all by leveraging technology. Today's Guests Nicole Lefevre is an associate at R3 which is an enterprise blockchain software firm working with a broad ecosystem of more than 200 members and partners across multiple industries from both the private and public sectors to develop on Corda, its open-source blockchain platform, and Corda Enterprise, a commercial version of Corda for enterprise usage. R3’s global team of over 180 professionals in 13 countries is supported by over 2,000 technology, financial, and legal experts drawn from its global member base. Andrew Speers is the Director, Product, and Innovation at NatWest within the RBS group. Andrew has been working in the Financial Services industry for over 15 years. During this time he has held various positions with leading global banks in roles ranging from Sales to Product Development. As a member of RBS Group, within NatWest Trade & Working Capital Services team, Andrew also covers areas such as Blockchain / DLT, Emerging Technology, Digitisation, Fintech Partnership and identifying new and exciting opportunities to help the banks client base to grow and prosper. Alain Verschueren is the Head of DLT trade & treasury solutions at BNP Paribas which is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors David Sutter is the Chief Strategy Officer at TradeIX and is an experienced Fintech entrepreneur and a blockchain/DLT expert. He was one of the first to foresee the benefits DLT could bring to financial services and in particular trade finance. Over the past years he helped pioneer and design the technology’s application for trade finance. He joined TradeIX in 2017 as Head of Platform Strategy to develop a roadmap for the trade and working capital finance platform and for the Marco Polo Network. David also devised an ambitious and ground-breaking vision for the Trade Finance Industry, for the Marco Polo Network and for TradeIX which fundamentally differentiates them from other players and networks in this field. As the Chief Strategy Officer, he will continue defining and designing the future of TradeIX and the Marco Polo Network. We discuss how Marco Polo is providing cutting-edge open account trade solutions, robust suite of trade specific APIs, sophisticated rules engine, and open, standard core infrastructure. A secure, single source of truth for critical trade data including identities, purchase orders, invoices, shipping and logistics information, trade assets, financing activity, and credit risk is no longer a pipe dream, it's a reality.
Guests: Todd McDonald - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) Dave Hudson - Twitter (https://twitter.com/hashingitcom) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davejh/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links Mic drop (https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7qDSOvfaCO9b3MlO/giphy.gif) Stablecoins (https://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/what-is-a-stable-coin/) Corda Settler (https://www.r3.com/recently-released/settler/) JPM Coin (https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/news/digital-coin-payments) Jobs at R3 (https://www.r3.com/careers-home/) Recent blog post from Dave - Getting Real with Blockchain (https://medium.com/@davejh) Corda Enterprise (https://www.r3.com/corda-enterprise/) Corda docs (https://docs.corda.net/index.html) Corda Slack (https://slack.corda.net/) Corda Business Network (https://solutions.corda.net/business-networks/intro.html) Corda Trials (https://marketplace.r3.com/stories/instant-property-network) Shownotes: 00:00 - 16:51 Todd McDonald 16:51 - 46:57 Dave Hudson Devs.... get involved! [Because we are supporting Kotlin and Java, that] "opens up an ecosystem of 9 million developers worldwide... so it's easy to get and understand what [Corda] is about... we have literally seen developers who within the first day of being exposed to Corda have been building things." Jobs at R3 (https://www.r3.com/careers-home/) Special Guests: Dave Hudson and Todd McDonald.
Guests: Ryan Rugg - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanrugg/) Christopher McDaniel - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophermcdaniel/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links: InsurTech Challenge (https://www.r3.com/insurtech-challenge/) Nautical Contraband (One of Christopher's books) (https://www.amazon.com/Nautical-Contraband-Krewe-Jupiter-Novel/dp/0595665322/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1548907953&sr=1-1&keywords=nautical+contraband) Rhumb Line Bend: A Krewe of Jupiter Novel (Another one of Christophers books!!!) (https://www.amazon.com/Rhumb-Line-Bend-Krewe-Jupiter-ebook/dp/B0791KS1ZV/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1548908115&sr=1-5&keywords=CG+McDaniel) RiskBlock (https://www.theinstitutes.org/guide/riskblock) The Institutes (https://www.theinstitutes.org/) GuideWire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guidewire_Software) GuideWire website (https://www.guidewire.com/) DuckCreek (https://www.linkedin.com/company/duck-creek-technologies/about/) DuckCreek website (https://www.duckcreek.com/) Canopy (https://www.theinstitutes.org/about-us/media-center/articles/institutes-riskblocktm-alliance-launches-canopy-risk-management-and) Ethereum switch (https://www.ledgerinsights.com/riskblock-confirms-r3-corda-accenture-blockchain/) Shownotes: 00:00-04:36 Ryan on InsurTech Challenge 04:36-24:10 Christopher McDaniel
Guests: James Carlyle - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescarlyle/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/jwgcarlyle) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links Corda Network press release (https://www.r3.com/news/corda-network-launches-with-new-governing-foundation/) Corda Network website (https://corda.network/) Corda Network Foundation document history (https://github.com/corda-network/corda-network.github.io/blame/master/about/index.md) James Carlyle's blog (https://medium.com/@james_85389/e5ced4287123) Special Guest: James Carlyle.
Guests James Graham - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-graham-73a39111/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/bloqafella) Kevin Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-rutter-1b109235/) George Calle - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-calle-12043097/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links Sum41 (http://www.sum41.com/) Sophie Turner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3849842/) REM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M.) WYSIWIS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWIS) Royalty Ledger (https://guild1.co/royaltyledger/) GuildOne and R3 Join Forces to Provide Blockchain Technologies to Global Oil and Gas Companies Leveraging Amazon Web Services (https://guild1.co/2018/11/13/guildoner3aws/) Project on blockchain for good (https://guild1.co/2018/06/14/guildone-introduces-thunderbird-consensus-indigenous-rights-truth-reconciliation-on-blockchain/) Smart Contracts (https://www.r3.com/blog/what-is-a-smart-contract/) Episode with Benji Rogers (https://life-in-the-fast-chain.fireside.fm/8) Smart Property - Discussed with Mike Hearn (https://life-in-the-fast-chain.fireside.fm/11-5) Blockchain Digital (https://www.blockchaindigital.co.uk/) R3 Ecosystem (https://www.r3.com/ecosystem/) Energy Block Exchange (EBX) (https://guild1.co/energy-block-exchange-2/) James Gosling, founder of Java (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gosling) Project Jasper (https://www.coindesk.com/project-jasper-lessons-bank-of-canada-blockchain-project) Corda flows (https://docs.corda.net/key-concepts-flows.html) https://www.r3.com/pitch-competition/ (https://www.r3.com/pitch-competition/) R3 Ledger sign up (https://info.r3.com/email-preferences-new-prospects) CordaCon (www.r3.com/cordacon) Elphi Shownotes 00:00 - 33:12 - James Graham 33:12 - 40:46 - Kevin Rutter and George Calle
Don't understand blockchain? Confused between what blockchain is vs a distributed ledger technology (DLT?). Want a refresher? Think Catherine is funny? Listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Special Guest: Daniel Eidan.
Guests: Todd McDonald - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mcdtv) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvmcdonald/) Kevin Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-rutter-1b109235/) Richard Gendal Brown - Twitter (https://twitter.com/gendal) - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gendal/) Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) Music by bensound.com Links: Blog posts: The Emergence of Enterprise Tokens (https://medium.com/corda/the-emergence-of-enterprise-tokens-99f6be65a3ba) Todd McDonald Corda and Settlement: Let's get atomic - (https://medium.com/corda/corda-and-settlement-lets-get-atomic-1cee1d896a9b) Todd McDonald Asset Tokenisation: An idea whose time has come but not for the reasons you might expect (https://medium.com/corda/asset-tokenisation-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-might-expect-ac4d0feab9e1) Richard Gendal Brown Corda Top Ten Facts (https://medium.com/corda/corda-top-ten-facts-all-in-one-place-d41a1b371b64) Richard Gendal Brown (Catherine particularly likes this blog post so just read it!) Corda Network mailing list Corda development mailing list (https://groups.io/g/corda-dev) Corda announcement mailing list (https://groups.io/g/corda-announce) Check out our meetups (https://meetup.com/pro/corda/) all over the world Corda network discussion group (https://groups.io/g/corda-network) Show notes: 00:00 - 17:48 ** Todd McDonald talks about his recent blog posts on tokens and teaches Catherine about the latest on stablecoins **17:48 - 53:28 Recorded a few months ago, Richard Gendal Brown and Kevin Rutter join Catherine in the studio to chat about the Corda Enterprise release this summer, the Corda Network, governance, WYSIWYG, WYSIWIS, and more ( 17:48 - 39:09 ) - and he also teaches Catherine more about tokens ( 39:09 - 53:28 ). Is she a token pro now? Prob. Special Guest: Todd McDonald.
Ryan Rugg - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanrugg/) Austin Moothart - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-moothart/) - Corda Certification Badge #1 (https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/aef4efb4-d1b2-4e93-b835-495deaebac0a/linked_in) Links: CorDapp trials (KYC) (https://www.r3.com/news/39-firms-complete-global-trial-of-kyc-on-corda-blockchain-platform/) Cordainsure Lessons (https://www.r3.com/corda-training/) Cognizant (https://www.cognizant.com/) Insurance blog post - (APAC tour info included) (https://medium.com/corda/insurance-on-r3-corda-why-is-it-important-5ac5a46e2647) Shownotes: 00:00 - 08:25 Austin Moothart on Flows 07:20 - 36:24 Ryan Rugg on Insurance Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) music by bensound.com Special Guest: Ryan Rugg.
Guests: Austin Moothart - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-moothart/) - Corda Certification Badge #1 (https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/aef4efb4-d1b2-4e93-b835-495deaebac0a/linked_in) Aishwarya Balaji - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/theaish/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/the_aish) Links: - Impact Chain Lab site (https://www.impactchainlab.com/) - Five key areas of focus - Energy /Sustainability & Agriculture - Data Ownership & IoT - Manufacturing, Trade & Commerce (Supply chain) - Education, Content & Media - Financial Inclusion - Bystander project - Waze (https://www.waze.com/) - Karthik Bupathi - Co-founder of Impact Chain Lab (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthik-bupathi-659ba555/) - Aishwarya's TedEx at Fordham (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeIy5rsABBU) - Impact Chain Lab twitter (https://twitter.com/impactchainlab?lang=en) Shownotes: 00:00-05:45 Austin defines what a float is 05:45-29:29 Aishwarya Balaji joins Host: Catherine Rutter - LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemrutter/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/breadandrutter) music by bensound.com Special Guest: Austin Moothart.
OWI's latest research, “Blockchain and Identity in 2018: A Year of Promise and Pilots,” we profiles 18 blockchain companies making headway in the identity space. State of Identity features our conversations with some of the companies selected for the report. This week, R3 Director, Partner Solutions Abbas Ali talks about his company's Corda Open Source and newly announced Corda Enterprise products, and how R3 has made headway by diving into highly regulated industries such as banking and finance.
Welcome to the first episode of our new News Flash series, where we share the latest developments in the blockchain space, straight off the press. In today’s episode we have Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Insurance at R3 and a regular speaker at Insureblocks. R3, which featured in one of our previous episodes (R3 – The blockchain banking consortium) started in 2015 as a consortium of financial institutions that joined forces to test blockchain solutions. Three years later, their hard work has culminated in an exciting new project and we are proud to announce the release of Corda Enterprise to the insurance industry. Corda Enterprise is R3’s commercial offering that brings greater enterprise capabilities to the Corda platform. It builds upon Corda’s functionality, enhancing availability, security and performance. Corda Corda, the blockchain created by R3, is the only blockchain that has been designed and built specifically for business. Corda’s focus on privacy, security and scalability distinguish it from other blockchains. Unlike Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric, where all the information is shared between every node on the network, Corda shares information on a bilateral and multilateral level only with parties that need to see it. This choice has certainly paid off as there are currently over 200 financial institutions, regulators, insurers, trade associations, professional services firms and ISVs that are working on Corda. Many of these have featured on Insureblocks, such as B3i, which replaced the IBM Hyperledger Fabric with Corda, Insurwave and RiskBlock. Corda also appeals to industries beyond insurance. Fusion LenderComm, a syndicated lending platform and GuildOne’s Royalty Ledger, a blockchain solution for the oil and gas sector, both utilise Corda. This wide participation across industries is the reason Corda is an open source project. R3 wanted Corda to be a decentralised and open environment where every company can work with others or create and share their own innovative solutions. Continuing in this spirit, Corda and Corda Enterprise are fully interoperable. Anyone can remain on Corda without procuring the Enterprise licence. Anyone can upgrade to Corda Enterprise and still work with applications on the Corda blockchain. Why Corda Enterprise? The whole idea of Corda is to enable businesses to transact directly and privately, reducing transaction costs and streamlining operations. However, many large users faced technical, regulatory and compliance issues that prevented them from using blockchain internally at scale. After listening to Corda members’ requests, R3 is launching Corda Enterprise and has implemented additional functionalities so that every business can benefit. These extra features enhance security and make Corda Enterprise easier to scale: Blockchain Application Firewall - enables Corda Enterprise to be deployed inside corporate data centres while retaining the ability to securely communicate with other nodes on the network. This is a unique feature that is not present in any other blockchain 24/7 support Predictable release schedules Governance, performance and availability monitoring Enhanced security Disaster recovery Support for Oracle and SQL databases Corda network The Corda Network People often talk about ledger interoperability but forget about interoperability within ledgers themselves. Within differently designed networks, such as Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric, users cannot seamlessly operate from one application to another, leading to trapped assets in different channels. In reality businesses want to operate with more than one application at a time. With Corda Network, members have a unique ID. This means they have a single identity on the platform and can seamlessly operate within all applications, whether on Corda Enterprise or Corda open source. Starting out: Corda or Corda Enterprise?
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