I’m a big fan of Kraken, the digital currency exchange in California, as it’s my main exchange for investing in digital assets.  If you want to know more, checkout their general overview at the end of this blog.  I’m also a fan of their blog, which regularly sends me interesting stuff and they’ve just launched a competition to see who the world thinks will be the digital currency of the future.

The competition is:

Unite with 150+ senior financial professionals including speakers from Citi, Goldman Sachs, Northern Trust, New York Community Bank & loads more. Hear how banks are leveraging Big Data to support business decision-making across their organization, from customer insight to combatting fraud and risk, and explore key topics including Cryptocurrencies, Machine Learning and Credit Risk Modeling.

The threat of global resource management is growing. While the milestones of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement help raise awareness of the challenges ahead, there is a growing need for businesses to play a leading role. Becoming a sustainability leader means first accepting that climate change, reductions in fossil fuels, depletion of rare earth metals and other environmental are urgent challenges to which corporations need to respond.

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Eseye, a leading global cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity provider for Internet of Things (IoT) devices has announced the launch of its new, revolutionary AnyNet Secure technology; a SIM designed to counter the threat of IoT security breaches and work with both cloud-based and enterprise data management platforms. 

Thomson Reuters announced today that it was selected as benchmark administrator and calculation agent for the Saudi Arabian Interbank Offer Rate (SAIBOR). The appointment is part of an agreement with the Saudi Arabian banking industry. The arrangement is authorised by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), as part of its regulatory mandate over the banking sector, where this initiative will enhance the governance process for setting SAIBOR and will bring further transparency and reliability to the process.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) Singapore Branch has adopted Thomson Reuters FX e-commerce solution Electronic Trading to strengthen its presence in the foreign exchange market. ICBC is the first Chinese bank to adopt this next generation solution from Thomson Reuters.

Financial IT speaks with Vivek Bajaj,Vice President, Global Banking & FM, IBM Cognitive Solutions at Sibos 2016. Vivek speaks about how cognitive might help financial institutions to combat fraud and comply with regulatory standards,

ICAP, a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has appointed Stuart Connolly as Head of Client Product Development for its Post Trade Risk and Information (PTRI) division, effective Monday 21 November. In this newly created role, Stuart will report to Jenny Knott, Chief Executive Officer for PTRI, and will be based in London.