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Trade Finance
R3 Corda Now Has a Bridge to Public Blockchains With Arrival of Ethereum-Based XDC
Former RBS bankers from blockchain startup LAB577 built the bridge.

Aegis Custody Clears Hurdle in Bid for South Dakota Trust Charter
Aegis Custody wants to build a tokenized bridge between U.S. investors and trade finance opportunities in Asia.

Indian Trade Finance Startup Raises $3.7M in Token Sale Led by Arrington XRP
Persistence has closed a $3.7 million token round led by Arrington XRP Capital and including Alameda Research, Terra and others.

World's Biggest Mining Firm Makes First Ore Trade on a Blockchain
BHP has completed its first trial trade transaction of iron ore with China's Baosteel using blockchain technology.

MakerDAO Weighs Accepting Real-World Assets as Crypto Loan Collateral
Decentralized finance may soon boast a real-world use case as MakerDao considers accepting freight invoices as collateral for dai loans.

IBM Takes 7% Stake in Trade Finance Blockchain Network We.Trade
IBM has become a shareholder in we.trade, the blockchain-based trade-finance platform jointly owned by 12 European banks.

Standard Chartered Claims First Yuan-Based Letter of Credit Issued on a Blockchain
The bank said the blockchain letter-of-credit transaction – between mining giant Rio Tinto and Chinese firm Baosteel – was the first to be denominated in yuan.

Vietnam's HDBank Taps Blockchain Network to Streamline Bank Credit for Corporates
The bank has signed on to a blockchain-based trade finance network from Contour with the aim of bringing corporate settlements into the digital realm.

China Injects $4.7M Into Central Bank's Blockchain Trade Finance Platform
Thirty-eight banks have started using the platform since it entered the test phase in September 2018.

Accenture Will Board Corporates Onto Marco Polo Shipping Blockchain
Accenture plans to help TradeIX create new use cases beyond banking for buyers and sellers within trade finance after backing the Marco Polo tech partner.
