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Paxos, a FinTech company delivering blockchain solutions, and EY, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, announced a new collaboration on the rollout of a next-generation blockchain settlement service that brings instant settlement and true DvP (Delivery versus Payment) to the gold market for the first time. 

THMiners has announced the launch of two powerful miners for Bitcoin and Litecoin. According to the official press release, both miners have been fully tested at multiple stages following manufacture to make sure they perform to the highest of standards, and free shipping is offered to anywhere in the world, via FedEx or UPS courier services.

October 10, TechCrunch.com has launched a new series called Trust Disrupted: Bitcoin and the Blockchain. The six-episode series examines the rise of Bitcoin and the tech that allows it to operate. New episodes will be available on TechCrunch website and on their YouTube channel.

Wells Fargo and ANZ have built a shared distributed ledger platform prototype for correspondent banking payment reconciliation and settlement. According to the announcement, in a process facilitated by Swift, for decades banks have made correspondent relationships with partners in other countries to access their local payment systems and currencies in order to carry out cross-border transactions.

Loyyal, a leading blockchain start up focused on creating the future in global loyalty and rewards, announced that it is participating in the inaugural Dubai Future Accelerators program.

The program is designed to identify emergent technologies and businesses with the potential to address the world's most pressing challenges and opportunities, and then to support them in developing solutions and prototypes for rapid deployment across Dubai, and across the region where applicable. 

Boloro and BanQu recently announced winning the 'Innovate for Refugees' global competition held by MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab. The Boloro and BanQu solution for refugees is a strategic partnership between Boloro Global Limited and BanQu. The solution is being implemented by Boloro MENA, based in Amman, Jordan.

Kraken announced the launch of support for trading Augur Reputation Tokens (REP). According to the official press release, Augur is an Ethereum-based decentralized global platform for prediction markets. Augur allows anyone to create, trade or monitor prediction markets on any topic.

XMLGold, the online money exchange platform, announced a new XMLGold's prepaid credit cards that support a wide variety of world currencies and can be used completely anonymously. The prepaid card is prepared and energized to serve the way people manage and spend their money-just one card can reach every corner of the world.

Unichange.me, the peer-to-peer exchange platform has announced a new updated card ordering procedure, enabling its customers to order Bitcoin cards with just two clicks. The new process is a result of incessant hard work on Unichange.me technical team's part to improve customer experience on the platform.