WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 07/17/17 — The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the leading global blockchain trade association, announces that the Toronto-based TD Bank Group (NYSE: TD) has joined the Chamber–s Executive Committee to work together to promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and related technologies with the goal of developing a pro-growth legal environment that fosters innovation, jobs, and investment.TD had CDN$1.3 trillion in assets as of April 30, 2017, and ranks a
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 06/12/17 — The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the leading global blockchain trade association, announces the addition of BNP Paribas (EURONEXT PARIS: BNP) and BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK), two major international banks, to the Chamber–s Executive Committee.With a presence in over 70 countries, BNP Paribas is one of the largest banks in the world, serving more than 30 million customers. The institution is also globally recognized as an important innovator in distribut
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 03/16/17 — The Chamber of Digital Commerce has formed the Blockchain Intellectual Property Council (BIPC), an initiative to promote innovation in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) by addressing intellectual property issues. The council will help balance the protection of proprietary information with the openness necessary for innovation.The Blockchain Intellectual Property Council will be chaired by Marc Kaufman, Partner at Rimon Law; Patri
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 03/08/17 — The Chamber of Digital Commerce and Steptoe & Johnson LLP today announce the formation of the Digital Assets Tax Policy Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based coalition created to help develop effective and efficient tax policies for the growing virtual currency markets. The move comes in response to a lack of recent guidance from the Internal Revenue Service, which since 2014 has considered digital currencies to be property, not currency, for tax
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 03/06/17 — The Chamber of Digital Commerce, together with Georgetown University–s Center for Financial Markets and Policy, is hosting the on March 15-16. The summit will bring together leaders in government, financial services, healthcare, technology and insurance to advance the adoption of blockchain technology.The Title Sponsor of the summit is Accenture, one of the world–s largest professional services companies."Blockchain is nearing its transitio
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 02/02/17 — The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world–s leading blockchain trade association, is pleased to announce the addition of three new market leading companies to its membership to help educate, promote and accelerate the adoption of blockchain-enabled technologies.Accenture (NYSE: ACN), CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) and TMX Group (TSE: X) are among an array of new Chamber members that have joined the roster of influential industry participants over the pa
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 12/07/16 — The Chamber of Digital Commerce proudly announces the appointment of Rumi Morales to its distinguished Board of Advisors.Morales leads CME Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of CME Group, the world–s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. CME Ventures makes minority stake investments in early stage companies that may impact the financial services industry, including digital asset and distributed ledger technologies.Before joining CME G
