2024-04-26 14:01
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On Monday, Oracle announced it had selected the initial cohort for a blockchain innovation project with Chainlink. The chosen 20 startups will use the Oracle blockchain and Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network to develop new solutions. This will also help the firms in developing best practices and further the smart contract ecosystem.
2024-04-25 16:51
Nomura’s digital asset subsidiary Laser Digital has partnered with Kelp DAO to introduce re-staking to Laser’s digital funds. Additionally, Laser Digital is t… Read More
2024-04-24 18:04
Shortly before Christmas in 2020, Japan’s SBI bought out B2C2, the institutional crypto broker and liquidity provider. Now its co-founders Max Boonen and Flavio&nbs&hell…Read More
2024-04-23 15:29
Carbonplace has signed a deal with PNZ Carbon to distribute its carbon credits via the bank distribution network. Carbonplace was founded by nine global banks and developed a… Read More
2024-04-22 17:26
The first wave of participants in the Eurosystem wholesale DLT settlement trials have started their onboarding process and will commence testing from May 13. The European Central Bank (ECB)… Read More
2024-04-19 14:22
Yesterday the Bank of Thailand released a report on its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot. It was generally happy with the results and believes … Read More
2024-04-16 17:13
Two years ago, we wrote about Figure Lending using the Provenance blockchain to log the current ownership of a mortgage in its Digital Asset Registration Technologies (DA… Read More
2024-04-15 16:52
Today the BIS published a vision paper – the Finternet – that provides the North Star for its concept of a Unified Ledger based on tokenization. It notes that while dig… Read More
2024-04-12 12:16
Yesterday, Kyriba announced that it had integrated Onyx by JP Morgan with its cloud treasury solution. Specifically, its clients with JP Morgan bank accounts can manage t… Read More
2024-04-11 16:58
Yesterday the Atlantic Council published an updated document calling for global interoperability standards around central bank digital currency (CBDC). It’s concerned that th… Read More
2024-04-11 12:46
Bitfinex Securities El Salvador announced plans for a $6.25 million tokenized debt security to fund the construction of a Hampton by Hilton hotel complex at the airport. The developer… Read More
2024-04-10 16:33
Brazil’s BV Bank is involved in one of 16 pilots for Brazil’s wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), DREX. It recently shared details about its use case t… Read More
2024-04-10 14:25
This is a guest opinion post from Adam Belding, CTO of Calastone. Blockchain is more about the creation of an ecosystem than it is about a technology – and a key part of creating… Read More
2024-04-09 16:59
During a Swiss National Bank event, Jorge Familiar, the World Bank’s treasurer, considered the possibility of issuing a Swiss Franc digital bond. The appeal is to settle with a wholesa… Read More
2024-04-09 14:33
Today, the Financial Stability Institute, part of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published a review of stablecoin regulations across several jurisdictions. At a… Read More
2024-04-08 13:44
Today the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) LCH SA announced it received regulatory approval to provide clearing services for Bitcoin Index futures. It’s been almost… Read More
2024-04-05 17:04
India’s digital rupee wallet providers will be expanded from banks to non-bank payment operators. During a monetary policy statement today, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shr… Read More
2024-04-05 13:51
Yesterday PayPal announced the integration of its PYUSD stablecoin with its Xoom cross border payment app. U.S. customers can fund payments using the stablecoin with no t… Read More
2024-04-04 17:27
Today Deutsche Bank asset manager DWS (AUM EUR 896 billion) launched its first Xtracker branded crypto exchange traded products (ETPs) for physical Bitcoin and Ethereum. This follo… Read More
2024-04-04 13:42
Yesterday the European Central Bank shared the list of the first institutions to participate in the wholesale DLT trials using central bank money for settlement. The participants i… Read More
2024-04-03 17:02
Today, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) initiated a consultation regarding the UK’s five-year Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). This initiative i… Read More
2024-04-03 13:00
During a speech yesterday, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce criticized the SEC staff accounting bulletin SAB 121, which significantly restricts banks from offering digital asset… Read More
2024-04-02 14:35
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has introduced cryptocurrency-related amendments to the Payment Services Act, focusing on digital payment token (DPT) service providers. A… Read More
2024-04-02 10:52
Today, the real estate DLT startup Coadjute announced a funding round of £10 million ($12.6 million), led by Lloyds Bank with a contribution of £3 m… Read More
2024-04-01 12:48
Today Japanese regional bank Hokkoku announced it is the first in Japan to launch a stablecoin backed by bank deposits. Last year it launched the Tochituka app, which allows c… Read More
2024-03-28 15:14
A week ago BlackRock unveiled its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), a money market fund that aims to offer a stable $1 value. One week on, BUIDL has attra… Read More
2024-03-28 11:19
Yesterday, Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director Chia Der Jiun discussed tokenization during an event for asset managers. He covered some of the fund tokenization pilot… Read More
2024-03-27 18:12
For years institutions involved in the digital assets space have said that legal issues take longer to resolve than implementing the technology. While some jurisdictions have made life easie… Read More
2024-03-27 09:33
Last November HSBC revealed the first institutional trades of tokenized gold, where the physical gold is stored in HSBC’s London vault. Today the bank announced that ret… Read More
2024-03-26 15:34
The UK’s Investment Association (IA) published a second report for the Technology Working Group of the Government’s Asset Management Taskforce. Its first… Read More
2024-03-26 10:50
Yesterday Swift released the results of its second phase of simulated trials exploring how to interconnect central bank digital currency (CBDC) systems across multiple jurisdiction… Read More
2024-03-25 17:20
Today ESMA published some of the final rules relating to the MiCA crypto asset regulations. These include the information required for licensing crypto-asset service prov… Read More
2024-03-22 17:51
A new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) explores the impact of decentralized finance (DeFi) in the ASEAN region. On the one hand, there i… Read More
2024-03-21 18:44
In a website post today, Swift embraces the concepts of tokenization and a shared ledger, which could replace the need for messaging between financial institutions. Swift currently… Read More
2024-03-21 07:38
Last night BlackRock elaborated on its plans for its first digital fund on the Ethereum blockchain, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), a money market f… Read More
2024-03-20 18:08
Alipay+, the international arm of China’s largest payments app, is running a web3 voucher proof of concept (PoC) using the Avalanche blockchain. The first stage involves users playing… Read More
2024-03-19 18:16
Last year Israel’s Ministry of Finance collaborated with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) to run a proof of concept for the issuance of a DLT-based government bond as a sec… Read More
2024-03-15 12:04
Over the next two years, firms in the financial services sector plan to increase investment in DLT by 20%, which only slightly lags AI (21%). That’s according to a digital transformati… Read More
2024-03-14 17:22
In a recent interview, Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures head Alex Manson told Ledger Insights that the company’s structure allows its subsidiaries to be disruptive. It inten… Read More
2024-03-13 14:44
This week, NTT Digital, a subsidiary of telecoms firm NTT Docomo, unveiled a consumer-facing Web3 wallet. While it launched in Japan, the Scramberry branding and the images a… Read More
2024-03-12 17:42
Today Digital Asset announced the results of a pilot with 45 institutions who simulated the use of 22 different DLT applications on the Canton Network. The network launched last Ju… Read More
2024-03-11 18:08
Today the Bank of Israel released a paper on the architecture of its planned central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital shekel. It differs from other CBDCs in a few way… Read More
2024-03-08 12:59
Last month, it appeared Republicans and Democrats in the House had mended fences and were moving towards bipartisan backing for the stablecoin Bill put forward by the House Financi… Read More
2024-03-07 16:53
In November we reported that Daiwa Securities, Japan’s largest security token underwriter, planned to trial digital securities on public blockchains. The digital bond wa… Read More
2024-03-06 16:48
Today OSTTRA announced it will launch an FX PvP settlement service powered by Baton Systems’ Core FX DLT solution. OSTTRA is the post trade joint venture between S… Read More
2024-03-05 17:23
Yesterday the Royal Canadian Mint announced it had implemented a distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution in collaboration with blockchain startup aXedras. The solution will tr… Read More
2024-03-05 11:43
Today Deutsche Börse launched its regulated institutional platform for spot trading of crypto assets, the Deutsche Börse Digital Exchange (DBDX). It’s starting with Bitcoin a… Read More
2024-03-04 17:21
Walters Kluwers provides software solutions for tax and accounting firms. One of its solutions is CCH Validate, which uses blockchain. A critical step in any audit process is to verify… Read More
2024-03-04 14:09
Last week Shaqueno Porter of the Central Bank of Bahamas provided an update on the progress of the Sand Dollar central bank digital currency (CBDC). He was talking during the Digit… Read More
2024-03-01 18:31
A panel at yesterday’s Digital Euro Conference explored the trade offs between stablecoins and tokenized commercial bank money. Jón Egilsson, a former Chairman of the… Read More
2024-03-01 12:37
To date HSBC’s efforts with DLT and tokenization have focused on institutions. Its HSBC Orion blockchain platform was used for a European Investment Bank (EIB)… Read More
2024-02-29 18:29
Tokenization firm Securitize announced the launch of a new subsidiary, Securitize Credit. The Morgan Stanley-backed startup is best known for tokenizing KKR and &hell…Read More
2024-02-29 14:20
Union Investment is launching a blockchain fund today. With €455 billion ($493bn) in assets under management, the subsidiary of DZ Bank is best known as one the most prolific inves… Read More
2024-02-28 15:14
Yesterday BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors met in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After the meeting, Russia’s Ministry of Finance said they discussed current payment sys… Read More
2024-02-28 12:11
A recent paper from the U.S. Federal Reserve explores the impact of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) on the dollar’s international role. It concludes that a CBDC would… Read More
2024-02-27 14:44
Last April, BTG Pactual, one of South Amerca’s largest investment banks, launched its BTG Dol dollar stablecoin. Today the Crypto.com exchange announced that it plans to… Read More
2024-02-26 15:08
Lloyds Bank announced it joined WaveBL‘s blockchain-based trade documentation platform. WaveBL was one of the first companies to use blockchain for electronic bills of lading… Read More
2024-02-26 14:03
A Deloitte survey of African financial institutions found a marked cooling in attitudes towards cryptocurrencies by banks, insurers and other institutions. Only 30% see an opportun… Read More
2024-02-23 13:57
Yesterday, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J Hsu, gave a talk about cross border crypto-asset regulation as part of a Financial Stability Board (FSB) workshop. At the en… Read More
2024-02-23 10:55
Yesterday blockchain startup Singularity announced it raised a $2.2 million funding round led by Gumi Cryptos Capital, bringing total funds raised to $4 million. Nomura’s dig… Read More
2024-02-22 15:12
Tradias, the fintech technology arm of Bankhaus Scheich, has tokenized a money market fund, the Allianz Securicash SRI Fund. A Dutch crypto trading platform has invested in the tok… Read More
2024-02-22 11:34
Today Chiliz, the blockchain that underpins the Socios fan tokens, announced that French soccer club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) is becoming a validator on the Chiliz Chain… Read More
2024-02-21 18:52
Yesterday Renew Europe, the third largest parliamentary group in the European Union (EU), held a joint event with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) at the EU Parliament. A high q… Read More
2024-02-21 12:22
Today 360T said it launched a trading solution supporting nondeliverable forwards (NDFs) on Bitcoin and Ethereum. The foreign exchange (FX) firm is a subsidiary of the Deutsch… Read More
2024-02-20 14:44
Singapore-based Contour trade finance network backed by nine major banks said it planned to shutter late last year. Now, Xalts a Citi and Accel-backed… Read More
2024-02-20 12:06
Today the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wrote to Authorized Institutions (AIs) about their tokenization activities. It mainly focused on non-securities related activities, so… Read More
2024-02-19 16:56
Japanese shipping carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is involved in a blockchain pilot for carbon insets. It’s tokenizing the CO2 reductions from using biofuels rather than conventional… Read More
2024-02-19 11:30
In an opinion article, three senior European Central Bank (ECB) executives, including board member Piero Cipollone, made the case that a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) won&rsquo&hell…Read More
2024-02-16 11:42
Almost two years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB 121) relating to digital asset custody. It requires assets to appe… Read More
2024-02-16 10:20
Yesterday the parliamentary European Committee on Civil Liberties and Justice (LIBE) voted in favor of the latest digital euro report. It proposes amendments to the draft legislati… Read More
2024-02-15 16:28
An observation in the IMF’s recent Digital Asset Platforms paper is that conventional finance tends to tightly combine assets with the platform on which they exist. For examp… Read More
2024-02-14 17:50
Today Citi announced its latest blockchain proof of concept involving the tokenization of a private fund within the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem. The tokenized fund was… Read More
2024-02-14 09:25
Yesterday the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a paper outlining critical and emerging technologies (CET). These are considered import… Read More
2024-02-13 18:25
Today Ripple announced it agreed to acquire Standard Custody & Trust Company, which holds a New York Limited Purpose Trust Charter. It holds one of just nine New York lice… Read More
2024-02-12 18:09
A recently published paper proposes altering the European Union’s crypto-asset regulations, MiCA, regarding the treatment of systemic or significant stablecoins. It… Read More
2024-02-09 16:27
Economists at the Bank of Canada ran a model to assess the impact of introducing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) on bank deposits. It’s widely expected that a p… Read More
2024-02-09 12:07
Yesterday, Jennifer Peve, the DTCC‘s Global Head of Strategy & Innovation, said that she doesn’t believe blockchain is a solution to help with the U.S. transition to one… Read More
2024-02-08 15:42
Earlier this week, the City of Lugano issued its second CHF 100 million ($114m) native digital bond. Settlement uses the Swiss franc wholesale CBDC as part of the&nb&hell…Read More
2024-02-08 11:48
The Reserve Bank of India plans to move to the next stage of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilots by rolling out programmability and offline payments. Reserve Bank Governor S… Read More
2024-02-02 14:08
Last year a small number of States took steps to oppose the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or digital dollar. Between April and June, three states passed legisla… Read More
2024-02-02 10:32
The European Banking Institute recently published an academic paper exploring Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Instead of creating companies or partnerships, the cryp… Read More
2024-02-01 12:00
Today DZ Bank board member Souad Benkredda told Bloomberg that the bank will start to pilot a retail cryptocurrency trading offering this year. The aim is to make it avai… Read More
2024-01-31 18:31
Today the Bank of Russia confirmed that 17 additional banks are starting to onboard for the digital ruble pilot. They include Russia’s largest bank Sber, which was… Read More
2024-01-30 18:04
Yesterday the UAE sent the first cross border payment using the UAE’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Dirham. According to Gulf News, the payment of Dirham 50 mi… Read More
2024-01-29 18:43
Today the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched two consultations relating to the MiCA crypto-asset regulations. One relates to third country firms offering ser… Read More
2024-01-26 18:29
Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve published a thought-provoking paper exploring the impact on monetary policy of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), stablecoins &hell…Read More
2024-01-25 19:14
Digital bond issuance has yet to become mainstream, but there’s been a steady drip of issuances in Europe and Asia. But not so much stateside. Issuing a native digital bond on a blockc… Read More
2024-01-24 18:57
Today the Solana Foundation unveiled a set of token extensions that aim to add out-of-the-box blockchain functionality that would appeal to enterprises. Rather than having to write… Read More
2024-01-23 18:27
Yesterday Dubai’s DIFC Innovation Hub unveiled a new initiative involving Euroclear and Swiss private bank Julius Baer. The aim is to explore digital ass… Read More
2024-01-22 19:00
A recent press report in Sri Lanka claimed the central bank plans to introduce a central bank digital currency (CBDC) this year. However, while the central bank hopes to start expl… Read More
2024-01-22 13:42
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published a consultation over new rules for funds investing in cryptocurrencies. It covers the eligible types of crypto, restrictions impose… Read More
2024-01-19 18:11
Yesterday the EU Council announced a provisional agreement with the EU Parliament on parts of the anti-money laundering (AML) package that impacts cryptocurrencies. The European Un… Read More
2024-01-16 11:39
An economics paper published by the European Central Bank (ECB) studies a situation where a central bank could experience a ‘bank run’ with a central bank digital curre… Read More
2024-01-15 19:40
Reading Circle’s 2023 stablecoin report on the state of the USDC economy, something seemed to be missing. At first it wasn’t obvious. The impressive report highlig… Read More
2024-01-15 15:34
Today Moody’s published a short report on tokenized funds, noting the popularity of funds backed by government bonds from traditional asset managers such as Frankli… Read More
2024-01-12 17:38
Today crypto asset manager CoinShares said it is acquiring smaller crypto fund manager Valkyrie Funds to accelerate its entrance into the U.S. market. It exercised an existing… Read More
2024-01-12 15:30
Last November the BIS Innovation Hub revealed it was planning a project with the Swiss National Bank and the World Bank to tokenize promissory notes. Yesterday it provided a f… Read More
2024-01-11 15:35
Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has filed a draft registration statement with the SEC to go public. Circle previously planned to go public via a SPAC which fell through… Read More
2024-01-11 13:53
Last August the Deutsche Börse Group announced the acquisition of Luxembourg blockchain fund distribution platform FundsDLT. Yesterday it confirmed the completion of the… Read More
2024-01-10 16:02
Last year, as part of Australia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilots, one of the tests involved using the CBDC for settlement of money market transactions for certificate… Read More
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