Today Mastercard announced a ‘360-degree’ approach to stablecoins. It is positioning itself to service stablecoins much in...
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JP Morgan partners Nacha for ACH and blockchain account validation
JP Morgan’s blockchain division Kinexys has partnered with Phixius by Nacha to help pre-validate bank accounts prior to making US...
Stripe starts testing stablecoin product based on Bridge
Last year Stripe spent $1.1 billion acquiring Bridge, the company that provides cross border API infrastructure for stablecoin payments...
World Federation of Exchanges explores CBDC for tokenization
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has published a paper exploring the potential impact of central bank digital currency (CBDC) on...
Federal Reserve relaxes stance on bank crypto activities
The Federal Reserve has withdrawn four crypto-asset related advisories, including ones that required banks to inform the Fed of planned...
Korean banks to launch joint stablecoin
In response to the Trump administration’s promotion of dollar stablecoins, Korean banks have decided to create a joint venture to...
Citi: stablecoins could reach $3.7 trillion by 2030 in bull scenario
A new paper from Citi Institute forecasts the issuance of stablecoins reaching up to $3.7 trillion by 2030 in a bullish scenario that...
England completes DLT-based FX PvP trials with three EU central banks
The BIS Innovation Hubs in London and Europe completed a joint DLT project that explored cross border payments using Payment versus...
IMF event: central bankers give rallying cry for tokenization
Yesterday a panel at the IMF Spring meetings covered the topics of DLT and tokenization of financial markets. The IMF’s Tobias...
EU Commission deeply probes DLT issues in capital markets union consultation
Last week the European Commission launched a consultation regarding the capital markets union (CMU), which runs until 10 June. It is...