Jamaica minted its first central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2021 which officially went live in 2022. However, despite plans for all...
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Mastercard enables payments from MetaMask self custody crypto wallet
Mastercard, MetaMask and Baanx have collaborated to provide a pilot debit card enabling users that self custody their cryptocurrency to...
India’s central bank: the impact of tokenized deposits, CBDC on deposit insurance
Yesterday during a speech, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor MD Patra discussed how tokenized deposits and central bank...
Australian regulator sues stock exchange ASX over failed DLT project
In November 2022 the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) paused work on a DLT-based replacement of its CHESS settlement system on which...
Robinhood CEO touts huge efficiency advantages of blockchain, tokenization
Last month Robinhood co-founder and CEO, Vlad Tenev, outlined the huge cost benefits of using blockchain for running operations and his...
DZ Bank, G+D to demo offline M2M payments using tokenized deposits
Four German firms, DG Nexolution, DZ Bank, Festo and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) have jointly developed a prototype solution to support...
MUFG Morgan Stanley Securities plans to issue digital securities this year
MUFG Morgan Stanley Securities (MUFG MSS), the Japanese joint venture that’s an MUFG subsidiary, plans to issue digital securities this...
DBS Bank partners Ant International for Treasury Tokens pilot
Today Singapore’s largest bank, DBS, announced the launch of a Treasury Token pilot with Ant International. The treasury and liquidity...
Tether stablecoin’s near miss: Celsius took 2 years to sue re bankruptcy treatment
If the Tether stablecoin adopted an animal character, it should be a cat since it appears to have nine lives. On Friday Celsius, the...
Thailand launches digital asset sandbox
On Friday Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened applications for its Digital Asset Regulatory Sandbox. As with most...