While the market for non fungible tokens (NFTs) is in the doldrums globally, Japan is still leaning in. Sony Bank has just launched its...
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Russia passes law for cryptocurrency export payments. To start this year. CBDC in July 2025
Yesterday the State Duma approved a Bill legalizing the use of cryptocurrencies for cross border payments after the second and third...
California’s DMV digitizes 42m car titles on permissioned Avalanche blockchain
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has digitized 42 million car titles on a blockchain, according to the developer Oxhead...
Digital rupee users grow 9% in three months
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported that its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot now has 5 million users and 420,000...
Bank of Italy develops custom Bitcoin consensus for central bank DLT
The Bank of Italy is planning quite a bit of research work on distributed ledger technology (DLT). In a report published today, it...
DLT friendly asset manager Azimut invests €105 million in Alps Blockchain
Yesterday Italian asset manager Azimut announced it invested €105 million ($113m) in the debt of Alps Blockchain, which provides Bitcoin...
UBS, CIBC execute intraday FX swap using DLT via TP ICAP
Using the Finteum DLT platform, UBS and CIBC negotiated a USD-EUR intraday FX swap, which was executed on the TP ICAP UK multilateral...
Bank of England seeks feedback for wholesale CBDC trials
Today the Bank of England published a discussion paper on innovation in money and payments. While it covers payments across the board...
FINMA report highlights plans to review Swiss stablecoins rules
On Friday Swiss financial regulator FINMA published guidance on Swiss stablecoins, highlighting the risks of stablecoins where the...
Analysis: Cantor Fitzgerald to launch Bitcoin lending
On Saturday one of the larger traditional finance (TradFi) prime brokers, Cantor Fitzgerald, announced plans to launch a Bitcoin...