In June the Swiss National Bank (SNB) extended its wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) pilot by two years. That major news...
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Siam Commercial Bank involved in Thai Baht stablecoin pilot as part of regulatory sandbox
SCB 10X, the fintech arm of SCBX Group, has developed a Thai Baht stablecoin THBX in collaboration with Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and...
Institutions urge ECB to extend wholesale DLT trials
For the last six months the European Central Bank (ECB) has been orchestrating wholesale DLT settlement trials using central bank money...
BlackRock expands tokenized money market fund BUIDL to five more blockchains
Today Securitize, BlackRock’s tokenization partner, announced that BlackRock’s money market fund, BUIDL, is now available on five...
Radian uses R3’s Corda DLT to smooth real estate title transfers
US mortgage and real estate service firm Radian has integrated R3’s Corda enterprise blockchain with its Titlegenius offering. The...
Governor Waller defends the Federal Reserve following Musk re-tweet questioning its role
Yesterday Republican Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller spoke about the role of the Federal Reserve, saying it should leave...
Stablecoin firm Tether plows profits into commodity trade finance
On Friday Tether, known as the operator of the largest stablecoin, reported its investment division completed its first trade finance...
How will the new BIS leader impact the progress of tokenization?
Yesterday the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that Pablo Hernández de Cos will take on the role of BIS General...
UK likely to issue digital gilts within the next two years – report
The UK’s Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is expected to announce plans to issue digital gilts, tokenized government bonds issued on a...
AFME proposes MiCA-like regulations for tokenization to address CSDR issues with DLT
Last week the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) outlined its European vision and policy recommendations for DLT and...
ABN AMRO embraces intraday repo, wCBDC, in ECB DLT settlement trials
During October, Eurex Clearing reported it was involved in repo tokenization trades relating to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s)...
Intesa Sanpaolo issues tokenized commercial paper as part of ECB DLT settlement trials
On Friday Intesa Sanpaolo issued €10 million in commercial paper using Clearstream’s D7 tokenization platform. The transaction which the...