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ANZ joins MAS-led asset tokenisation project

ANZ is the latest bank to join the Monetary Authority of Singapore's multi-year Project Guardian initiative to explore asset tokenisation applications.

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FCA and BoE open digital securities sandbox

The UK's two main financial regulators, the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have announced the opening of its Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS).

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First Abu Dhabi Bank and JP Morgan pilot programmable payments

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has carried out a programmable payments pilot using JP Morgan's JPM Coin Blockchain Deposit Accounts.

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Soc Gen strikes digital assets partnership

French bank Societe Generale has announced a collaboration with crypto custodian and broker Bitpanda designed to accelerate the adoption of digital assets.

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PayPal uses stablecoin to invest in blockchain risk management startup

PayPal has used its own stablecoin to make an additional investment in blockchain risk management specialist Chaos Labs.

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Visa and dtcpay team on crypto-to-fiat card

Singapore's dtcpay is teaming up with Visa on a card that enables ultra high net worth individuals to convert their digital currencies such as stablecoins into fiat at real-time rates.

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UK banks hail Regulated Liability Network experiments

The UK's biggest banks have completed the experimentation phase of a Regulated Liability Network, claiming a number of benefits that the financial market infrastructure for programmable money operating on a multi-bank shared ledger could bring.

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Northern Trust launches blockchain-based carbon credit ecosystem

Asset servicer Northern Trust has launched a blockchain-based platform which enables institutional buyers to digitally access carbon credits.

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Japanese banks pilot stablecoin-based cross-border payments

Japanese banks MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho are participating in a pilot using stablecoins and the Swift network for cross-border payments.

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Brazil preps new round of CBDC pilots

Google, Visa and Nubank are among the big names selected to take part on the second round pilots for Brazil's Drex CBDC project.

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Binance Kazakhstan gains consent for full regulatory license

Binance Kazakhstan has been granted consent for a full regulatory licence from Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA).

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Siemens issues €300 million digital bond on blockchain

Siemens has issued its second digital bond on blockchain rails in support of European Central Bank and Deutsche Bundesbank digital ledger trials.

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Citi reports growing convergence of traditional and digital assets

The move to shorter settlement cycles and increasing regulatory clarity is leading to an accelerating convergence between traditional and digital assets, reports Citi.

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DBS pilot blockchain-based programmable grant disbursements

Singapore's DBS has completed a pilot using blockchain technology for programmable government grant disbursements to businesses.

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DBS tokenizes treasury management for Ant International

Singapore's DBS is collaborating with Ant International on a blockchain-based tokenization project for 24/7 intra-group treasury and liquidity management.

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Kfw selects Boerse Stuttgart for issuance of blockchain-based digital bond

German development bank KfW has selected Boerse Stuttgart Digital as infrastructure partner for its new blockchain-based digital bond.

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Ghana pilots blockchain-based credentials and CBDC for global trade

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has completed a proof-of-concept into the use of digital credentials for international trade and CBDC-based cross-border payments.

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UBS and CIBC execute intraday FX swap transaction on Finteum DLT platform

UBS and CIBC have executed a world-first intraday FX swap transaction on the DLT-enabled Finteum Platform.

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Blockchain data platform Allium raises $16.5m

Allium, a blockchain data platform that works with the like of Visa and Stripe, has raised $16.5 million in a Series A funding round.

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Bank-backed DLT-based payments network Partior raises $60m

Partior, the bank-backed fintech behind a global unified ledger-based interbank rails for real-time clearing and settlement, has raised $60 million in Series B funding.