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BIS applies DeFi principles to cross-border wCBDC tests

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BIS applies DeFi principles to cross-border wCBDC tests

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland have successfully tested the cross-border trading and settlement of wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs) between financial institutions, using new decentralised finance (DeFi) technology concepts on a public blockchain.

Enabling connectivity across blockchains

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Enabling connectivity across blockchains

At Sibos 2023, Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink, discusses how institutions are enabling connectivity and interoperability through collaboration across public and private blockchains.

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Anvi inks deal with Web3.0 and blockchain platform Reltime

In an unprecedented development, ANVI, India's trailblazing AI-powered digital alternate bank and P2P payment platform serving over 220 million unbanked and underbanked users, has inked a significant deal with Reltime, an award-winning global Web 3.0 and Layer 1 Blockchain platform.

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Hypothekarbank Lenzburg joins SIX Digital Exchange

SDX, the world’s first fully regulated financial market infrastructure for digital assets, welcomes Hypothekarbank Lenzburg as a new member on its Central Securities Depository (CSD).

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Zilliqa and GMEX ZERO13 to launch consumer-focused carbon offset platform

Zilliqa, a leading layer-1 blockchain offering high-performance, high-security and low-fee solutions, today announces a partnership with GMEX Group and its initiative ZERO13, the digital climate fintech aggregation ecosystem, to launch the first-of-its-kind carbon offset platform that will transform the way that retail customers engage with corporate environmental initiatives.

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Zimpler and Centiglobe combine instant A2A payouts with blockchain-based payment rails

Zimpler, a fintech company providing seamless and secure account-to-account payment solutions, and Centiglobe, a front-runner empowering smart DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) cross-border payments, are entering a partnership to enable companies to innovate their cross-border payments capabilities to become predictable, instant, automated and secure globally.

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Tempo France and nTokens deliver remittances from EU to Brazil via Stellar blockchain

Tempo France and the Brazil-based fintech firm nTokens have launched high-tech remittances to Brazil from the EU countries.

Tether commits to AI strategy with €400 million NVIDIA chip purchase

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Tether commits to AI strategy with €400 million NVIDIA chip purchase

Damoon, a Tether company in which Northern Data Group owns a majority stake, has purchased over 10,000 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs, a type of chip, at a total cost of approximately €400 million.

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Chainlink and Arbitrum announce launch of Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol

Chainlink, the industry-standard Web3 services platform, and Arbitrum, the most widely used layer 2 scaling solution suite for Ethereum dApp development, have announced today the mainnet launch of the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) on Arbitrum One.

FTX sues Bankman-Fried’s parents over misappropriated funds

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FTX sues Bankman-Fried’s parents over misappropriated funds

The FTX legal saga continues to play out as parents of the company’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, have been sued by the FTX parent company Alameda Research, for improperly receiving millions of dollars from the scheme.

Sibos 2023: Can CBDC replace cash?

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Sibos 2023: Can CBDC replace cash?

At Sibos 2023 in Toronto, EY’s Christopher Woolard chaired a session on how digital currencies have made a big splash over the past few years and questioned whether they will be merely a drop in the ocean.

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Citi TTS develops institutional digital asset offering

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) announces the creation and piloting of Citi Token Services for cash management and trade finance. The service uses blockchain and smart contract technologies to deliver digital asset solutions for institutional clients. Citi Token Services will integrate tokenized deposits and smart contracts into Citi’s global network, upgrading core cash management and trade finance capabilities.

Sibos 2023: Zumo releases Digital Assets 2023 report

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Sibos 2023: Zumo releases Digital Assets 2023 report

The insights report is the first to comprehensively survey and analyse the emerging areas of opportunity within the global digital asset ecosystem from an enterprise perspective.

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Zodia Custody partners with OpenEden for institutional digital asset custody

Zodia Custody, a leading institution-first digital asset custodian whose shareholders include Standard Chartered, SBI Holdings and Northern Trust, is today announcing it has partnered with OpenEden, a compliance-first partner that connects real-world yield opportunities with on-chain assets through its innovative platform that integrates well understood regulated structures with the efficiency of on-chain infrastructure.

Citi joins blockchain bond exchange

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Citi joins blockchain bond exchange

Global custodian Citi Securities Service has announced its membership of BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), a DLT-based platform that claims to be the world's first fractional bond exchange.

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Encode Club and Onyx by JPMorgan kick off digital identity hackathon

Encode Club and Onyx by J.P. Morgan are excited to announce the launch of the Digital Identity Hackathon, a four-week online hackathon starting on September 12th hosted by Encode Club and sponsored by Onyx by J.P. Morgan.

Deutsche Bank to handle client crypto assets with Taurus

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Deutsche Bank to handle client crypto assets with Taurus

Deutsche bank has enlisted the support of Swiss crypto infrastructure firm Taurus to manage cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, and digital currencies on behalf of its institutional clients.

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Fipto raises €15 million for blockchain-based treasury management play

French Treasury Management fintech Fipto has raised €15 million in seed funding that it will use to accelerate its platform that enables companies to manage their corporate treasury and make international payments in fiat and digital currencies using blockchain technology.

SBI extends Ripple XRP to new remittance corridors

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SBI extends Ripple XRP to new remittance corridors

SBI Remit is using Ripple's XRP for a bank account remittance service to the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.

ABN Amro registers digital green bond on blockchain

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ABN Amro registers digital green bond on blockchain

ABN Amro has become the first Dutch bank to register a digital green bond on a public blockchain.

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