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BondbloX and TransFICC sign MOU

TransFICC and BondbloX Bond Exchange have signed an MOU to enable sell-side banks to trade digital bonds.

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Finastra onboards Fragmos Chain’s blockchain platform for OTC derivatives market

Today Finastra announced a collaboration with Fragmos Chain, a blockchain platform which digitalizes interactions between financial institutions, to provide Finastra customers with out-of-the-box integration with Finastra Summit, its over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market solution.

Quant and UST join forces to push tokenisation

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Quant and UST join forces to push tokenisation

Blockchain outfit Quant is teaming up with UST to push the adoption of institutional digital assets by offering technical integration and tokenisation services to central and commercial banks and capital markets participants.

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Allfunds Blockchain streamlines product design

Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG) specialized in blockchain technology and its application in the development of solutions for the fund industry, has expanded the capabilities of its FAST solution to digitize the process of switching mutual fund portfolios between financial providers.

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HSBC and Wells Fargo expand DLT solution to include offshore Yuan

HSBC Bank and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced that the blockchain-based solution they are using for bilateral FX settlements is expanding to include the offshore Yuan (CNH).

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IOG and University of Edinburgh to build standard metric for crypto decentralisation

Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), one of the builders of Cardano, the leading proof of stake blockchain, has partnered with the University of Edinburgh, one of the most highly rated academic institutions in the United Kingdom, to develop the blockchain industry’s first ‘decentralization index’.

Want to own a portion of Warhol's Four Marilyns? Sign up with Sygnum

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Want to own a portion of Warhol's Four Marilyns? Sign up with Sygnum

Digital asset bank Sygnum has tokenized an iconic Four Marilyns painting by Andy Warhol, enabling investors to stake a claim to co-onwership under the Swiss DLT legal framework.

ASX takes A$250m hit after scrapping DLT-based Chess replacement project

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ASX takes A$250m hit after scrapping DLT-based Chess replacement project

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is pulling the plug on its much-delayed blockchain-based post-trade network, writing off about A$250 million.

US banks launch digital asset settlement platform PoC

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US banks launch digital asset settlement platform PoC

Some of the biggest names in the US banking industry are coming together on a proof of concept for a regulated digital asset settlement platform.

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MFS Africa to utilise Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity function

Mobile money has long supported economic growth for businesses and individuals throughout Africa, and financial players are looking to further strengthen digital payment rails across the continent.

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Montis adds ex-Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch staff to help build digital post-trade ecosystem

Montis Group, the Archax subsidiary focussed on building digitally native post-trade infrastructure, has today announced the expansion of its senior management, adding Padmini Krishnan and Alanbek Yussupov to the team.

JP Morgan to open Athens payments R&D centre

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JP Morgan to open Athens payments R&D centre

Wall Street giant JP Morgan is opening a payments innovation lab in Athens as part of a wider Greek expansion.

New York Fed and MAS test wCBDC for cross border payments

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New York Fed and MAS test wCBDC for cross border payments

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are teaming up to explore the use of wholesale CBDCs for cross-border payments.

TRM Labs raises $70 million

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TRM Labs raises $70 million

Goldman Sachs, PayPal, American Express and Citi have joined in a $70 million funding round in blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.

/people

Aventus names Walter Kok as board member

Enterprise-grade blockchain Aventus today announces that Walter Kok has joined the executive team as Strategic Advisor & Board Member.

UBS launches bond traded on blockchain-based exchange

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UBS launches bond traded on blockchain-based exchange

UBS has launched a CHF375 million digital bond that is publicly traded and settled on both traditional and blockchain-based exchanges.

New York Fed tests wholesale CBDC for cross-border payments

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New York Fed tests wholesale CBDC for cross-border payments

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has developed a wholesale CBDC prototype for an experiment on cross-border digital currency transactions supported by blockchain technology.

Gate.io launches crypto payment product

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Gate.io launches crypto payment product

US-based Gate.io, one of the largest crypto exchanges in operation, is set to branch out into the payments sector.

Reviewing financial institution's crypto strategies & their consumer potential

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Reviewing financial institution's crypto strategies & their consumer potential

Dave Jevans, Executive Vice President, CipherTrace, a Mastercard company, speaks to FinextraTV at Sibos 2022 to recognize how financial institutions can identify their crypto exposure with on- and off-chain data, the importance of a crypto network and how financial institutions can instil trust in the crypto ecosystem for their businesses and customers.

Survey shows support for shorter settlement cycles

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Survey shows support for shorter settlement cycles

The majority of market participants expect the settlement cycle for equities to shorten to T+1 within the next five years, according to recently published research.

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