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BX Digital to roll out DLT-based settlement system for digital assets in Switzerland

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BX Digital to roll out DLT-based settlement system for digital assets in Switzerland

BX Digital, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart, has received conditional approval from Swiss market regulators to operate a blockchain-based settlement system for digital assets.

Euroclear and Digital Asset team on tokenised collateral mobility

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Euroclear and Digital Asset team on tokenised collateral mobility

Post trade body Euroclear and blockchain firm Digital Asset have launched the first phase of the tokenised collateral mobility initiative for the Canton Global Collateral Network (GCN).

EC proposes 2027 migration to T+1

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EC proposes 2027 migration to T+1

The European Commission is pushing ahead with a proposed legislative amendment that would see the EU migrate to a T+1 settlement cycle by October 2027.

Esma calls for 2027 EU T+1 migration

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Esma calls for 2027 EU T+1 migration

The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has called for the EU to migrate to a T+1 settlement cycle by October 2027, ensuring coordination with the UK.

AFP: 2025 FX market trends and the impact of the US Election

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AFP: 2025 FX market trends and the impact of the US Election

Can a smaller FX and global payments provider compete against the large and regional banks when it comes to buying and sending foreign currency payments to suppliers overseas? “Absolutely,” said Monex USA CEO John Doyle.

Euroclear and Digital Asset complete gold tokenisation pilot

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Euroclear and Digital Asset complete gold tokenisation pilot

Post trade body Euroclear has partnered with blockchain firm Digital Asset and the World Gold Council in a pilot to tokenise gilts, gold and Eurobonds.

UK ready to make 2027 T+1 switch without EU

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UK ready to make 2027 T+1 switch without EU

The UK will push ahead with the move to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities trades by the end of 2027, regardless of whether the European Union makes the switch at the same time.

LSEG buys Axoni post-trade tech business

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LSEG buys Axoni post-trade tech business

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has acquired the Veris post-trade processing business and related intellectual property from Axoni. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Mosaic and Euroclear team to generate smarter fixed income data

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Mosaic and Euroclear team to generate smarter fixed income data

Mosaic Smart Data has teamed up with Euroclear to launch Smart Markets, an AI-powered tool for parsing unstructured fixed income data to generate actionable trading insights.

Pursuit of faster settlement times via DLT will hit market quality

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Pursuit of faster settlement times via DLT will hit market quality

Adopting distributed ledger technology in the pursuit of faster settlement times could hit liquidity and increase transaction costs, warns research from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

ECB conducts first DLT trials for wholesale central bank money settlement

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ECB conducts first DLT trials for wholesale central bank money settlement

The Eurosystem has begun the first of a series of trials to test the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for the settlement of wholesale transactions in central bank money.

European taskforce calls for T+1 alignment

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European taskforce calls for T+1 alignment

A group representing buy and sell-side firms and market infrastructure providers across Europe has called on the UK, Switzerland and the EU to coordinate plans to shorten the settlement cycle for securities trades.

German bank LBBW enters crypto market

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German bank LBBW enters crypto market

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), the largest federal bank in Germany, has formed an alliance with crypto custodian Bitpanda.

LCH gets green light to clear Bitcoin index derivatives

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LCH gets green light to clear Bitcoin index derivatives

London Stock Exchange Group-owned LCH has secured regulatory approval to clear cash-settled Bitcoin index futures and options contracts.

Euroclear invests in blockchain company

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Euroclear invests in blockchain company

Post-trade group Euroclear has acquired a stake in Iznes, a pan-European, blockchain-based network within the asset management market.

Institutional players back digital asset clearing house ClearToken

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Institutional players back digital asset clearing house ClearToken

ClearToken, a London-based clearing house for global digital assets, has secured a $10 million funding round with support from Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura, several global liquidity providers including Flow Traders and GSR, and leading digital asset firms LMAX Digital and Zodia Custody.

EquiLend services knocked out by cyber-attack

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EquiLend services knocked out by cyber-attack

EquiLend has warned clients that services could be down for several days after the securities lending trading platform was hit by a cyber-attack.

EquiLend to be acquired by PE firm WCAS

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EquiLend to be acquired by PE firm WCAS

EquiLend, the securities lending trading platform owned by 10 major Wall Street firms, is being acquired by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).

Broadridge releases GenAI tool for cutting settlement fails

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Broadridge releases GenAI tool for cutting settlement fails

Broadridge has launched a ChatGPT-style Large Language Model for streamlining back office operations and cutting settlement fails.

ASX turns to Tata to replace Chess system

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ASX turns to Tata to replace Chess system

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is planning to turn to a third party to replace its ageing clearing and settlement system.

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