Blockchain
LSEG teases “blockchain” exchange: So many questions...
"Putting trading on the chain makes little sense since you fragment liquidity and get worse spreads..."
Blockchain
Google allows NFTs into Play Store
Google has updated its app store policy, and now the NFTs can come out to Play...
Enterprise IT
NY Fed settles cross-border FX spot trades in 10 seconds using CBDC
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York settled cross-border FX spot trades in under 10 seconds using distributed ledger technology (DLT) under tests as part of its “Project Cedar” it revealed today. Critically, the trades were conducted across a "multi-ledger ecosystem" it added. The New York Fed conducted
Enterprise IT
Standard Chartered to support EUR settlement via blockchain
Multinational takes stake in Partior, joins DLT network, to offer EUR settlements...
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State Street turns to UK startup "Copper" for digital assets infrastructure in landmark project
"Digital finance is becoming too big to ignore..."
Enterprise IT
Boston Fed, MIT open-source their Central Bank Digital Currency software
Project Hamilton stores funds as opaque 32 byte hashes inside an Unspent funds Hash Set, or UHS
Enterprise IT
Bank of England to consult on 'Central Bank Digital Currency' launch, as CBDC experiments globally surge
Coming, later this decade? (Others are experimenting more aggressively)
Cloud
As Ethereum lands on AWS Managed Blockchain, what are the uses cases?
"Decentralised finance and non-fungible tokens are popular use cases."
Enterprise IT
Swiss stock market operator SIX's Head of Markets Thomas Zeeb on the digital future of exchanges.
"We are going to see more changes in how capital markets function in the next 15 years than in the past 400 years.
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PayPal to buy digital asset security startup Curv, as it doubles down on crypto.
PayPal touts "vision for a more inclusive financial system"