DLT

NY Fed settles cross-border FX spot trades in 10 seconds using CBDC

Federal Reserve

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...

The Stack November 04, 2022

Standard Chartered to support EUR settlement via blockchain

Financial Services

standard chartered

Standard Chartered to support EUR settlement via blockchain

Multinational takes stake in Partior, joins DLT network, to offer EUR settlements...

Edward Targett November 03, 2022

State Street turns to UK startup "Copper" for digital assets infrastructure in landmark project

cryptocurrencies

State Street turns to UK startup "Copper" for digital assets infrastructure in landmark project

"Digital finance is becoming too big to ignore..."

Edward Targett March 10, 2022

Boston Fed, MIT open-source their Central Bank Digital Currency software

central bank digital currency

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

Edward Targett February 07, 2022

Bank of England to consult on 'Central Bank Digital Currency' launch, as CBDC experiments globally surge

Bank of England

central bank digital currency

distributed ledger

Financial Services

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)

The Stack November 15, 2021

Swiss stock market operator SIX's Head of Markets Thomas Zeeb on the digital future of exchanges.

capital markets

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.

The Stack March 10, 2021