In addition, blockchain enabled distributed ledger provides various benefits, which include reduces operational efficiencies, speed up the amount of time a transaction takes to complete and also ...

There is a perception among many that blockchain and distributed ledger technology are the same thing. This is not quite the case. This article explains the difference between blockchain and ...

SWIFT and Ripple represent two models of global finance: legacy trust versus blockchain efficiency. ISO 20022 acts as the bridge allowing interoperability between traditional networks ...

On 30 July 2024, the Bank of England published a discussion paper on its approach to innovation in money and payments (the Discussion Paper). A recurring theme is the Bank of England’s focus on the ...

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published its Final Report (“Report”) on the Tokenization of Financial Assets.

In the rapidly expanding and evolving digital economy, tokenisation is primed to transform how we interact with assets. By creating digital representations of real-world assets on a distributed ledger ...

As use of blockchain grows, so too does the adoption of distributed ledger technology in its many forms. Blockchain is the underlying storage mechanism for DLT, and with smart contracts a blockchain ...

Hong Kong is doubling down on its ambition to become Asia's premier crypto hub with its third blockchain bond offering. The ...

The prospect of tokenizing financial assets holds some promise of enhancing efficiency, but it also invites possible new ...

With volumes now over $1.5 trillion monthly, the Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) is designed to integrate distributed-ledger technology with existing front- and back-office systems to streamline and ...

Joe Longo, Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has warned Australia risks lagging behind ...

iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, announced the successful launch of the first fund leveraging iCapital’s new ...