Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto / Digital Assets

SIX Dually Lists UBS Bond on Digital & Traditional Exchanges

By Editors | 07/11/2022

UBS says the issuance is the world’s first public benchmark bond that investors can access in both digital and traditional markets.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Standard Chartered to Join Partior as Founding Shareholder

By Editors | 06/11/2022

The investment will strengthen Partior’s international reach and capabilities, while also helping StanChart accelerate the deployment of blockchain tech across its own network.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Japan Agency to Explore Use Cases, Legal Status of DAOs

By Editors | 06/11/2022

A Web 3.0 study group will establish a DAO to better understand its benefits and limitations and make recommendations to the government.

Crypto / Digital Assets

NY Fed Issues Phase One Report on Wholesale CBDC Research

By Editors | 04/11/2022

In the test environment, wholesale CBDC transactions on a blockchain-enabled distributed ledger system settled in under 15 seconds on average.

Fintech / Regtech

MAS Launches New Initiative to Advance Cross-Border CBDC Work

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 04/11/2022

Under the ‘Ubin+’ initiative, MAS will develop technical standards, infrastructure, and policy guidelines to support atomic settlement of FX transactions using CBDCs.

AML / KYC

Crypto Being Used to Finance More Terrorist Activities: UN Official

By Editors | 03/11/2022

Up to 20 percent of terrorist attacks are seen as crypto-financed or linked to digital assets, compared to just 5 percent a couple of years ago.

Crypto / Digital Assets

MAS Grants Approvals to Stablecoin Issuers Paxos, Circle

By Editors | 03/11/2022

Paxos provides has its own stablecoin (USDP) and provides infrastructure for Binance Coin. Circle is the issuer of stablecoins USD Coin and Euro Coin.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BIS Innovation Hub to Explore Use of DeFi Protocols in CBDC Trades

By Editors | 03/11/2022

Project Mariana involves the Eurosystem, Singapore and Switzerland BIS Innovation Hub Centres, together with the Bank of France, MAS and Swiss National Bank.

Crypto / Digital Assets

First Project Guardian Pilot Completed Using DeFi Protocols

By Editors | 03/11/2022

DBS, JP Morgan and SBI Digital Asset completed the pilot. Two other pilots are being launched by StanChart, HSBC, UOB and Marketnode.