Tokenisation

Tokenisation

Taiwan FSC Relaxes Rules on Fundraising Through STOs

By Darien Choong | 25/01/2022

The single platform fundraising cap is increasing to TWD 200 million, and overseas Chinese and foreigners will be allowed to invest in STOs.

Tokenisation

MAS Grants RMO Licence to Digital Asset Platform ECXX

By Editors | 17/01/2022

ECXX Global Pte Ltd entered Sandbox Express in August 2020 as a digital asset exchange platform providing investors access to security tokens.

Tokenisation

Korean Presidential Hopeful to Use NFTs for Campaign Fundraising

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/01/2022

The Democratic Party of Korea’s Lee Jae-myung is set to become the world’s first presidential candidate to raise campaign funds using NFTs.

CBDCs

ISSA Explores CBDC Impacts to Post-Trade Settlement

By Editors | 21/12/2021

CBDC is a critical and likely enabler for DLT-based securities settlement and collateral management, with stablecoins providing a possible alternative, the paper says.

Tokenisation

Bursa Malaysia Concludes Dematerialised Structured Warrants PoC

By Manesh Samtani | 14/12/2021

The PoC demonstrated that smart contracts can help to enable parties to share standardised and automated business processes and enable increased workflow efficiency.

CBDCs

RBA, CBA, NAB Conclude Project Exploring Wholesale CBDC

By Manesh Samtani | 13/12/2021

The model used in the PoC preserves the current role of banks in the financial system and allows non-bank wholesale market participants to access the CBDC.

CBDCs

BIS Concludes wCBDC Experiment with French, Swiss Central Banks

By Editors | 08/12/2021

Under Project Jura, tokenised assets and foreign exchange transactions were settled safely and efficiently using PvP and DvP mechanisms, the BIS said.

Custody & Infrastructure

Blockchain Projects Featured in Beijing Innovation Trials

By Darien Choong | 24/11/2021

Four of the selected projects, out of 51 submitted, are based on blockchain. One selected project seeks to use the digital yuan in securities trading.

Cryptocurrency

OCBC ‘Actively Exploring’ Partnerships to Enter Crypto Space

By Manesh Samtani | 21/11/2021

OCBC’s Aditya Gupta says digital assets will be mainstreamed into the financial ecosystem “before we know it”, creating new growth opportunities and revenue streams for banks.