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News on regulatory considerations, market adoption, technical infrastructure and use cases for tokenising traditional assets like real estate, securities, and commodities on blockchain platforms.
Payments & Settlements
Cross-border Payments Front and Center in BIS Quarterly Review
By Editors | 02/03/2020
The BIS is exploring how to solve key shortcomings related to access and cross-border payments, including to address the global decline in correspondent banking.
Tokenisation
Bank of Korea Experiments with Blockchain for Bond Settlement
By Editors | 21/02/2020
Under the proof of concept system now being developed, bond issuance, management, settlement and recordkeeping will be done using blockchain technology.
Tokenisation
MAS Sandbox Graduate ‘iSTOX’ Approved for Full Launch
By Editors | 04/02/2020
The iSTOX platform connects buyers and sellers of digitised securities denominated in fiat currencies, catering to institutional and accredited investors in Singapore.
Tokenisation
Malaysia Issues New Guidelines on Digital Assets
By Editors | 16/01/2020
The guidelines require platform operators to carry out due diligence on prospective issuers of digital tokens, and issuers to satisfy governance and capital requirements.
Custody & Infrastructure
Legal Certainty Needed to Advance DLT Adoption in Derivatives
By Editors | 14/01/2020
ISDA, Clifford Chance, R3 and the Singapore Academy of Law have published a new whitepaper analysing the legal issues relating to the use of smart derivatives contracts on a distributed ledger.
Tokenisation
QME to Leverage Blockchain to Standardise Warehouse Receipts
By Editors | 13/01/2020
HKEX’s Qianhai Mercantile Exchange will use blockchain tech from Ant Financial to provide verifiable warehouse receipts which will help commodities businesses to obtain financing.
Custody & Infrastructure
ICMA Publishes DLT Regulatory Directory and Brief
By Editors | 23/12/2019
The directory and brief seek to provide a non-exhaustive overview of recent DLT regulatory guidance, legislative initiatives, strategy papers and other publications in selected jurisdictions.
Cryptocurrency
Cryptoasset Risk in Misalignment with Investor Profiles: OECD
By Editors | 18/12/2019
New OECD research has found a strong likelihood of misalignment between the risk profiles of some financial consumers and the riskiness of cryptoassets.
Tokenisation
CPMI Offers Guidance for Designers of Wholesale Digital Tokens
By Editors | 12/12/2019
The report describes the potential innovations and design questions associated with digital tokens that could be used to settle large-value payments.
Clearing & Post-Trade
Reducing Settlement Cycles – An Asia Pacific Perspective
By Philippe Dirckx | 09/12/2019
Should the decision be taken to further reduce the settlement period, a number of challenges will have to be overcome, says Senfinasia founder Philippe Dirckx.
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