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  • Major cryptocurrency exchanges Bittrex, Gemini, Bitstamp and bitFlyer have launched a working group to establish a self-regulatory organisation (SRO), potentially having large implications for the cryptocurrency spot and derivatives markets.
  • World Bank is preparing to launch a bond on the blockchain — the first ever publicly issued deal to be created, allocated and settled entirely using blockchain technology.
  • The World Bank is set to become the first supranational to issue a bond that will be "created, allocated, transferred and managed through its life cycle using distributed ledger technology", according to a press release.
  • London's finance sector and new technology could expand insurance-linked securities (ILS) outside their traditional domain and package up different risks into tradeable products, according to a Deloitte consultant.
  • Surprising exactly no one, big beast exchange ICE has joined its peers and entered the cryptocurrency market in earnest. More than eight months after competitors Cboe and CME launched cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts, this month ICE revealed Bakkt, a “global platform and ecosystem for digital assets”.
  • HSBC’s new app for issuers, shortly to be rolled out across the bank’s primary markets divisions and downloaded by clients directly, is a welcome change for a market that’s seen limited technological progress. It’s a clear step forward, and likely to be copied widely. But this could be the very worst outcome for issuers.