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First use of sterling tokenised deposit to buy tokenised Gilt
More digital bonds are expected from the region this year
Technologists have convinced the European Central Bank and most financial firms that the bond market needs blockchain. Exactly what for is harder to define. Still more difficult is actually introducing it — although as Jon Hay reports, many believe the moment has come
Wholesale and retail CBDCs are moving forward in EU and UK, but there is more push-back on retail version
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The cryptocurrency market, fresh from a hellish year in which 83% of its $800bn market cap went up in smoke, is facing a new, and altogether more serious threat: the 51% attack. -
VTB Capital has no interest in adopting blockchain technology for banking, said Dmitry Snesar, VTB’s head of client coverage, at VTB Capital’s Russia Calling conference in Moscow this week.
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has partnered with Digital Asset to develop a post-trade settlement and allocation system based on blockchain technology. It will cover northbound trading on Stock Connect.
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In this round-up, Chinese president Xi Jinping promises more support for the private sector, Australia’s state of Victoria becomes the first in the country to support the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Xi and US president Donald Trump discuss trade on a phone call ahead of their meeting at the G20 later this month.
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The cryptocurrency market has had to learn a lot of lessons about the realities of finance very quickly, but the marketplace is at last developing the utilities required to smooth the boundaries between cryptocurrency and traditional finance.
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Canaan, the world’s second largest maker of cryptocurrency mining equipment, is in a waiting game with the Hong Kong bourse for its IPO to be approved.
