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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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Ebang International Holdings has emerged as the second cryptocurrency mining hardware maker to file for a Hong Kong IPO, following in the footsteps of its much larger rival Canaan. -
Four companies involved in clearing said on Tuesday they had completed a proof of concept using distributed ledger technology that they said will make margin calls for derivatives more efficient.
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When bitcoin futures were launched in December last year, there was excitement, fear and outrage all at once. Critics, including the Futures Industry Association, piled pressure on to US derivatives regulator the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission, demanding better safeguards for such products. Cheerleaders may see the asset class as a great way to earn big in markets dogged by low yields but the doubters, of which Byte Me is one, may yet be proven right.
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Monday made public its worries about cryptocurrency crime, advising banks on how they could properly scrutinise clients involved in the nascent sector.
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Blockchain technology will be a wide ranging structural improvement to underlying infrastructure of the securitization market, said panellists on Wednesday, but the technology is going to need a “proof of concept” before institutions will be convinced to move away from legacy systems.
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Cryptocurrencies had an incredible run last year, but for them to really hit the mainstream, their advocates should study the sort of old money institutions many of them oppose: central banks.
