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Banks face an uncertain future as finance goes digital
Markets are looking to the authorities to simplify blockchain issues, but they may not have the purest motives
The German state development bank this week proved a digital bond can survive losing its registrar. It was another proof of concept for digitalised bonds but only the ECB can make the market real
◆ First in-life registrar and blockchain change ◆ Digital premium compresses from 10bp to 3bp ◆ Deal draws first international investor
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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. -
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”.
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) on Monday laid out a framework to oversee the financial stability risks posed by the cryptocurrency market. However, the body warned that some public data could be “manipulated” due to “prohibited practices such as wash trading, spoofing and pump and dump”.
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Swiss market infrastructure operator SIX Group will combine digital asset trading, settlement and custody services in a new digital exchange for its customers. The CEO of SIX Group, Jos Dijsselhof, said it was the “beginning of a new era for capital markets infrastructure”.
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Opera’s planned $115m Nasdaq IPO now has a cryptocurrency angle after Bitmain, a Chinese bitcoin miner, joined the deal as an anchor investor.
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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.
