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Nov 21, 2025 - This week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a fintech note outlining the options for central banks that are exploring tokenized reserves or

Energy Web partnered with BMW and grid operator Elia for a blockchain trial for recharging electric vehicles and decentralized identities

Nomura's digital assets subsidiary Laser Digital has launched the Bitcoin Diversified Yield Fund, one of the first natively tokenized Bitcoin yield funds,

Today Ant Financial launched a new brand Ant Financial Technology to target selling their existing technologies, including blockchain, to enterprises.

The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative, B3i, has a new board. Also raised just over $20 million in the last month. Is there more funding to come?

Acting US Comptroller of the Currency Michael J Hsu gave a talk on stablecoins with an emphasis on interoperability

Jamaica is launching an e-commerce marketplace aiming to increase adoption the JAM-DEX central bank digital currency

Feb 12, 2019 - Change Healthcare which operates a clearing house for health insurance claims, runs a blockchain that processes thirty million transactions per day

In a virtual conference today, the Governor of Philippines' central bank, Benjamin E. Diokno, stated that the Bank has a working group exploring a central

Tokenized bonds involve the native issuance of a bond on a blockchain or DLT. The benefit is efficiencies and potentially improved liquidity

Fortune published a report that several Big Tech firms, including Apple, X, Airbnb and Google, are exploring using stablecoins for payments, citing

For years the cryptocurrency community has been arguing that blockchains enable alternative ways to approach anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance.

Blockchain shipping network GSBN has launched announcing details of its hosting partners which for blockchain include Oracle and AntChain

The latest user of JP Morgan's Kinexys Digital Payments is BMW Group, which has automated conversions from euros to dollars as part of transfers from

Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection, is on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit on account of allegedly

Yesterday, blockchain rewards company Loyyal announced investments from Asian-based market leaders Unblock Ventures (a subsidiary of LINE Corporation,

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a review of tokenization. It concludes that tokenization activities are

Certain applications lend themselves to the transparency offered by blockchain, and one of those is affiliate marketing. Publishers promote products on

Representative Maxine Waters says the SEC is working on amending SAB 121, the accounting rule preventing banks from providing crypto custody

The World Trade Board has a plan to address the MSME trade finance gap though its five pronged Trade Roadmap

The NFL is launching non-fungible token trading cards with its partner Panini. It follows a video NFT deal with Dapper Labs

Nomura backed Komainu has received a digital asset custody license from Dubai's VARA regulator

IDC has published its semi-annual blockchain spending guide. It's forecasting spending on blockchain solutions to reach $15.9 billion by 2023. For this

Today National Bank of Canada issued a Certificate of Deposit with JP Morgan as the sole dealer. There was a parallel simulation of the issuance using an...

Nov 24, 2025 - In September, Nasdaq outlined plans to support the trading of tokenized stocks. The aim is for conventional and tokenized stocks to have the same rights,

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) confirmed it is progression Project Khokha2x for bank backed stablecoins and wholesale CBDC

Instagram is starting to test non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with a limited number of U.S. creators on the social media platform

Nov 27, 2025 - The South African Reserve Bank published a position paper on retail CBDC, concluding that there is no immediate need for one, following its latest

Amazon invested in Dibbs, a platform enabling collectors to own fractions of a sports collectible represented by a non-fungible token (NFT).

Blockchain startup Mediledger has published the results of its FDA blockchain pilot for the pharmaceutical supply chain. Numerous separate groups applied

Today the Financial Times ran an article saying EU officials are accelerating plans for the digital euro central bank digital currency, spurred on by the

The Senate Banking Committee has published a draft of the crypto market infrastructure bill ahead of an expected markup session on 15 January. The bill

BNP Paribas Securities Services is working with Digital Asset on DLT apps to integrate with the ASX and HKEX blockchain enabled post trade platforms

Onyx by JP Morgan released a whitepaper covering the programmability aspects of JPM Coin DLT payments. Ant Intl has made billions in payments

Nov 27, 2025 - Swiss digital asset bank AMINA, Deutsche Börse's Crypto Finance and their banking partners completed interbank settlement trials using the Google Cloud

The Wall Street Journal reported today that Amazon and Walmart are exploring potentially issuing their own stablecoins, or failing that, using an existing

Mitsubishi and NTT have created a joint venture Industry One to use blockchain and other technologies for digital transformation

Today it was revealed that PNC Treasury Management is live on blockchain payments platform RippleNet. This makes PNC the first US bank to do so.

Aug 17, 2018 - Pharmaceuticals returned to manufacturers exceeds $6 billion a year. To verify products are authentic, SAP is working on a pharma supply chain blockchain.

HSBC confirmed plans to launch a digital asset custody offering in 2024. It targets institutions and tokenized assets, but not cryptocurrency

iCapital has deployed its Canton-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution to support Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's alternatives business,

The Metaverse Competition Agency (MCA) aims to address virtual world antitrust issues through grass roots involvement

Today the European Banking Authority published consultations proposing EU stablecoin reserve requirements

On Friday, Eddie Yue, the CEO of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), said it's discussing a technical pilot of the e-CNY or digital

On the 4th October, it was reported that the Spanish Association of Registrars is working on a blockchain property registry for tourist rentals.

The Property (Digital Assets, etc) Act 2025 has received Royal Assent, creating a new category of property under English law. Digital assets such as

Today the Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne (BPCE) group, a global systemically important bank (G-SIB), started rolling out retail cryptocurrency services

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has written a letter warning of the risks of tokenized stocks. "These mimicked products do not meet the high

Standard Chartered announced today that it is expanding its partnership with Coinbase to explore the development of digital asset trading, prime services,

Today the BIS and Reserve Bank of India announced the 2023 edition of the G20 Techsprint, with applications open until June 4. The three topics

Yesterday Californian startup SyncFab announced it signed a deal with aerospace and defense contractor Lockheed Martin for its

The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) completed a blockchain pilot at a cattle slaughterhouse to help with the collation of inspection results.

FDIC stake over Signature Bank following a run after the collapse of SVB. Depositors to receive full funds. USDC stablecoin recovers

Taiwan is working on both wholesale and retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Tokenization is a key driver

Societe Generale Forge has drawn down $7m of a loan from the MakerDAO DeFi protocol. The collateral is a SocGen security token

State Street Digital is reorganizing, transferring roles to other divisions and laying off staff. Drive by the adverse regulatory environment

Effective today, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has updated its crypto rules and provided guidance on stablecoins that are usable within

Today PayPal announced plans to launch its PYUSD stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain, a network specifically designed for payments, especially cross

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam spoke about the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the many meetings he had with the firm

The launch of two DLT-enabled platforms in the cities of Kunshan and Fuzhou focussing on prescriptions and medical billing

Portuguese private bank Bison Bank plans to launch a stablecoin in 2026, becoming the first banking institution in Portugal to issue the digital asset.