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US banks launch digital asset settlement platform PoC

Some of the biggest names in the US banking industry are coming together on a proof of concept for a regulated digital asset settlement platform.

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JP Morgan to open Athens payments R&D centre

Wall Street giant JP Morgan is opening a payments innovation lab in Athens as part of a wider Greek expansion.

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New York Fed and MAS test wCBDC for cross border payments

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are teaming up to explore the use of wholesale CBDCs for cross-border payments.

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TRM Labs raises $70 million

Goldman Sachs, PayPal, American Express and Citi have joined in a $70 million funding round in blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.

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New York Fed tests wholesale CBDC for cross-border payments

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has developed a wholesale CBDC prototype for an experiment on cross-border digital currency transactions supported by blockchain technology.

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UBS launches bond traded on blockchain-based exchange

UBS has launched a CHF375 million digital bond that is publicly traded and settled on both traditional and blockchain-based exchanges.

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Gate.io launches crypto payment product

US-based Gate.io, one of the largest crypto exchanges in operation, is set to branch out into the payments sector.

/wholesale

Survey shows support for shorter settlement cycles

The majority of market participants expect the settlement cycle for equities to shorten to T+1 within the next five years, according to recently published research.

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MAS targets cross-border connectivity in wholesale CBDCs

The Monetary Authority Of Singapore (MAS) is stepping up its work on cross-border foreign exchange settlement using wholesale central bank digital currency.

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Standard Chartered invests in DLT-based payments venture Partior

Standard Chartered has invested in Partior, the DLT venture set up last year by DBS, Temasek and JPMorgan to challenge the cumbersome hub-and-spoke model applied to traditional cross-border payment flow.

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Binance chief downplays CBDC threat to crypto

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) do not pose a threat to cryptocurrencies and would actually help build trust among sceptics by validating the underlying blockchain technology.

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Visa files metaverse and NFT trademark applications

Visa has filed two trademark applications related to the metaverse, non-fungible tokens and digital currency wallets.

/startups

Portugal's fintech sector passes €1bn milestone

Funding for Portuguese fintechs has exceeded the €1bn mark for the first time.

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BIS and four central banks hail pilot trials of CBDCs in cross-border FX transactions

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and four central banks have completed a successful pilot of the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by commercial banks for foreign exchange transactions across borders, as part of Project mBridge.

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JPMorgan Chase taps ex-Celsius exec for crypto job

JPMorgan Chase has appointed a former executive at bankrupt crypto lender Celsius as its head of digital assets regulatory policy.

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Sibos 2022: Blockchain is still the ‘Holy Grail’ for data – JP Morgan

JP Morgan is celebrating the success of its blockchain application Confirm this week, following announcements that Deutsche Bank and Visa have been brought on board as key partners.

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Sibos 2022: MAS chief floats private blockchain networks for cross-border payments

Private sector-led blockchain-based networks and stablecoins could fix "slow, opaque and inefficient" cross-border payments, says Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director Ravi Menon.

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JPMorgan and Visa link blockchain payment networks

JPMorgan Chase and Visa are to establish connectivity between their global private blockchain networks, Liink and B2B Connect.

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EU tenders for blockchain data and DeFi project

The European Commission has put out a tender for a study on "embedded supervision of decentralised finance".

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Binance resumes operations after $100m crypto hack

An estimated $100 million in Binance Coin (also known as BNB token) tokens were stolen during a targeted hack on the BSC Token Hub on Friday.