Latest Blockchain News: Finextra Research

Sibos 2025: DeFi expected to take over financial ecosystem

In the rapidly developing financial universe, there are certain buzzwords that have been reappearing throughout discussions: blockchain, stablecoins, and tokenisation. While cryptocurrencies are not new, these new developments in decentralised finance (DeFi) are taking the financial sector by storm.

19 hours

Company update/markets

21X to bring blockchain-enabled exchange to American market

21X, a leader in regulated on-chain trading and settlement, today announced its expansion into the United States with the establishment of a new operation incorporated in Delaware and a primary office in New York. The move marks a monumental next step in the company’s global growth strategy and paves the way for the launch of the 21X U.S. exchange, a fully regulated blockchain-based trading venue for digital financial instruments.

23 hours

News/crypto

Robinhood CEO calls tokenisation unstoppable 'freight-train'

It is inevitable that the entire financial market will be tokenised, according to Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of online trading platform Robinhood

02 October 2025

News/crypto

ECB turns to AI startup for fraud detection for digital euro

The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected Portugal-based startup Feedzai to provide fraud detection and prevention for its digital euro.

02 October 2025

Company update/crypto

Ignyte and Binance form Mena blockchain alliance

Ignyte - the region’s leading global digital start-up ecosystem has announced a landmark collaboration with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to accelerate blockchain innovation across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

01 October 2025

Company update/identity

Gleif and Chainlink to create legal entity identifier for the blockchain industry

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the only global source of open, standardized and high-quality legal entity reference data, and Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, today announced a strategic partnership to create an institutional-grade identity solution for the blockchain industry.

01 October 2025

Company update/people

Thomas Sullivan appointed as managing director of DTCC Digital Assets

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Thomas Sullivan as Managing Director of DTCC Digital Assets, reporting to Nadine Chakar, Managing Director, Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets.

30 September 2025

Company update/payments

Ripple strikes deal with i-payout

i-payout and Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, announced a partnership to transform cross-border payouts.

30 September 2025

Company update/crypto

21X and DekaBank complete on-chain trade on the Polygon Testnet

21X, the operator of the first EU-regulated on-chain trading and settlement system, and DekaBank, the securities services provider of the German Savings Banks Finance Group (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe), today announced the successful completion of an on-chain trade on the Polygon testnet.

30 September 2025

News/Sibos

Sibos 2025: How to build the bank of tomorrow

Following the popular session on building tomorrow’s bank at Sibos 2024, McKinsey’s Megha Kansal moderated a follow-up session on the year’s developments in Frankfurt.

30 September 2025

Company update/payments

Citi Token Services integrates with 24/7 USD clearing for real-time cross-border payments

Today, Citi announced its plans for an industry-first integration of Citi® Token Services, a blockchain-based platform, with its 24/7 USD Clearing solution to create a 24/7, multibank cross-border instant payments capability for Citi’s institutional clients in the UK and US.

29 September 2025

News/ai

FS giants test blockchain and AI to tackle $58bn corporate actions problem

A host of banking and capital market players - including Swift, the DTCC and UBS - have closed out the second stage of a Chainlink-led project to use AI and blockchain technology to standardise and streamline corporate actions processing.

29 September 2025

News/Sibos

Sibos 2025: AI, quantum, CBDCs, tokenised assets and stablecoins to lead the agenda

In the opening plenary of Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, executives at Swift and leading German banks Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Bank introduced the themes of the conference and what can be accomplished on ‘the next frontier of global finance’.

29 September 2025

News/payments

Sibos: Swift to add blockchain-based ledger to infrastructure stack

Bank-to-bank payment network Swift is to develop a shared digital ledger with 30 member banks to test the use of blockchain technology for real-time cross-border payments.

29 September 2025

News/wholesale

Deutsche Bank conducts first euro transaction via blockchain

Deutsche Bank has carried out its first euro-denominated cross-border payment via Partior’s blockchain platform.

29 September 2025

News/payments

UK banks prep live pilot of tokenised sterling deposits

The UK's biggest banks are embarking on a pilot project to deliver the country's first live transactions of tokenised sterling deposits (GBTD).

29 September 2025

News/devops

People's Bank of China opens digital yuan operation centre in Shanghai

On Thursday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) opened a digital yuan (e-CNY) international operations centre in Shanghai, in a move to drive CBDC innovation.

26 September 2025

News/crypto

ING digital asset lead: Euro stablecoin could revolutionise music industry with tokenised royalties

Hot on the heels of news that nine European banks have partnered to launch a Euro denominated stablecoin, Finextra spoke to Floris Lugt, digital assets lead at ING, about the catalyst for this launch and why they didn’t want to wait for the ECB’s digital euro launch slated for 2029.

25 September 2025

News/payments