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Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is a digital system for recording the transaction of assets in which the transactions and their details are recorded in multiple places at the same time. Unlike traditional databases, distributed ledgers have no central data store or administration functionality.

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NY Fed, Top Banks Test ‘Watershed’ Digital Dollar Project
NY Fed, Top Banks Test ‘Watershed’ Digital Dollar Project
December 07, 2022  |  CBDC

A group of large banks is preparing to test a shared digital asset settlement platform. According to the announcement, the study is set to take...

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Maersk Quietly Quits TradeLens Blockchain Project
Maersk Quietly Quits TradeLens Blockchain Project
December 02, 2022  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

With the crypto industry under fire, some blockchain projects are also on the chopping block. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.   After all, blockchains...

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Singapore’s MAS Launches CBDC Test Ubin+
Singapore’s MAS Launches CBDC Test Ubin+
November 03, 2022  |  CBDC

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has debuted Ubin+, a program to test the use of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) for cross-border...

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Israel Eyes Blockchain Bonds To Streamline Debt-based Securities Issuance
Israel Eyes Blockchain Bonds To Streamline Debt-based Securities Issuance
November 02, 2022  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has recently signaled its interest in exploring innovative use cases for distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial markets. Upon...

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Has SWIFT Beaten Crypto to Punch on Cross-Border Payments Interoperability?
Has SWIFT Beaten Crypto to Punch on Cross-Border Payments Interoperability?
October 05, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

In a pair of papers today, financial messaging service SWIFT claimed that it has solved two of the thorniest problems digital assets must overcome if...

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Today in Crypto: California Targets 11 Firms for Alleged Securities Violations; FTX.US President Brett Harrison Steps Down to Advisory Role
Today in Crypto: California Targets 11 Firms for Alleged Securities Violations; FTX.US President Brett Harrison...
September 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In a speech at a conference on finance tokenization, François Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the Banque de France, said the bank is working on...

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TradeLens Sends Europe’s First Electronic Bill of Lading
TradeLens Sends Europe’s First Electronic Bill of Lading
August 30, 2022  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

If there’s one blockchain project that truly shows what the technology is capable of, it’s TradeLens, which has connected nearly every part of the global...

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Today in Crypto: DTCC Debuts Private Blockchain for Settlements; CryptoPunks NFT Floor Price Overtakes Bored Apes
Today in Crypto: DTCC Debuts Private Blockchain for Settlements; CryptoPunks NFT Floor Price Overtakes Bored...
August 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a post-trade market infrastructure for the financial services industry around the world, debuted a distributed ledger technology (DLT)...

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BIS Recommends Built-In Regulatory Framework for DeFi Blockchains
BIS Recommends Built-In Regulatory Framework for DeFi Blockchains
June 02, 2022  |  Blockchain

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the so-called central banks’ bank, published a report in May assessing how automated supervision could help regulate and supervise...

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