Cryptocurrency’s wild ride isn’t over yet. Regulators are closing in, and innovation is speeding up. It’s safe to say that the blockchain landscape remains a...
The last days of the third quarter are upon us, the waning days of the month, too. And it’s shaping up to be a September...
Hong Kong’s central bank has launched a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) project. The effort, dubbed “Project Ensemble,” is designed to support a new...
Stablecoins have held the promise of serving as a link between the cryptocurrency realm and traditional financial services. Turns out that nowadays, the digital holdings...
Visa, in collaboration with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank, has successfully completed a pilot test in Hong Kong to study tokenized deposits using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)....
The Bank for International Settlements, central banks and traditional financial institutions (FIs) are in the midst of tackling various ways and means of creating and...
JPMorgan Chase is committed to tokenize traditional finance despite upheaval in the cryptocurrency sector. The bank’s digital asset program, Onyx, is already being used by Goldman...
In the debate over stablecoins vs. cryptocurrencies, it may be tokenized deposits that wind up gaining ground. Tokenized deposits are tied to existing bank deposits;...
Warnings on stablecoins from a trio of regulators may cause banks to seek digital alternatives instead. And digital dollars (aka CBDCs) and tokenized deposits issued...