OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Successful Opening of Customer Development Environment for DLT…
ASX has successfully opened the Customer Development Environment (CDE) for its new equities clearing and settlement system to replace CHESS, which is based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). The first of seven ‘drops’ of software…
Remarks at the “Challenges in Understanding the Monetary…
Should we radically rethink the role of cash to deal with the lower bound on interest rates? The lower bound on interest rates has been a major challenge for central bankers in the multiple crises…
Huobi Exchange Announces White Paper for Public Blockchain
Huobi, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has released the English language white paper for its first public blockchain. Huobi Chain is currently under construction by the operator's team and industry experts. Livio Weng,…
Federal Council Wants to Further Improve Framework Conditions…
Bern, 14.12.2018 - During its meeting on 7 December 2018, the Federal Council adopted a report on the legal framework for blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the financial sector. The report shows that Switzerland's legal framework…
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Join Blockchain-Powered Payment…
Market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market CLS Group has gone live with investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on its blockchain-powered service CLSNet. CLSNet is a standardized, automated bilateral…
National Settlement Depository Presents Its Vision of the…
National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, organized a special panel discussion focused on the infrastructure of the crypto assets market at Sibos, an international financial forum. Panel discussion participants included representatives of global…
New Report from Payments Canada, the Bank of…
TORONTO; Oct. 22, 2018 – Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada, TMX Group, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and R3 have published a report demonstrating the feasibility of clearing and settlement of securities using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The…
DTCC Announces Study Results Demonstrating that DLT Can…
Groundbreaking study proves DLT can process more than 100 million trades per day New York/London/Hong Kong/Singapore/Sydney, October 16, 2018 ‒ The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial…