Could China ‘militarise’ cryptocurrencies to sanction-proof its economy?
Digital currency is emerging as a powerful, disruptive tool in global geopolitics, fundamentally reshaping the financial battlefield in…
Fragility of the dollar system: balance sheets to blockchains
By Arjun Sethi, Kraken co-CEO The illusion of liquidity It happened in September 2019 when overnight repo rates…
Base, Kaito Yaps, And Own.App
SocialFI is a way that creators can own their content in the web3 era Sandy Carter I discovered…
BoE to prioritise AI, DLT and quantum computing in tech strategy
The Bank of England (BoE) intends to prioritise AI, DLT, and quantum computing as the three “cross-cutting technologies”…
Banque de France, Euroclear partner for tokenized commercial paper project – Ledger Insights
The Banque de France and Euroclear have launched Project Pythagore have launched Project Pythagore to tokenize the negotiable…
Deutsche Bank, UBS settle tokenized deposit payments in Bundesbank Trigger solution experiment – Ledger Insights
Last week UBS said it was piloting UBS Digital Cash, a blockchain-based solution for multi-currency payments that allows…
EU central banks explore synchronised settlement in FX
The Bank for International Settlements and its central bank partners have successfully demonstrated how wholesale payment infrastructures, such…
Exclusive: Coinbase and Mastercard have both held advanced talks to buy stablecoin startup BVNK for around $2 billion
Almost one year after the fintech giant Stripe struck a $1.1 billion deal to acquire the stablecoin startup…
Why Citi believes blockchain is ‘here to stay’ on Wall Street
When Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world in 2008, the pseudonymous coder envisioned his decentralized currency as…
Stablecoins Reshape X-Border Payments; Banks, Networks Step In
Stablecoins were once the province of private issuers, characterized by opaque backing, fragmented liquidity and minimal oversight. At…
Samsung brings Coinbase crypto services to 75m Galaxy phone owners
Samsung is offering the 75 million Galaxy phone owners in the US three months of free access to…
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…