DLT fund platform IZNES simulates wCBDC usage with Banque de France – Ledger Insights
IZNES, the European UCITS fund platform that uses blockchain for record keeping, shared details about experiments during the…
IMF explores central bank decisions on wholesale CBDCs – Ledger Insights
This week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a fintech note outlining the options for central banks that…
Bundesbank: why it prefers trigger payments to token-based wholesale CBDC – Ledger Insights
It’s been two years since the Deutsche Bundesbank unveiled tests for a trigger solution to settle DLT securities transactions with central bank…
MAS partners Bundesbank for DLT settlement; Banks of England, Thailand for FX – Ledger Insights
Today the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced two new workstreams with foreign central banks. It is partnering…
Malaysia’s central bank outlines tokenization plans – Ledger Insights
Bank Negara Malaysia has launched a three year exploration of real world asset tokenization, establishing a Digital Asset…
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…
Deutsche Bundesbank is latest central bank to join LF Decentralized Trust – Ledger Insights
Last week marked the first anniversary of the formation of the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust, an umbrella body…
A Q&A on the stablecoin planned by nine EU banks – Ledger Insights
Earlier today, nine European banks announced plans for a joint venture to issue a stablecoin. The banks are:…
Germany’s central bank is creating DLT team, hiring engineers – Ledger Insights
Germany’s Bundesbank is hiring DLT developers and engineers for its “new DLT team”. The job postings include a…
ECB paper explores what makes stablecoins a “fungible” means of payment – Ledger Insights
The European Central Bank published a notable paper on stablecoin fungibility. This is not related to the debate…
French central bank mulls impact of tokenization on dollar dominance – Ledger Insights
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, recently debated whether tokenization could enhance the dollar’s dominance…