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HSBC, SGX to Investigate if DLT Offers Efficiency Boost for Bond Markets
13.11.2019
A new trial will examine if digitalizing fixed income securities with DLT can bring new efficiencies to the Asian markets
Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA Launches With Range of Services
13.11.2019
SEBA Bank is now fully operational with a range of services to bridge the gap between the crypto world and traditional banking. Licensed in Switzerland, the bank’s crypto services include asset management, trading, custody, and financing. Its wallet app, e-banking, and card enable customers...
Cameron Winklevoss: Buy BTC to Escape Negative Yield Bonds
17.10.2019
Cameron Winklevoss has noted that the volume of negative interest bonds adds up to $17 trillion and urges the public to buy Bitcoin
Why French Lender SocGen Issued a $110 Million Ethereum Bond to Itself
11.10.2019
Societe Generale has no plans to resell its $110 million ethereum bond, but future blockchain trials will involve external investors, an exec said
At Least 19 Central Banks Give Way to Monetary Easing As Economy Slows
16.9.2019
In a coordinated fashion, more than 18 central banks worldwide have or plan to cut interest rates, sparking a domino effect of monetary easing. It’s been 10 years since the world has seen central planners orchestrate such harmonization in an attempt to save the economy from a deep recession....
Santander Issues $20 Million End-To-End Blockchain Bond on Ethereum
12.9.2019
Santander has issued a $20 million bond directly onto the Ethereum blockchain, where it will remain until the end of its one-year maturity
Santander Settles Both Sides of a $20 Million Bond Trade on Ethereum
12.9.2019
Santander has issued a $20 million bond on ethereum, and paid fiat cash for it on the public blockchain as well
Stablecoins and Exchange Coins – What’s the Difference From the Ol’ Corporate Bond?
9.9.2019
A new weekly record was set last week in global corporate bond sales, with investors grabbing hold of around $140 billion in new bonds according to data from Dealogic. This occurs against a backdrop of negative yielding debt, and the meteoric rise in popularity of stablecoins and exchange-native...
The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt
21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...
The World Bank Sells Additional 33.8 Million USD of Its Private ETH Blockchain Bonds
20.8.2019
According to the latest buzz, the World Bank has successfully issued the 2nd bout of its iconic blockchain bonds. Additional 50 million Australian dollars (worth about 33.8 million United States Dollars) have been raised by the Bank. It was accomplished through sales of the bond-i (debt instrument...
World Bank Sells $33.8 Million More of Its Private Ethereum Blockchain Bonds
19.8.2019
The World Bank raised another $33.8 million by issuing bonds on a blockchain, bringing the total to $108 million
World’s First Zero-Fiat ‘Bitcoin Bond’ Now Available on Bloomberg Terminal
3.7.2019
No fiat involvement for regulated bitcoin bond which gained U.K. regulatory approval
JPMorgan Will Pilot ‘JPM Coin’ Stablecoin by End of 2019: Report
25.6.2019
The U.S. largest bank, JPMorgan, expects to pilot its own cryptocurrency project JPM Coin around the end of 2019, Bloomberg reports
Everyone’s Talking About Security Tokens But No One’s Trading Them
21.5.2019
There’s a party happening right now and everyone’s invited. The music’s playing, the fridge is loaded and the bathtub’s full of ice. All the ingredients for the sickest soiree are in place. There’s just one problem: the guests have yet to arrive. Welcome to the world...
World Bank Leads Secondary Market Phase of Bond-I Blockchain Bond
16.5.2019
The World Bank and Commonwealth Bank have successfully enabled secondary market trading of a blockchain bond
World Bank, CommBank Team Up for ‘World First’ Blockchain Bond Transaction
16.5.2019
The World Bank says its new debt instrument "bond-i" is the first bond to have both issuance and trading recorded on a blockchain
Santander, LeasePlan Testing Nivaura’s Blockchain-Based Floating Rate Bond
13.5.2019
Capital markets startup Nivaura has developed a floating rate bond using blockchain tech, and it's already being tested by Santander and LeasePlan
Germany Plans Major Digital Token Regulation Effort in 2019, Says Source
10.5.2019
The ruling coalition in Germany is actively seeking to end the inertia surrounding digital token regulation