Cryptocurrencies
As the Benefits of Digital Assets Become Harder to Ignore, What’s the Path Forward?
Lisa Iagatta, Isitc chair, says financial institutions have an opportunity to create more efficient processes in areas such as trade settlements through the use of digital assets.
This Week: Janus/SS&C; Wolters Kluwer; Tora/Neptune; Standard Chartered/Northern Trust; SimCorp; & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
EU’s Gaia-X Project: Reaching for Digital Sovereignty
Right now, details are scarce for the project, but Jo says that even if the initiative fails to get off the ground, it marks a big step in the bloc’s effort to achieve digital sovereignty.
Barclays Proposes New Taxonomy for Digital Tokens
The UK bank argues that a common approach to classifying tokens is needed to prevent regulatory arbitrage.
This Week: Northern Trust, HKEX, Digital Asset, SimCorp, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Brave New Coin Eyes Structured Products
The company aims to have a principal-protected structured income product by mid-September.
The Need for a Designated Crypto Asset Regulator
Senior academic says a new taxonomy—and a new regulator—is needed to determine whether crypto assets should fall under existing financial frameworks.
SocGen’s Digitized Bond Passes Settlement Test
Banque de France-backed deal pips private consortiums in dummy run for digital currency trades.
CryptoCompare Eyes Asia Cryptocurrency Indexes
The cryptocurrency data provider and index operator plans to exploit demand for digital currency trading in APAC by launching index products in the region.
This Week: Philippine Stock Exchange, IBM, Cboe, Esma & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
This Week: Charles River, Broadridge/IBM, Dash, TT, GAM/SimCorp
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
This Week: Fidelity Digital Asset, State Street, HSBC, Instinet, INTL FCStone, Quantopian
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
OKEx Expands Crypto Derivatives Offering
The Malta-headquartered digital asset exchange has upgraded its trading architecture, with an eye on futures and options trading features.
Avelacom Adds Multi-Cloud Connectivity for Crypto Traders
Direct links set up in each location “jump” from points-of-presence to a cloud in under a millisecond.
Fundament Expanding Tokenized German Real Estate Offering
For it's real estate token, 90% of investment is coming from institutional firms.
Broadridge CEO Tim Gokey Maps Out Technology Path
Gokey discusses Broadridge's aim to be a one-stop shop for users and how it sees emerging technologies as its future.
Numbering Association Starts Work on Crypto Identifiers
Anna task force explores how Isins can be extended to digital assets such as tokenized securities and cryptocurrencies
Refinitiv and Trulioo Discuss Deepfakes, Synthetic Identity & Crypto in the World of KYC
The pace of technological and regulatory change is fast for KYC/AML compliance, and criminals are keeping pace.
Regulating Cryptocurrencies and the Investors’ Search for Clarity
Few regulations around cryptocurrencies exist but institutional investors, already wary of fully entering the market, want countries to provide clear statements laying out how these new assets will be treated. By Emilia David
Crypto Futures: A Murky Tomorrow
As institutional interest in cryptocurrencies grows, new and old exchanges are now turning to futures contracts to grow institutional interest. After fits and starts, crypto futures might be nearing a tipping point.
MERJ Preps Hybrid Securities-Blockchain Trading Tech Infrastructure
The Seychelles-based exchange finalizes IT and regulatory approvals ahead of launching the first listed security recorded in distributed ledger.
London Stock Exchange Looks to Provide Tools to Nascent Crypto Exchanges
LSEG is seeing interest from the crypto market for help with technology and connectivity.