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Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures are testing a system that will allow blockchain-based transactions, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to talk to one another, taking an approach similar to the SWIFT messaging layer in legacy banking infrastructure. The banks are running a series of test cases,
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The UDPN’s transaction nodes are where the magic happens, being connected to currency systems and currency pools,” Schacher said in an interview. “The way to envision it is each currency needs a transaction of its own, so to speak. This could be central banks in the future, owning transactions and
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Thanks to its stellar financial performance in the third quarter, the bank has raised its full-year outlook for 2023. Shares of German banking giant Deutsche Bank (ETR: DBK) surged by a remarkable 7% on Wednesday morning following the company’s stellar Q3 2023 performance that exceeded market expectations. Despite an 8% decline in
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The basis for this issuance was Corda, R3’s digital ledger technology (DLT) platform that offers a sustainable infrastructure for digitally native notes. In a first, the World Bank has listed the “first digital native security” or “digital native note (DNN)” on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSe). The €100 million DNN,
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Euroclear has joined forces with the World Bank to unveil a novel tokenized securities issuance service, marked by a €100 million digital bond issuance, aiming to integrate DeFi technology into TradFi services and enhance efficiency, transparency and accessibility. Euroclear, a major European clearinghouse, has collaborated with the World Bank to launch
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Euroclear has launched a digital securities issuance service and settled a 100-million-euro ($106 million) digital World Bank bond. This is the first step in the Brussels-based settlement house’s digital infrastructure strategy, it said.The three-year bond, which is being called a digitally native note, was issued by World Bank lending arm
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To demonstrate the potential of UDPN, Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures and Deutsche Bank conducted a trial. Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures and Deutsche Bank have achieved a significant milestone by completing the first Proof of Concept (PoC) for the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). This groundbreaking initiative aims to revolutionize the way digital
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The Charles Schwab Corp. is experiencing a decline in customer deposits amid the rising interest rates in the U.S., while Bitcoin (BTC) is up by 50% year-over-year. Schwab’s financial odyssey Charles Schwab, recently spotlighted by Finbold, has experienced a notable decline in bank deposits, even as the price of BTC continues
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After a series of remarks about the potential benefits of central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the national economy, the Central Bank of Argentina said it has accelerated its work on the legislation to implement the CBDC workflow in the country. On Oct. 18, during a public discussion on the Filo News
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In a recent development, leading investment bank Morgan Stanley has weighed in on when the lingering Bitcoin bear market is likely to
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