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Can Bank-Backed Exchanges Solve Crypto Trading’s Trust Problem?

Standard Chartered Bank, for example, launched Zodia Custody, an institution-focused digital asset custodian, backed by SBI and Northern Trust. Its sister company, an institutional digital asset trading and brokerage venue, Zodia Markets, is a fully independent company with a different shareholding structure. Source

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Binance Japan and MUFG Trust Bank Forge Partnership for New Bank-Backed Stablecoin

This partnership is also a significant stride in the Japanese government’s endeavor to embrace blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, fostering their broader adoption within the country and beyond. Binance Japan is partnering with Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) Trust Bank, a move squarely aligned with the Japanese government’s new Web3 policy. This collaboration aims

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Indian central bank-backed NPCI begins blockchain recruitment

The National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI), an initiative led by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and 247 Indian banking companies, is on the look out for a seasoned blockchain technologist to head and investigate opportunities for blockchain in current-day payment systems.NPCI owns and operates the Unified Payments Interface

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MUFG to facilitate Japanese bank-backed stablecoins via Progmat Coin platform

Megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has announced that its stablecoin issuance platform “Progmat Coin” will soon be used by Japanese banks to launch Yen-pegged stablecoins on several public blockchains.Japanese banks have recently outlined intentions to either look into or launch stablecoins following new regulations that came into effect this

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Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank-Backed Taurus Deploys on Ethereum Scaler Polygon

As a layer 2 blockchain, Polygon is designed to process transactions at a greater speed and lower cost than the main Ethereum network. Polygon also has aspirations to expand beyond Ethereum to become an "internet of blockchains", connecting any Ethereum-compatible networks together, while continuing to reduce transaction costs and increase

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