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Bank of Korea Seeks to Deploy Blockchain in Bond Market: Report

Global central banks are increasingly looking at blockchain technology as a tool to make interbanking processes more efficient and transparent.Following the World Bank’s exemplary experience of blockchain bond transactions, South Korea’s central bank is working on its own blockchain-based bonds, CryptoX Korea reports Feb. 18.Bank of Korea started the

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ConsenSys Acquires US Broker-Dealer in Bid to Tokenize Trillion-Dollar ‘Muni’ Bond Market

ConsenSys has purchased a U.S.-based broker-dealer in an attempt to overhaul the multi-trillion-dollar municipal bond market.The ethereum-focused VC and technology company said it had completed the purchase of the Philadelphia-based Heritage Financial Systems, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The acquisition gives ConsenSys advisory and broker-dealer capabilities in the U.S., allowing it to

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HSBC, SGX and Temasek Explore Distributed Ledger Tech in Asian Bond Market

Global banking giant HSBC will explore the use of blockchain for the issuance of fixed income securities in a joint trial with Singapore Exchange (SGX) and investment firm Temasek. Focused on the Asia bond markets, the trial intends to streamline the bond issuance process and reduce associated costs by applying

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Banco Santander Becomes the First Ever Bank to Issue a Blockchain-Backed Bond

Banco Santander has announced that it has successfully issued a bond that is backed by end-to-end blockchain, and possibly revolutionizing the bond technology. The news was revealed on September 12th through a press release issued by the bank itself.As stated in the press release, the technology behind the bond consists

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