Messaging Platform Telegram Has Issued $270M in Bonds to Fund Growth
"I personally bought about a quarter of the new Telegram bonds," said Pavel Durov, the CEO of the popular but not-yet-profitable platform. Source
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UK’s Digital Securities Consultation Will Examine DLT Bonds and Equities, not Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH)
The relaxation will in the first instance operate for a period of up to five years, and would apply as a minimum to digital equities, bonds and money market instruments – but not to derivatives, or to unbacked crypto, such as bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), as officials point to
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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange completes proof-of-concept to tokenize fiat and bonds
A new phase in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s integration of blockchain technology and traditional assets has been completed with the minting of the first dummy digital government bond as an ERC-1155 security token. The bond mint is part of the proof-of-concept (PoC) phase of Project Eden, a partnership between the
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Small business lending protocol Defactor tokenizes $100M in bonds
On June 6, decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Defactor Labs said that it tokenized $100 million worth of Alpha Bonds using the ERC-3643 token standard. The bonds, tokenized on the Polygon (MATIC) network, will be lent to small- and medium-sized enterprises using real-world assets, such as receivables, as collateral.Defactor Labs
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New York Floats Bill to Allow Stablecoin Payments for Bail Bonds
The stringent measures that appear to have been established against crypto in New York, the acceptance of stablecoins for bail bonds is a win. The city of New York is currently planning to add stablecoin payments as a form of bail. According to a May 10 bill, the city is proposing
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BRICS Bank ‘Re-taps Into USD Bond Market’ With $1.25 Billion ‘Green’ Bonds – Finance Bitcoin News
The development bank established by the BRICS group of nations has issued its first “green” bonds in U.S. dollars (USD). Proceeds from the placement will be used to fund “green” projects supported under the banking institution’s sustainable financing policy. BRICS Development Bank Launches 3-year ‘Green’ Bonds The New Development Bank (NDB), founded
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Crypto Trading Legend’s Next Move Is Bringing U.S. Treasurys to Crypto, With Plans for Corporate Bonds, Too
Despite being U.S.-issued debt, PV01 won’t immediately operate in the U.S., where regulation and scrutiny of crypto is getting stricter. “We’re only going to offer our products broadly in the United States when we have a clear sense that it’s legal to do so based on the setup that we
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SEB and Crédit Agricole CIB Launch Blockchain-based Digital Bonds Platform
The two banks also assure of plans to allow the platform to accommodate central bank digital currencies in the future. Earlier, Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB jointly announced the launch of a new public blockchain-based platform, so|bond. According to the announcement, the platform will be focused on improving the efficiency
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European banks launch ‘sustainable’ blockchain platform for digital bonds
Two banks from Sweden and France announced the launch of a new digital bond platform built on blockchain technology. The platform will enable institutional clients to issue, trade, and settle bonds digitally, providing a more efficient and secure process compared to traditional methods.The platform, a joint project of Skandinaviska Enskilda
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TradFi Banks Team Up to Create Digital Bonds Trading Platform on Blockchain
The project joins others applying similar technology to conventional markets. In March, Brussels-based Euroclear said it may release a new platform for trading securities on a distributed ledger later this year. The banks’ statement didn’t say when the platform, named sobond, would start operating, and they hadn’t replied to an
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