Tokenization

Euro stablecoins could drive more sovereign bond demand than you’d think

Leave a Comment / English, News / By Linda Li

The European Central Bank published its latest Macroprudential Bulletin this week, featuring a series of articles on tokenization spanning tokenized money market funds through to stablecoins. One of the standout pieces explores how the growth of euro denominated stablecoins could affect euro area sovereign bond markets, and the findings challenge some intuitive assumptions. The most …

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Bank of Japan starts exploring wholesale CBDC

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For years the Bank of Japan has operated a retail CBDC research initiative with seven working groups and 64 companies involved. That research has continued despite comments last year that there’s no need for a launch. In early February this year, as part of the ongoing CBDC Forum, central bank director Kazushige Kamiyama said that the …

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BIS Project Rialto to explore DeFi style FX for retail cross border payments

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Image by Ledger Insights Last year the BIS Innovation Hubs in Europe and Singapore announced plans for Project Rialto to explore foreign exchange (FX) for retail cross border payments. Today the BIS published a work in progress paper outlining its plans, including the involvement of the central banks of France, Italy, Malaysia and Singapore. The …

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EU finance ministers to discuss tokenization, wholesale DLT settlement

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Image by Ledger Insights This coming Monday’s Eurogroup meeting will include a discussion about tokenization, DLT and central bank money for wholesale settlement, as well as the status of the retail digital euro. The Eurogroup is an informal body of economic and finance ministers that meet to discuss issues relating to the euro currency. Mr …

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$Trillion asset manager Schroders creates digital assets hub in Singapore

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Image by Ledger Insights Asset manager Schroders (AUM £758bn / $1 trillion) is setting up a digital assets center of excellence in Singapore after participating in the local Project Guardian tokenization sandbox. While Singapore has been at the forefront of digital asset and tokenization innovations, it’s notable that a UK headquartered entity would choose the …

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