Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Digital asset firm Taurus has linked its custody and tokenization systems to Swift’s shared ledger, enabling institutional clients to process cross-border payments with bank-issued tokenized deposits on a near-continuous basis
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) will offer the regulated HKD-backed token to institutional clients, with tokenized fund settlement planned for the fourth quarter
Bank analyst sees potential for Bitcoin to approach its $126,000 record high by year-end as recent gains gather pace after short covering and improving ETF demand
The banks executed a cross-border payment using tokenized deposits on Swift’s new blockchain system, advancing 24/7 interbank settlement while keeping traditional controls intact
Standard Chartered reports rapid growth for the new blockchain, with nearly all liquidity routed through Uniswap and rising UNI token burns following a recent fee change
The crypto trade group filed an amicus brief arguing the Federal Reserve lacks broad power to deny eligible state-chartered banks direct access to its payment system
Anchorpoint opens beta access to HKDAP for institutions via licensed distributors, targeting payments and settlement after securing an early HKMA licence
Regulated Layer One begins operations in Luxembourg as a shared permissioned network for digital money, bonds and settlement
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor shared the company’s Bitcoin acquisition chart with the note that orange dots tell only part of the story, days after the firm sold BTC worth $216 million
Standard Chartered reaffirms its bullish outlook on Bitcoin, calling the current price levels a strong opportunity while downplaying recent sales by Strategy as a temporary communication matter rather than a change in fundamentals
