HSBC approved for Bank of England’s digital sandbox
Bank is the first applicant to be approved for the scheme, and means the firm’s Orion platform can now operate as a digital securities depository.
Technology
DTCC goes live with landmark tokenisation platform
Service moves beyond trials following industry testing with more than 50 firms including BlackRock, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and State Street.
HSBC completes first digitally native structured product issuance
Marketnode supported the transaction as tokenisation agent and digital paying agent.
Settlement
Fireside Friday with… Transcend’s Bimal Kadikar
Bimal Kadikar, founder & CEO of Transcend, discusses the firm’s recent Series B investment with 7RIDGE, its expansion into collateral, liquidity and tokenised markets, and how it is building infrastructure to bridge traditional and digital financial ecosystems through optimisation, interoperability and AI-driven capabilities.
Standard Chartered launches integrated USDC access with Circle
Service allows eligible institutional clients to mint and redeem USDC through the bank without requiring a direct account with Circle.
Clearstream processes first DLT commercial paper issuance on D7
The €77.5 million EIB issuance was arranged by Citi and marks the first use of Clearstream's D7 platform for such a transaction.
Digital asset servicing
Fireside Friday with… Standard Chartered’s Waqar Chaudry
Waqar Chaudry, global head of digital assets at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank’s push to integrate digital assets into traditional financial infrastructure, and why he believes the industry is entering a pivotal adoption phase that could fundamentally reshape capital markets.
Transcend extends collateral platform into digital markets
New offering aims to help firms manage tokenised and traditional collateral through a single operating model.
Clearstream expands digital transfer agency offering
Blockchain-based platform rolls out to additional markets and broadens fund tokenisation capabilities.
BBH launches AI-enabled NAV oversight tool
Machine learning-based solution designed to support NAV validation across third-party administrators.