Digital asset lending platform gears up for early September launch
New lending exchange claims its delivering a ‘critical piece of financial markets infrastructure to the crypto economy’.
Tag: Tokenisation
CSDs band together to explore tokenisation at ISSA meeting
Meeting of market infrastructures, custodians and CSDs in Paris sets up further exploration into crypto assets and tokenisation leading up to Sibos.
Transforming collateral mobility
HQLAx is a new collateral mobility system using tokenisation to reduce eye-watering costs and inefficiencies of moving high quality liquid assets. Jonathan Watkins takes a look under the hood of the ambitious new project and speaks to its founder.
SWIFT standards on the horizon for digital technologies
A number of blockchain harmonisation initiatives are currently in play at SWIFT, and some version of standards could be agreed upon soon.
Custodians buying time as tokenised assets look set to take off
Many of the established custodians are remaining on the sidelines to see what exchanges and other market infrastructures will offer for tokenised securities.
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The Global Custodian Forum: Post-trade industry takes next steps in search for efficiency
Topics discussed at the forum included achieving buy-side operational efficiencies, new front-to-back service models, blockchain, ESG and tokenisation.
DTCC outlines post-trade guidelines for tokenised securities
A DTCC white paper outlines the post-trade responsibilities that should be undertaken to enhance security for token platforms.
Deutsche Boerse-backed blockchain sec lending platform nears launch
Six banks have confirmed they have started the onboarding process and will join the platform at launch date, expected to be in the first half of 2019.
The DIY investment model
Tokenisation is opening up a whole new world of tradable assets, along with revolutionising the way the market can trade traditional products. Jonathan Watkins investigates.
Singapore Exchange and national regulator develop tokenised asset settlement
The Monetary Authority of Singapore and Singapore Exchange developed two Delivery versus Payment capabilities for the settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms.