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Article by Steve Kaaru

French bank settles $108m digital bond with wholesale CBDC
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15 November, 2024

French bank settles $108m digital bond with wholesale CBDC

The digitally native notes leveraged Euroclear's D-FMI for the tokenization aspects and Banque de France's pilot wholesale CBDC for the...
Pakistan warms up to digital assets with new bill
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15 November, 2024

Pakistan warms up to digital assets with new bill

The new State Bank of Pakistan Act allows the top bank to issue a CBDC and legalizes digital currencies, but...
Singapore: SBI, UBS issue tokenized funds under Project Guardian
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15 November, 2024

Singapore: SBI, UBS issue tokenized funds under Project Guardian

SBI’s pilot issues tokenized asset-backed securities and extends the service to secondary trading while partnering with UBS to tokenize a...
UBS pilots Digital Cash for cross-border payments
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14 November, 2024

UBS pilots Digital Cash for cross-border payments

The pilot participants conducted local transactions in Swiss francs and global transfers in USD, euros, and yuan for faster and...
Ant International, Standard Chartered lay out blockchain pilot
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14 November, 2024

Ant International, Standard Chartered lay out blockchain pilot

Standard Chartered completed Singaporean dollar-denominated liquidity transfers between its entities across borders on Ant International’s Whale blockchain platform
Kenya collects $78 million in digital currency taxes
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13 November, 2024

Kenya collects $78 million in digital currency taxes

The Kenya Revenue Authority is working with the central to initiate more effective tax measures as it targets $465 million...

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