
foreign exchange
BIS ‘Project Rialto’ aims to make FX settlement more efficient
The BIS has now announced Project Rialto, an FX module to streamline settlement for instant cross-border payments. It will use...
BIS concludes wholesale CBDC experiment for FX, cross-border payments
The Bank for International Settlements has released the Project Mariana report, exploring challenges and solutions in a wholesale CBDC pilot...
Australia records first FX transaction with CBDCs as trial gathers steam
Blockchain infrastructure provider Canvas broke the news on May 17, noting that two digital asset fund managers, DigitalX and TAF...
China’s foreign exchange agency seeks tighter control over the digital asset industry
China's foreign exchange bureau says there is a need to regulate and classify the digital asset sector to improve the...
NY Federal Reserve testing CBDCs to improve foreign exchange transactions
The exploration is part of Project Cedar, an experiment conducted by the BIS to test the worthiness of wholesale CBDC...
South Korea: 16 arrested over alleged illegal digital assets-linked forex transactions
South Korea sees a nearly 10% rise in illegal forex transactions tied with digital assets this 2022, forcing authorities to...