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Argentine Banks Test JPM Coin as Central Bank Reviews Crypto Ban: Report

Argentine banks are reportedly testing JPMorgan’s deposit token infrastructure for back-end settlement workflows, even as the country’s central bank still bars...

China’s Tax Authority Urges Bank Blockchain Implementations for Lending

China’s tax and financial regulators on Monday urged banks and local authorities to use blockchain and privacy computing to upgrade the “bank-tax interaction”...

Amina Becomes First Regulated Bank on EU’s Blockchain Securities Platform

Amina, a Swiss-regulated crypto bank, has joined a blockchain-based settlement platform for tokenized securities operating under the European Union’s DLT pilot regime,...

Canada Issues First Tokenized Bond in Bank of Canada DLT Pilot

Canada has completed a pilot program testing the use of distributed ledger technology in bond markets, culminating in the issuance of the country’s first tokenized...

UAE Central Bank Says Banks Operating Normally Amid Tensions

The United Arab Emirates’ banking system remains fully operational despite escalating regional conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, the country’s central bank...

BOJ Tests Blockchain for Bank Reserve Settlement

The Bank of Japan will conduct technical experiments using blockchain technology to settle deposits held at the central bank by financial institutions, according to BOJ...

Sony Bank Signs MOU to Integrate Yen Stablecoin JPYC

Sony Bank said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with stablecoin issuer JPYC Inc. to study whether the Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC can be connected...

UK Central Bank to Launch Onchain Settlement Infrastructure Pilot

The Bank of England has launched a new industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled using synchronized, atomic settlement in...

Bank of Italy Models Ether-to-Zero Scenario in Stress Test

The Bank of Italy modeled what would happen to Ethereum’s security and settlement capacity if the price of Ether fell to zero, treating the network as critical...

BNY Launches Tokenized Bank Deposits for Institutional Clients

BNY, a financial services company that traces its roots back to one of the oldest financial institutions in the United States, launched tokenized bank deposits for its...

Ripple Payments Takes on Europe with Swiss Bank Amina

The payments subsidiary of blockchain services company Ripple has partnered with Swiss bank Amina to provide it with access to its payment infrastructure. According to a...

Norway Steps Back From CBDC Launch as Norges Bank Pauses Plans

Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, has concluded that introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is “not warranted at this time,” marking a clear...