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US Crypto Firms Will Soon Have Another Banking Option

U.K.-based Cashaa, which describes itself as a banking service platform, is about to launch bank accounts for stateside crypto firms denominated in U.S. dollars.

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Finanza

Northern Trust Testing Fractionalized Bonds on Blockchain

The U.S.-based custody bank is looking to offer fractions of tokenized bonds to retail and small professional investors.

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Mercati

HSBC, SGX to Investigate if DLT Offers Efficiency Boost for Bond Markets

A new trial will examine if digitalizing fixed income securities with DLT can bring new efficiencies to the Asian markets.

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Mercati

French Central Bank Job Posting Reveals Digital Currency Program

Banque de France is seeking a blockchain analyst who will help the bank define a program for implementing digital currency.

The Bank of France is one of Europe's leading voices on CBDCs.

Mercati

MAS, JPMorgan Build Payments System With Inter-Blockchain Connectivity

Working with JPMorgan and Temasek, Singapore's central bank has developed a prototype blockchain-based cross border payments system.

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Mercati

Pension Funds Double Crypto Asset Exposure in Morgan Creek's Fund to 1%

The two Fairfax County, Virginia, pension funds invested only 0.5 percent in crypto and blockchain last year.

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Mercati

Crypto Exchange CEX.io Boosts US Push With Silvergate’s Payment Network

U.K.-based crypto exchange CEX.io says it's joined the Silvergate Exchange Network, the payment rail of the go-to bank for crypto in the U.S..

Image of Alex Kravets, CEO of CEX.io's U.S. subsidiary via CEX.io 

Mercati

Leading Japanese Firms Partner on Security Token Research

MUFG launched a 22-member research consortium of security issuers, broker dealers and tech companies to set standards for security token management.

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Tecnologie

Microsoft Unveils Platform for Minting Enterprise-Ready Crypto Tokens

Microsoft has revealed a new platform aimed to make building blockchain tokens in the cloud as easy as plugging in a printer.

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Mercati

Crypto Portfolio App Ember Seeks $1 Million in SEC-Registered Securities Sale

Ember Fund, makers of an AI-managed cryptocurrency portfolio app, is seeking to raise up to $1 million through an SEC-registered securities sale.

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