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Finance

JPMorgan Debuts Tokenized BlackRock Shares as Collateral with Barclays

BlackRock said tokenization of money market fund shares as collateral in clearing and margining transactions would dramatically reduce the operational friction in meeting margin calls.

JP Morgan office (Matthew Foulds/Unsplash)

Tech

Protocol Village: Crypto VC Funding in 3Q Down Nearly 75% From Year Earlier: FundStrat

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 2-8, with live updates throughout.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

Videos

Citi Developing Token Services for Institutional Clients

Citi announced recently it's developing a tokenization service for cash management and trade finance for institutional clients using blockchain technology and smart contracts. Ryan Rugg and Stephen Randall from Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions discuss the move and what kind of interest they are seeing from institutional clients.

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Finance

Blockticity Mints Hemp and Cannabis Certifications on Avalanche

The process works by Blockticity printing a QR code on a product and the QR code then links to a Certificate of Analysis minted as an Avalanche NFT.

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Policy

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Launches Blockchain-Based Settlement Platform

HKEX says the system, used by traders in Hong Kong to buy stocks in China, will speed up settlement and provide greater transparency.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Tech

Protocol Village: Google Cloud to Serve as Validator for Polygon PoS Network

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals for the period of Aug. 22 - Sept. 29.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

Tech

Ethereum Developers Appear Successful in Second Attempt at Holesky Test Network Launch

The original planned launch date of Holesky, on Sept. 15, was supposed to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Ethereum’s historic “Merge” transition. But things didn't go so smoothly. Now developers are trying again.

Ethereum Foundation's Parithosh Jayanthi, helping to host a livestream as developers of the blockchain launched the new "Holesky" test network. (EthStaker/YouTube)

Markets

Maker Token's Exchange Balance Spikes After 45% Price Surge

The exchange balance has jumped 5% in the past 24 hours, hitting the highest in nearly a month.

MKR's price chart (TradingView/CoinDesk0