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SWIFT Is Partnering With Chainlink: Here’s the Down-low on the Blockchain Data Provider

Chainlink said it is helping Belgium-based SWIFT make token transfers and communicate across all blockchain environments.

Sergey Nazarov (left) and Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé (Chainlink Labs)

Videos

Financial Messaging System SWIFT Says It Has Proved It Can Lead Global CBDC Framework

SWIFT, a key part of the conventional financial system that helps make cross-border payments between banks, has presented a framework for a global central bank digital currency (CBDC) system, claiming to have solved the challenge of interoperability between different networks. “The Hash” hosts discuss what this means for the future of digital payments.

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Finance

SWIFT Says It's Proved It Can Be the Way Forward for Global CBDCs

The financial messaging system said it has carried out transactions between different blockchain networks using both central bank digital currencies and fiat currencies.

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Finance

SWIFT Partners With Crypto Data Provider Chainlink on Cross-Chain Protocol in TradFi Play

Interest from institutional investors moving into crypto has been “undeniable,” according to SWIFT’s Strategy Director.

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Finance

Mastercard CEO Teases CBDC Panel: SWIFT May Not Exist in 5 Years

Michael Miebach joined a panel on central bank digital currencies during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.

Yuval Rooz (left), Jennifer Lassiter, Michael Miebach, David Treat and Jon Frost (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Why Russian Sanctions Could Push Corporations Towards Crypto

The sudden disconnection of Russia from the global financial system is a moment for reflection. But economic fragmentation has a cost.

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Videos

Optimas CEO on Inflation: Fed Chair Powell Will ‘Turn to Quantitative Easing Within 6–7 Months’

Optimas CEO and founder Octavio Marenzi shares his insights on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s plans for a quarter-point rate hike later this month, believing this is only a short-term concern and Powell is likely to utilize quantitative easing (QE) within the next six to seven months.

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Opinion

Bitcoiners Were Right: Weaponized Finance Just Created a Post-Dollar Planet

A wave of sanctions hitting Russia highlights the complex web of connections that make up contemporary global society – and its ultimate fragility.

A sign displays forex rates to the ruble at an exchange bureau in Moscow on Monday. (Getty Images)

Finance

Top Russian Bank Quits Europe, Citing Sanctions: Report

The European Central Bank had ordered the closure of Sberbank's European unit over Ukraine conflict.

Sberbank is dropping out of EU markets citing sanctions (Milan Jaros/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

EU Excludes 7 Russian Banks From SWIFT

The bloc is also studying whether crypto is being used to evade sanctions.

A European swift (TheOtherKev/Pixabay)

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