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Two banks from Sweden and France announced the launch of a new digital bond platform built on blockchain technology, reports Cointelegraph. The platform will enable institutional clients to issue, trade and settle bonds digitally, providing a more efficient and secure process than traditional methods. The platform is a joint project of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) […]

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has published revised investment limits for qualifying investor alternative investment funds’ (QIAIF) exposure to digital assets. In a LinkedIn post, Catharine Dwyer, senior policy advisor, Markets Policy Division, CBI, highlighted the key points as: 1. up to 20% of NAV for open-ended QIAIFs, 2. up to 50% of NAV […]

This BlockW /ICS webinar on Smart Cities will be presented by Dr Irina Tal, Assistant Professor at Dublin City University (DCU), and Moderated by Professor Joyce O’Connor, Founding Member and Chair of BlockW. The rapid urbanisation of the world’s population (e.g. 75% of the European Union – EU population lives in the cities) causes significant […]

European Union supervisors should consider whether crypto-style distributed ledger technology (DLT) is in use as a specific factor when judging money laundering risks, the European Banking Authority has suggested in published draft guidance, reports Coindesk. The guidance suggests banks and payment providers will be under pressure to enhance scrutiny of crypto companies when considering a […]

Cointelegraph has produced a comprehensive article on how blockchain and DLT is leveraged to detect fake products and components in various forms of production. Addressed under a number of headings, the article puts forward various arguments for why blockchain can provide the transparency that is “crucial in preventing the circulation of fake products.” Supply chain […]

Blockchain’s transparency and traceability can aid sustainability and reduce carbon emissions for climate change, writes Cointelegraph. With rising temperatures, melting ice caps and more frequent and intense extreme weather events, the effects of climate change are becoming more and more obvious. There is an urgent need to prevent climate change, and numerous technologies and methods […]

  This first event promises to be informative and engaging, future-facing and disruptive, with insights direct from the marketplace in real-world asset tokenisation. Come for expert knowledge sharing and networking in the blockchain #Startups and Web3 ecosystem. Guest speakers will share their diverse perspectives on crypto, Defi and real-world asset-backed lending. Moderated by: Fiona Delaney | […]

Giant rabbits wearing trendy outfits situated alongside cartoon characters with rainbows flowing out of their mouths lined the streets of South by Southwest (SXSW) last year. This is because two nonfungible token (NFT) projects — Doodles and Fluf World — dominated SXSW 2022, reports Cointelegraph. Yet these projects were nowhere to be found at SXSW […]

Liberland and Web3 Foundation have jointly announced that the Liberland Blockchain Team received a grant from Web3 Foundation (W3F), reports Blockleaders.io. The topic of the grant was the setup of the minimally viable version of the Liberland Blockchain: the first public blockchain to run a state government. Liberland will be the first country to run […]

Anyone familiar with the blockchain industry knows that decentralised finance (DeFi) is one of the sector’s most prominent use cases with the most substantial adoption, writes Cointelegraph. Recent issues in the banking sector, it argues, like those surrounding Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, have caused many to take a second look at Bitcoin and […]

A digital euro has a key role to play in safeguarding European payment autonomy, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. According to Business Times, she warned that it’s very unhealthy to rely on a single source for critical aspects of daily life. This was highlighted by Russia’s decision to weaponise energy supply following […]

Despite 2022’s crypto market collapse, writes Forbes, dozens of enterprises around the world are still investing in blockchain, the distributed-database technology that underpins the entire sector because it helps their businesses operate better, faster or cheaper. Crypto is in the toilet, Forbes asserts. Even after a January rally that saw prices jump by a third […]