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Lloyds, Visa settle $750,000 using USDC in live cross-border pilot
Lloyds used USDC to settle $750,000 of payment obligations with Visa during a seven-day live cross-border pilot.
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XRP Ledger starts carrying fund records from Brazil operator overseeing $4 trillion
The XRP Ledger has begun recording fund data from a Brazilian financial operator responsible for overseeing approximately $4 trillion in assets, according to a report by CoinDesk published September 30, 2026. The integration marks a significant expansion of the blockchain's role in institutional financial infrastructure within Latin America&
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The Clearing House Picks Quant For US Tokenized Deposit Network
The Clearing House has selected Quant to provide the interoperability and transaction-management layer for its On-Chain Money Initiative. The planned network will let financial institutions clear and settle tokenized deposits while connecting to existing RTP and CHIPS payment rails. Participating in
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UK’s largest banks complete world’s first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits
The United Kingdom's largest banks have successfully completed what is being described as the world's first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits, marking a significant milestone in the application of blockchain technology within traditional financial infrastructure. The transactions were conducted among a group of major UK banking
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Cathie Wood's ARK teams with Securitize to tokenize venture fund with OpenAI, Anthropic stakes
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest has partnered with tokenization platform Securitize to bring a venture fund onto the blockchain, granting investors tokenized exposure to private stakes in artificial intelligence companies including OpenAI and Anthropic. The fund represents one of the more prominent institutional efforts to digitize access to high-profile
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IBM connects Digital Asset Haven to Swift blockchain ledger for tokenized deposit transactions
IBM Digital Asset Haven clients can now connect to Swift's shared ledger and instruct tokenized deposit transactions.
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EU financial watchdogs warn quantum computing poses imminent threat to blockchain encryption
European financial regulators have issued a formal warning that quantum computing represents an imminent threat to the cryptographic foundations underpinning blockchain networks. The alert, published by EU financial watchdog bodies, signals growing institutional concern that quantum technology could compromise the encryption protocols securing digital assets and distributed ledger systems across
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Blockchain.com, NYSE plan access to tokenized US stocks and ETFs
Blockchain.com and NYSE have signed an agreement to explore tokenized stocks and ETFs, subject to regulatory approvals.
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Solana starts testing upgrade that could cut finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds
Solana has begun testing a major protocol upgrade that aims to reduce transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds, according to a report by CoinDesk. The improvement would represent a reduction of roughly 98.8% in the time required for transactions to be considered irreversible on the
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Canada's 'Big Six' banks to launch interbank tokenized deposit initiative
Canada's six largest banks have announced a joint initiative to launch an interbank tokenized deposit system, marking a significant step toward blockchain-based settlement infrastructure in the country's financial sector. The effort brings together the so-called "Big Six" — Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank
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SoFi begins stablecoin settlement on Mastercard network for program expected to exceed $25 billion in annualized volume
SoFi launches live SoFiUSD stablecoin settlement on Mastercard's network, with its card program targeting $25 billion in annualized volume.
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ECB plans to buy tokenized bonds with its own funds
The European Central Bank has announced plans to purchase tokenized bonds using its own institutional funds, marking a significant step in the adoption of blockchain-based financial instruments by one of the world's most prominent central banks. The initiative will be executed through a new platform called Pontes, which