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tZERO and Sui Partner to Offer High Performance Institutional-Grade Tokenisation
tZERO Group announced a strategic partnership to integrate with the Sui blockchain, which is continuing to establish itself in the financial markets and payments space. Through the partnership, tZERO’s US-regulated trading, custody, and issuance framework will now support the Sui’s high-performance blockchain to offer institutional-grade tokenisation for projects currently building on the network. With more…
Securitize and Neuberger Berman Partner to Issue Tokenised HINC Fund via Multiple Blockchain Networks
Tokenisation platform Securitize has partnered with investment manager Neuberger Berman to launch the Securitize High Income Tokenised Fund (HINC) across multiple blockchain networks. The collaboration is the first time that Neuberger, with $230 billion in AUM, has acted as subadvisor to a tokenised fund. “This tokenised fund brings Neuberger’s established fixed income capabilities to public…
SEC Proposes “Regulation Crypto Assets” to Address Digital Assets Innovation while Congress Moves Slowly on CLARITY Act
In a move that was somewhat surprising given its timing, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled a new regulatory proposal titled “Regulation Crypto Assets“ that is expected to have significant impact not only on those involved in launching native crypto assets but also for the general digital assets and tokenisation space. The SEC’s…
Solana Reduces Slot time to 350ms; Should Reduce Latency and Confirm Times
Solana has introduced a slot time reduction from 400 milliseconds (ms) to 350 ms, the public blockchain network’s first slot-time reduction since its inception in 2020, and one that should result in reduced latency and confirmation times. Shorter slots compress the time for a leader – a chosen network validator at any point in time…
Taurus Completes Hedera DLT Integration; Offers Custody, Issuance of Tokenised Assets
Swiss-headquartered digital asset infrastructure provider Taurus, which works with banks and regulated financial institutions, is now offering Hedera’s complete DLT stack, providing functionality for the custody and issuance of tokenised assets. Taurus is used by more than 40 banks and regulated financial institutions worldwide, including Deutsche Bank, CACEIS and State Street. It has built out…
Ondo Finance Backs SEC’s Proposed Rollback of Reg NMS Trade Through Rule
Ondo Finance – which operates a transaction platform for tokenised assets – has added its support to a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to roll back the long-standing ‘trade through rule” related to Regulation NMS. The SEC’s motivation is that it now believes the rule leads to market fragmentation and increased costs, while Ondo is…
Token Tech: ERC Tokens and Why They Important to the Financial Markets
When a tokenisation platform creates a token to represent a real-world asset (RWA) it is more than likely that the token will be created to conform with an ERC standard. ERC stands for Ethereum Request for Comment. It is a formal design and umbrella technical standard used by developers to create smart contracts, tokens, wallets…
Deepening Digital Assets into “TradFi” Depends on Infrastructure Integration
By Marco Kessler, Head Product & Business Development, Digital Assets, SIX. Digital assets no longer sit as a separate asset class outside of capital markets. They have become a fully integrated part of “TradFi”. Over the past few years, the technologies that underpin crypto are now being integrated with the core financial plumbing of capital…
Circle Names Founding Validators for Arc Blockchain, Due 16th September
Stablecoin Issuer Circle has set 16th September as the launch date for its public Arc blockchain, and has named a set of blue chip digital assets players to be the first to run validators to secure the network. In addition to Circle itself, BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy Digital, Global Payments, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard…
BSO Rolls Out Crypto Connect Plus for Latency-Sensitive Trading
Infrastructure and connectivity provider BSO has launched Crypto Connect Plus, which allows trading firms to spin up optimised cloud infrastructure in 10 minutes instead of requiring much longer lead times for manual provisioning. Crypto Connect plus is aimed at market makers, HFT firms, crypto prop trading desks, digital assets platforms and liquidity providers. As well…