capital markets
Blockchain Asset Registries: Approaching Enlightenment?
Putting real-world assets on a blockchain may be a promise worth pursuing, but field reports suggest it's an idea still just out of reach.
Bitcoin Takes All? Enterprise Blockchains Need Time, Too
This is not the kind of technology where you "move fast and break things." Financial market infrastructure is too big to bet on a buzzword.
BitGo Scores $43 Million as Crypto Goes Corporate
The maker of multi-signature cryptocurrency wallets turned profitable this year, as the institutional user base it had long courted finally arrived.
Blythe Masters: ASX Blockchain Embrace 'Precedent Setting'
Blythe Masters discusses the potential impact of the ASX decision to implement her company's distributed ledger solution.
ASX Says Yes: Stock Market to Settle Trades with DLT
After months of testing and deliberation, ASX has confirmed that it will replace its CHESS post-trade system with DLT developed by Digital Asset.
Australia's CommBank Plans to Issue a Bond on the Blockchain
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has revealed a plan to issue a bond over a blockchain system in collaboration with a major world issuer.
Bitcoin Is an Emerging Systemic Risk
The bubble in cryptocurrency threatens the broader financial system, given new buyers’ different motivations from early adopters and use of leverage.
A New Blockchain ETF Is Up for SEC Approval
Horizons ETFs Management has filed for a new blockchain exchange-traded fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Who Needs a CSD? Nivaura to Issue First Regulated Ether Bond
Blockchain startup Nivaura will today initiate its first bond denominated in ether. And, notably, the issuance will be conducted on a blockchain.
The SAFT Is a Symptom of Regulatory Uncertainty
The SAFT framework, despite its limitations, is a reasonable path forward for token issuers given the ambiguity of current laws, writes Jerry Brito.
