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U.K. Move to Digitize Trade Documents Could Rely on Blockchain, Government Says
The Electronic Trade Documents Act, set to take effect later this year, could make use of blockchain tech to improve security and reduce costs.
Wholesale CBDC Would Improve Cross-Border Payments, French Central Bank Tests Show
Banque de France said it ran multiple experiments to test central bank digital currencies for wholesale payments, issued "directly on" distributed ledger technology.
Abu Dhabi's Financial Free Zone Proposes Legal Framework for Decentralized Economy
The proposals target projects built on distributed ledger technology and aim to provide clarity on governance structures and disclosures.
DLT Not Efficient Enough to Power CBDCs: BOE’s Cunliffe
The Bank of England is experimenting with tokenizing assets for real estate sales as well as developing a digital pound, lawmakers were told.
Italy Setting Up Crypto Environment That Meets EU's New Laws, Central Bank Governor Says
Even though surveys show only about 2% of households own crypto, regulators are bracing for the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) rules for service providers.
EU Rules for Distributed Ledger Financial Trading Finalized Ahead of March Pilot
Requirements to test people's knowledge of distributed technology could deter the average retail investor, some worry.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to Set Up Platform for Digital Assets
The bourse is "venturing into crypto" and will explore how the technologies that underpin digital asset markets can enhance capital markets infrastructure.
Enterprise Accountability: Living Up to ESG Promises
Tasker Generes, VP of Global Head- Vision & Innovation at ServiceNow brings to Consensus 2022 a presentation on whether DLT can help investors and end-users hold accountable the companies they choose to do business with, without requiring significant technical overhauls that make it unpalatable to businesses.
BIS Study: Regulate Ledgers, Not Individual Crypto Providers
According to a working paper produced for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), using distributed-ledger technology (DLT) to cut the cost of cross-border payments requires regulators to stop looking at individual nodes and start looking at the distributed system as a whole. "The Hash" team discusses the regulatory perspective of DLT-based enhancement of cross-border payments.
HBAR Foundation Commits $250M to Drawing Metaverse Apps to Hedera
Hedera Hashgraph, known for its blockchain-like distributed ledger technology (DLT), will put $250 million in native HBAR tokens towards developing enterprise applications in the metaverse. “The Hash” hosts discuss the latest investment into Web 3 and why this is a continuing story to watch.
