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Panellists at the Digital Assets Forum discussed the role of stablecoins and CBDCs across the financial ecosystem

This second testing phase has extended the project coverage to include a more complex set of use cases, employing Swift’s solution to support transactions across simulated digital transactions, tokenised assets and foreign exchange networks

This first batch of projects for 2024, focusing on CBDCs, green finance, cybersecurity and steps to eliminate financial crime, builds on a further eight projects that are currently ongoing and 12 that were completed during 2023

Its central bank digital currency connector is designed to ensure that CBDCs can coexist with each other and with established fiat currency payments infrastructure, says the Brussels-based organisation

Project Sela has proven the simplicity of a retail central bank digital currency (rCBDC) ecosystem that combines accessibility, competition and preventative cyber security, while retaining key advantages of physical cash

More than three quarters of market participants expect accelerated settlements to have a major impact on their business, according to Citi’s most recent ‘Securities Services Evolution' whitepaper

Through consultation with the Corda community, this evolution is driven by scalability, enhanced privacy and security, user friendly dev tools and the new generation platform’s ability to interconnect and interoperate with other DLT platforms

The project investigated the efficiency of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in multi-currency cross-border wholesale payments and settlements

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Cyril Louchtchay de Fleurian examines a roadmap for growth and efficiency gains in European repo markets, including a case for the repositioning of GC Pooling and €GCplus solutions

While not providing a silver bullet, the application of technology to specific pain points offers potential for major efficiency gains in securities finance. Carmella Haswell reports

LiquidShare CEO Jean-Marc Eyssautier and lead IT architect Emil Kirschner talk to Bob Currie about the company’s strategic pivot, the strength of its capital market operations expertise and the advantages it derives from its DLT-based technology