Image by Ledger Insights   Last week we reported that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched its Project Ensemble Sandbox. The primary purpose is to trial a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) as a settlement tool for tokenized deposits. Additionally, various tokenization trials will use tokenized deposits for settlement. Some of the four […]

Image by Ledger Insights The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Digital Standards Initiative (DSI) for trade documents has come a long way since its founding in 2020. In April it published a document that outlined no less than 36 different trade documents and associated standards. Now it has released a series of 22 case studies, […]

Image by Ledger Insights   Today Citi published its latest Securities Services Evolution whitepaper. DLT and digital assets is one of three topics covered. A survey of almost 500 institutions found that there is less demand for using CBDC for digital asset settlement than in the past. Instead, there’s a greater emphasis on alternative digital […]

Image by Ledger Insights   Adhara has partnered with Ownera for tokenization interoperability. The goal is that together, the two tech firms provide financial institutions with access to digital cash and collateral across different blockchain platforms.   Adhara is best known as the technology partner for the Fnality tokenized payment solution, which is backed by […]