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CBDCs in practice: What we’ve learned from the early movers

The Payments Association

These projects leveraged distributed ledger technology (DLT) to settle trades more quickly and securely, using delivery-versus-payment (DvP) mechanisms that reduce counterparty risk. However, this has sparked criticism that these systems strip users of financial autonomy and introduce unnecessary friction.

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SC Ventures and G+D Complete Pilot on Different Types of CBDC Systems

Fintech News

The project tested the feasibility of conducting multilateral cross-currency transfers through the UDPN, involving both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and non-DLT-based CBDC technologies. The PoC explored two models.

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The Corporates Betting On Blockchain To Reshape Capital Markets Infrastructure

CB Insights

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. Category Breakdown.

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The Blockchain Companies Poised To Transform Capital Markets Infrastructure

CB Insights

But a growing number of companies want to employ distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to offer a simpler, streamlined way to verify transactions — to upend this status quo. Categories are not mutually exclusive, and companies are mapped according to their primary use case.

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Bitcoin Daily: Caymans Introduce Digital Asset Regulatory Framework; Reserve Bank Of Australia To Test CBDC; Huobi Expands Support For Visa And Mastercard

PYMNTS

31, focuses on anti-money laundering (AML) practices and countering financing terrorism (CFT). The ministry’s AML and CFT policies incorporate the suggested policies set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will be monitored by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

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Microsoft, Comcast Remain In Blockchain Exploratory Mode

PYMNTS

It could be a year of that leap, but this week, at least, experimentation remained in full swing from top conglomerates like Microsoft and Comcast and emerging FinTechs, as they introduced the market’s newest (potential) use cases for distributed ledger technology (DLT).

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Blockchain – a Revolution for the Patient

Fintech Labs Insights

The excitement surrounding blockchain or the somewhat less jazzy sounding Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT – in all its forms and incarnations) has been much discussed and taken up many column inches over the past few years.