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Governments Sending Mixed Signals On Blockchain

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It seems governments are a bit more open to distributed ledger technology (DLT), though that doesn’t mean blockchain companies get a free pass with regulators. Bitcoin doesn’t necessarily have the blessing of government agencies, but what about blockchain? securities bar.”.

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The Many Faces Of Employee Fraud

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Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is also the tool of choice for Chainvine, which uses blockchain to mitigate against the risk of supply chain fraud in the wine industry, the Financial Times reported last week.

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Hong Kong Consults on Proposed Regulations to Prudential Treatment of Cryptoasset Exposures

Global Fintech & Digital Assets

The Consultation Paper outlines how the HKMA proposes to implement the Basel Committee’s standard into Hong Kong law, including through amendments to the banking capital, liquidity, disclosure and exposure limit rules, and its supervisory policy manual and other guidance.

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Hong Kong’s SFC Lays Out Regulatory Pathway for Tokenisation

Global Fintech & Digital Assets

Tokenisation refers to the process of digitally representing an asset (or ownership of that asset) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) through the use of digital tokens. bonds or funds) that are characterised as “securities” under Hong Kong securities law and which utilise DLT.

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Blockchain’s Real-Time Payments Use Case

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Blockchain is certainly a hot topic when it comes to digital payments and commerce, and more authorities and organizations are trying to gain an edge when it comes to the technology. A recent example of that comes from Nevada. The security benefits of decentralization make blockchain an attractive fit in corporate finance.

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Rewiring the cross-border payments paradigm: Risk and security in correspondent banking confirmation

The Payments Association

Everything is becoming fasterthe technology is out there, said Khorsan. While digital infrastructure is advancing, including cloud-native solutions and distributed ledger technologies (DLT), legal frameworks are still rooted in outdated assumptions, creating friction in what should be frictionless systems.