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123The Role of Blockchain in Digital Finance Innovation
In March 2024, BlackRock launched BUIDL, a tokenised US Treasury money market fund, on the Ethereum blockchain. Within six months, the fund...
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Why Financial Institutions Are Exploring Blockchain
In November 2023, Goldman Sachs issued a €100 million digital bond on a blockchain, settling the transaction in the same day instead...
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Blockchain’s Role in Secure Financial Transactions
In February 2016, hackers sent fraudulent SWIFT messages from Bangladesh Bank’s terminal and successfully transferred $81 million to accounts in the Philippines....
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How Blockchain Is Transforming Cross-Border Payments
A migrant worker in Dubai sending $200 home to the Philippines through a traditional remittance channel will pay an average of $12...
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The Future of Decentralised Financial Infrastructure
In October 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore completed the first live cross-currency transaction on Project Guardian, a decentralised financial infrastructure pilot...
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Why Blockchain Adoption Is Growing in Fintech
Between January and December 2024, venture capital firms invested over $10 billion in blockchain and crypto startups, according to multiple industry trackers....
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How Blockchain Is Improving Payment Systems
Every time a customer taps a credit card at a coffee shop, at least four parties take a cut: the card network...
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The Rise of Blockchain-Based Financial Platforms
Uniswap processed more spot trading volume than Coinbase in multiple months during 2024. A decentralised exchange, governed by smart contracts and operated...
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How Crypto Infrastructure Is Supporting Financial Innovation
Fireblocks, a crypto infrastructure company that provides custody, transfer, and settlement technology, processed over $4 trillion in cumulative digital asset transactions by...
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Why Blockchain Is Transforming Digital Asset Markets
On 10 January 2024, the SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs simultaneously. Within 100 days, these funds collectively attracted over $50 billion...
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The Growth of Institutional Blockchain Adoption
In March 2024, State Street, the third-largest custodian bank in the world with $41 trillion in assets under custody, announced it was...
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How Blockchain Is Reinventing Financial Trust
When FTX collapsed in November 2022, $8 billion in customer deposits vanished because customers trusted a centralised exchange to hold their money...
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Why Fintech Companies Are Building Blockchain Solutions
In December 2024, Revolut applied for a full UK banking licence while simultaneously expanding its blockchain-based payment infrastructure across Europe and Asia....
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The Role of Blockchain in Financial Transparency
After FTX collapsed in November 2022, cryptocurrency exchanges faced a simple question from customers: prove you have our money. Within weeks, Binance,...
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How Blockchain Platforms Are Powering Digital Finance
In November 2024, Solana processed over 65 million transactions in a single day, more than Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Polygon combined. The same...
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Why Blockchain Is Transforming Financial Infrastructure
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) processed $2.5 quadrillion in securities transactions in 2023, making it the most important financial infrastructure...
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The Future of Blockchain in Fintech Innovation
In September 2024, Visa published a research paper describing “smart contract wallets” that could automatically manage a user’s finances: paying bills, rebalancing...
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How Blockchain Is Driving Financial Transformation
In 2024, Broadridge Financial Solutions reported that its blockchain-based repo platform had processed over $1 trillion in cumulative transaction volume. The number...
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The Expansion of Blockchain Applications in Finance
When the European Investment Bank issued a €100 million digital bond on a public blockchain in April 2021, it was the first...
