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news Custody bank Northern Trust is testing the trading of fractionalized bonds on a blockchain.  Working with Singapore-based debt markets company BondEvalue, the bank is providing asset servicing for large, high-grade bonds that will be tokenized and divided for retail investors on Hyperledger Sawtooth. These bonds are normally too large for individual investors, but the quality…

news Bitfinex and Tether must continue turning documents about an alleged $850 million cover up over to the New York Attorney General (NYAG), a judge ruled Monday. New York Supreme Court Judge Joel M. Cohen ruled that the crypto exchange and stablecoin issuer would have to have to continue turning over documents about a loan…

The new commissioner of Japan's top financial regulator has spoken of the need for balance when regulating the country's cryptocurrency industry.

Spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could attract at least $14.4 billion of inflows in the first year of issuance, crypto fund Galaxy Digital said in a research note on Monday.An ETF could be a better investment vehicle for investors compared to currently offered products, such as trusts and futures, which hold over $21 billion

Oct 20, 2020 at 14:51 UTCUpdated Oct 20, 2020 at 15:00 UTCPart of the BIS headquarters, the Botta Building in Basel (Fred Romero/Flickr)Who wants a central bank digital currency (CBDC)?Plenty of people, apparently; industry groups are advocating digital cash, millions of people have reportedly signed up to a lottery to receive digital renminbi in Shenzhen…