Joe McGrath

Standard Chartered issues digital notes on Euroclear D-FMI

Standard Chartered has become the first G-SIB and the first UK issuer to issue digitally native notes through Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure D-FMI. The...

SEC proposes new ‘Regulation Crypto Assets’ framework

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new regulatory framework designed to create a tailored route for raising capital through certain...

FalconX launches $1bn institutional lending facility

FalconX has announced a $1 billion secured lending facility with Ethena, aimed at deploying capital from the assets backing USDe into overcollateralised institutional credit. The...

Tokenised GBP announced as sponsor of Capital Pioneer DAS

Tokenised GBP has been announced as a sponsor of the Capital Pioneer Digital Assets Summit 2026, taking place on 21 September at Hilton London...

Nethermind joins Chainlink’s node operator network

Nethermind has joined the Chainlink Network as a node operator, expanding the infrastructure supporting Chainlink’s Cross‑Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and its on-chain data feeds.The...

Institutions bullish on crypto returns

Two-thirds of institutional investors and wealth managers believe digital assets will be among the best-performing asset classes over the next five years, according to...

HSBC, Standard Chartered test Swift blockchain ledger

HSBC and Standard Chartered have executed the first live cross‑border bank‑to‑bank transaction using tokenised deposits on Swift’s blockchain‑based ledger. The banks described it as...

Payments giants unite on agentic commerce

More than 25 financial and technology companies have joined the new Agentic Payments Alliance, a coalition focused on developing the infrastructure and standards needed...