CSDs

SBI Teams Up With Swiss SIX Exchange to Offer Institutional Crypto Services in Singapore

An SBI Holdings subsidiary and SIX Digital Exchange will offer digital asset services for institutional investors in Singapore.

Business  ·  8 December 2020

Blockchain Firm SETL Sidesteps Insolvency to Return as Leaner New Entity

Blockchain infrastructure firm SETL, which filed for insolvency in March, is back as a new entity formed by its management team.

Business  ·  3 May 2019
Securities

Tata Settles Securities Between National Depositories on a Blockchain

India's second largest firm has completed a blockchain trial of cross-border securities settlement between two central securities depositories.

Business  ·  11 April 2019
Custody Services

A Group of 30 Global Central Securities Depositories Is Exploring Crypto Custody

A group of central securities depositories (CSDs) is seriously looking at how they might custody digital assets.

Business  ·  25 February 2019
News

CSD Blockchain Consortium Advances Work on Proxy Voting System

A blockchain consortium backed by a group of CSDs is pushing ahead with plans to develop a distributed ledger-based proxy voting system.

Business  ·  10 November 2017
Russia

Russia’s Central Depository Trials Hyperledger for Bond Trading

Russia's central securities depository (CSD) is testing a new blockchain-based commercial bond trading platform built on Hyperledger Fabric.

Business  ·  3 October 2017
Capital Markets

Damn Strate: Post-Trade Pioneer Monica Singer Is Going Full-Time Blockchain

Just days after resigning from South Africa's central securities depository, its former CEO reveals plans to enter the blockchain space full-time.

Business  ·  28 August 2017
Voting

The World’s Largest CSDs Are Forming a New Blockchain Consortium

Some of the world's most influential central securities depositories are uniting to build their own blockchain consortium.

Business  ·  5 June 2017
China

Russian, Chinese Central Securities Depositories Partner on Blockchain

Central securities depositories (CSDs) in Russia and China are partnering on blockchain.

Business  ·  25 October 2016