NSD

Russia’s Central Depository to Launch Security Token Blockchain Next Month

Russia’s National Settlement Depository will launch its long-awaited digital asset ledger next month – 5,000 kilometers away from its Moscow HQ.

Business  ·  22 May 2019

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
Regulation

Russian Institutions to Trial Central Bank ICO Platform

Two financial institutions are set to test a regulatory platform set up by the Bank of Russia that aims to make ICOs more transparent and secure.

Policy & regulation  ·  24 May 2018
Russia

Sberbank Buys Commercial Bonds Issued Over Blockchain Platform

Russian bank Sberbank CIB and telecoms firm MTS have conducted what they say is the country's first commercial bond transaction made using blockchain.

Business  ·  17 May 2018
Nasdaq

Blockchain Voting Is Here for Enterprise, But Where Are the Users?

Not everyone wants a more transparent financial system, as these struggling sales pitches from global CSDs make painfully obvious.

Markets  ·  3 January 2018
Regulation

D3 Unveiled: Russian Platform Would Turn Legacy CSDs into Crypto Custodians

Execs at Russia's National Settlement Depository have revealed new details about a planned blockchain-based cryptocurrency depository platform.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 October 2017
Russia

Making Boring Sexy: NSD Sees Booming Interest for Blockchain Bonds

Russia's National Security Depository is seeing an unexpected benefit of blockchain that could turn into a new source of revenue: publicity.

Business  ·  25 October 2017
Capital Markets

Perks of a Follower? HKEX Seeks Second-Mover Advantage on Blockchain

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is comfortable watching and learning from the sidelines while other securities' exchanges adopt blockchain.

Business  ·  24 October 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
Russia

Russia’s Central Depository Plans to Build Its Own Cryptocurrency Wallet

Russia's National Settlement Depository is developing a blockchain platform to provide deposit and settlement service for digital assets.

Business  ·  11 August 2017
Russia

Post-Trade Giant NSD: Blockchain ‘Useless’ If Not Legally Binding

The NSD's director of innovation, Artem Duvanov, says blockchains are only useful when recording legally binding information.

Business  ·  15 February 2017
Russia

Russia’s Central Securities Depository Tests Blockchain Assets Exchange

Russia's national central securities depository (CSD) is working with a tech startup to test the exchange and transfer of blockchain assets.

Business  ·  10 November 2016