Blockchain

Recent advancements in transaction processing aim to improve visibility into cash flow, which can be thrown into chaos with uncertain shipments.

The comments came during a two-hour chat on X Spaces in which Trump and his sons offered a decentralized finance company as an answer for the de-banked.

Traditional financial institutions have much to gain from collaboration with digital asset natives — and vice versa. It's time to realize that potential.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's overly broad expansion of the Dealer Rule is only the latest example of the agency's yearslong effort to stifle innovation in a vibrant and growing industry.

The SEC's pending requirement that securities trades settle within one day shouldn't be a problem for any modern financial firm. What we should be aiming for is real-time settlement.

The $1.1 billion-asset Vibrant is working with the San Francisco-based distributed ledger development firm Metallicus through its Metal Blockchain Banking Innovation Program to examine use cases.

Many assumed the advent of cryptocurrencies heralded a revolution in finance. The truth may be that crypto's overall impact on the financial services industry is more evolutionary than revolutionary.

Large global banks are experimenting with tokenization to make complex transactions faster, efficient and more auditable.

When you centralize a blockchain, you lose much of its inherent value. Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu's support for centralized tokenization betrays a misunderstanding of the value of decentralization.

Projects are underway at a number of payment firms including PayPal, Circle and Ripple. Location and regulation will also play a big role in what the market looks like in the next year.