Blockchain

The global co-head of J.P. Morgan's blockchain business unit says the financial services industry will be "replatformed."

The head of global operations at Anchorage Digital said she's encountered a lot of skepticism about the need for digital asset infrastructure.

The chairman and CEO of Vast Holdings, parent of Vast Bank, believes banks that don't embrace innovation will be at risk.

The chief operating officer of Bitgo says banks will need flatter organizations when they participate in on-chain finance.

Carolyn Weinberg, chief product and innovation officer at BNY, sees blockchain adoption as a way for banks for modernize practically.

Regulatory clarity is the most important element for the digital future, according to Coinbase's Brett Tejpaul.

The adoption of blockchain technology will come in waves, BBVA's Andrés Fondevila Maron says.

Just as internet connectivity destroyed the market for long-distance telephone service, blockchain technology is going to make high-margin transactions, like cross-border funds transfers, dirt cheap. Established players should brace themselves.

The banks now let institutional clients mint and redeem Circle's USDC directly, turning them into stablecoin infrastructure providers.

Seventeen banks, including BNY, Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Wells Fargo, will make tokenized cross-border payments as the messaging network looks to counter threats from digital asset fintechs.

To thrive in the new age of real-time payments, banks must invest in a continuous operating model that integrates payments, treasury and working capital into a seamless ecosystem.

The former New York governor will chair a new effort aimed at tokenizing financial products on chain and bringing 24/7 digital trading to NYSE-listed assets.

The DTCC is building out a blockchain-based platform for post-trade processing and custody; if it works, it will mean a significant rewiring of the markets.

Tokenization of assets is going to transform global finance, but by dragging their heels on establishing clear rules of the road, U.S. regulators could be pushing the development of key infrastructure overseas.

The blockchain fintech acquired the real estate lender through a joint venture to tokenize housing loans and test its new AI-powered onboarding agent.

Citi, DTCC and others are quietly using Hyperledger Besu as a neutral, enterprise-grade blockchain for tokenized deposits and collateral. Daniela Barbosa, general manager of decentralized technologies at the Linux Foundation, explains why.

Regulators must move toward a more workable model that regulates the intermediaries that custody and control assets, not the underlying software. This would actually be the smarter choice, as blockchains provide transparency and thus better compliance than in traditional banking.

Financial institutions, regulators, and developers are aligning around a common goal of creating infrastructure that makes our global financial system faster, more efficient, and more secure.

The credit card giant's BVNK acquisition wasn't a bet on crypto hype. It was a hedge against irrelevance. It suggests that the companies that defined the last era of finance are now preparing for a very different future.

Banks are more active in the digital asset option than stablecoins. Those involved say the appeal is the similarity to traditional banking, only faster and more digital.