Last week, Hong Kong used Goldman’s private tokenization platform, GS DAP, to sell an initial group of digital green bonds. The city-state sold $102 million of the bonds and cut settlement time from five days after the trade to just one, according to Bloomberg. Source
The restatements are not likely to have any impact on total margin, operating income or net income in 2021 or any of the quarterly 2022 results, said the company, which also said it does not expect to be able complete its 2022 10-K filing by the March 1 deadline. Marathon does anticipate it will file the 10-K within 15 days of that deadline. Original
“Distributed ledger technology suffers with some real challenges on scalability,” Cunliffe said, with any system needing to be secure and fast. “On the retail side of it, we put in 30,000 transactions per second as a base case, going to 100,000. I don’t think you can find any distributed ledger technology that gets remotely close to that.” Source
Despite the widespread consultations on the subject, the project is not yet ready. Soon after revealing plans to explore the use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and issue a digital pound, the Bank of England (BoE) and the UK Treasury officials say that having UK central bank digital currency could provide lucrative opportunities for businesses in the region. According to Ben Broadbent, deputy governor for monetary policy at the Bank of England, the advantages of a digital pound are numerous. In particular, the digital pound would provide a faster alternative to online…
The crypto winter of 2022 has put severe stress on the balance sheet of DCG. The company is working on major restructuring with the blowup of its crypto lending subsidiary Genesis. On Monday, February 27, crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group (DCG) announced its results for the last year of 2022. The company reported a net loss of $1.1 billion amid heavy correction in the crypto space and the restructuring of its lending platform Genesis. During the fourth quarter, DCG reported revenue of $143 million with a loss of $24 million.…
Ras Al Khaimah, one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE, is set to launch a free zone for digital and virtual asset companies as the country’s approach to the industry continues to attract global crypto players. The RAK Digital Assets Oasis (RAK DAO) will be a “purpose-built, innovation-enabling free zone for non-regulated activities in the virtual assets sector.” Applications will open in the second quarter of 2023, the statement said. The free zone would be dedicated to digital and virtual assets service providers in emerging technologies, such…
Arkham data shows that Voyager’s largest non-stablecoin crypto holdings are 166,223 of ETH worth $271 million, 6.2 trillion of SHIB tokens worth $77 million, and 148.4 million of its own VGX token, valued at some $63 million. Further notable holdings include some $13 million of LINK, $5.5 million of Fantom’s FTM and $5 million of Bored Ape’s APE token. Source
From a consolidated balance sheet perspective, DCG held total assets of $5.3 billion as of Dec. 31, 2022, the report said. This included cash and cash equivalents of just $262 million. Investment assets, including tokens, Grayscale trust shares, venture and fund investments amounted to $670 million. The remaining assets consist mostly of assets held by divisions Grayscale and Foundry, according to DCG. Source
A tokenized version of the digital real, the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), has passed a public blockchain pilot test successfully. The test, which was carried out by Mercado Bitcoin, a local exchange, using the Stellar network, shows that the digital real token can be used in public blockchains following all compliance rules set by Brazilian laws. Digital Real Completes Stellar Blockchain Test The digital real project, a Brazilian initiative for building a central bank digital currency, is advancing toward its possible issuance. Mercado Bitcoin, a local exchange, informed…
Although yet to decide on a digital euro, the ECB already believes the CBDC should prioritize online payments and peer-to-peer transactions. According to the European Central Bank (ECB), the upcoming digital euro should prioritize online and peer-to-peer payments. In a recent online publication, the Eurosystem banking entity explained that other possible uses of the digital euro should play second fiddle to efficient support for online transactions. Secondary roles of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) may include tax payments, welfare payment receipts, and transactional payments. Titled the “Rollout Approach for the…