Major Aussie bank takes next step to AUD stablecoin after Chainlink test transaction
ANZ’s banking executive Nigel Dobson says the bank sees “real value” in tokenizing real-world assets on-chain like the Aussie dollar. Go to Source
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ANZ’s banking executive Nigel Dobson says the bank sees “real value” in tokenizing real-world assets on-chain like the Aussie dollar. Go to Source
The move comes as Australians continue to reduce their usage of cash and bank branches, but has sparked fears that the death of cash is near. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The crypto contagion only hurt entities that poorly managed their treasuries, but didn’t affect the underlying blockchain technology, he said. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The latest A$DC transaction saw ANZ’s institutional partner Victor Smorgon use A$DC to purchase Australian Carbon Credit Units from blockchain-based carbon trading platform BetaCarbon. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Executives from two of Australia’s “big four” banks have said they won’t allow their retail customers to trade crypto with ANZ adding its happy it didn’t “go head long” into a cryptocurrency offering. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
“When you look under the hood on that, we’ve concluded that this is a major protocol shift for financial market infrastructure,” said Nigel Dobson, ANZ’s Banking Services Portfolio Lead. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The CBA stated that it will support 10 crypto assets in its banking app, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Blockchain tech could purportedly reduce the timeline of bank guarantees processes by days. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
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