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Bash Sarmiento

Bash Sarmiento is a writer and an educator from Manila. He writes laconic pieces in the education, lifestyle and health realms. His academic background and extensive experience in teaching, textbook evaluation, business management and traveling are translated in his works.

EU Council lifts DLT cap to €300B, big CASPs under ESMA

EU finance ministers agreed to raise the DLT Pilot Regime cap to €300 billion ($324 billion), far exceeding the European Commission's €100 billion ($108...

Maximor rebrands as Hyphenate after 86x revenue growth

Hyphenate spans order-to-cash, treasury, general ledger (GL) accounting and close, procure-to-pay, and reporting and insights.The platform layers onto the enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems,...

Brazilian CSD tokenizes BTG Pactual fund shares on XRP Ledger

CSD BR is now live with tokenizing BTG Pactual fund share records on the XRP Ledger.The blockchain records mirror official records, which remain legally...

MoonPay buys North Capital in $60M all-stock securities deal

MoonPay has agreed to acquire North Capital in an all-stock deal valued at more than $60 million, pending regulatory approvals.The acquisition brings a regulated...

CIMB Islamic settles tokenized sukuk with tokenized deposits

CIMB Islamic Bank completed a pilot settling a tokenized sukuk using tokenized deposits from institutional investors.The pilot involved a RM1.68 billion sukuk issuance, with...

Revolut launches euro-backed stablecoin EURR in EU

Revolut begins a phased rollout of EURR, a euro-backed stablecoin issued by Bridge, the Stripe-owned stablecoin infrastructure firm.EURR is integrated directly into the Revolut...

HSBC, StanChart debut tokenized deposit on Swift blockchain

HSBC and Standard Chartered executed the first live tokenized deposit transaction using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger.The transaction aims to solve interoperability between single-bank blockchains, enabling...

Citi to Launch Bitcoin Custody for Institutional Clients Later This Year

Citi Investor Services will launch Bitcoin custody later this year as part of its new Custody+ platform.Citi will become the largest U.S. bank by...

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