UK government confirms digital gilts pilot. What’s the roadmap?

Source: Ledger Insights The UK’s HM Treasury has confirmed plans to run a pilot for the issuance of digital gilts, UK government bonds, following leaked news earlier this week. The previous Conservative government had also planned to organize a pilot. It’s seen as an important step for UK capital markets, particularly as the UK has… Continue reading UK government confirms digital gilts pilot. What’s the roadmap?

Daiwa Securities demos countering hacking risks of public blockchain security tokens

Source: Ledger Insights In November we reported that Daiwa Securities, Japan’s largest security token underwriter, planned to trial digital securities on public blockchains. The digital bond was issued (and redeemed) in February and was the first in Japan to record transfer rights on a public blockchain. However, the experiments aimed to prevent the theft of… Continue reading Daiwa Securities demos countering hacking risks of public blockchain security tokens