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In his keynote, Piero Cipollone discusses how technology—especially tokenisation and distributed ledger technology (DLT)—could transform the financial system and improve its efficiency. Historically, financial innovations (like electronic trading) made systems faster but didn’t fundamentally change their structure. As a result, the overall cost of connecting borrowers and savers has remained largely unchanged over time. Tokenisation

Welcome to the April 2026 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds update – ‘Funds Focus’. In this month’s edition we look at: Key Dates & Deadlines: Q2 2026 Stay ahead of upcoming deadlines and key dates with our legal & regulatory tracker along with possible dates and impacts for fund managers. Central Bank

A ‘unified’ KYC and KYB platform for the UAE: Norbloc’s Astyanax Kanakakis with the central bank’s H.E. Khaled Mohamed Balama, H.E. Ahmed Saeed Al Qamzi and H.E. Saif Humaid Al Dhaheri I Credit: CBUAE The launch of a nationwide ‘unified’ due diligence platform based on distributed-ledger technology (DLT) has been announced today (15 April) by

Hashgraph and Halborn Partner to Elevate Security Across the Hedera Ecosystem Hashgraph and Halborn Partner to Elevate Security Across the Hedera Ecosystem PR Newswire NEW YORK, April 15, 2026 NEW YORK, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hashgraph has partnered with Halborn, a leading blockchain security firm, to strengthen security measures and protections across the Hedera ecosystem.

Pi Green Innovations and EcoGuard Global AG collaborate to build digital carbon accounting systems, enabling transparent verification, scalable carbon projects and future credit generation across global markets. April 15, 2026. By News Bureau Pi Green Innovations (Pi Green) and EcoGuard Global AG (EcoGuard) have announced a partnership to digitise carbon capture methodology and develop and

Global law firm Ashurst has advised global financial trade associations GFMA, ASIFMA, SIFMA and AFME on their comprehensive digital money report, "The Role of Digital Money in Capital Markets". Commenting on the landmark report, Etay Katz, partner and Head of Digital Assets at Ashurst said, "As the adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in global

The European Central Bank published its 33rd Macroprudential Bulletin today, devoted entirely to digital innovation in financial markets. Across five articles, ECB researchers examine how tokenization and distributed ledger technology (DLT) are shifting from proof-of-concept pilots toward early-scale deployment in Europe, and what that transition means for capital market efficiency, investor access, and financial stability.