17 April 2026 Collateral mobility and settlement efficiency are central for liquidity management, and as real-time settlement moves from theory to infrastructure, a transformation is underway explains Deutsche Bank’s Monica Bolqvadze and Sabih Behzad. However, for this to work, interoperability, underpinned by common data models, smart contract standards and messaging protocols is essential MINUTES min

Average daily volumes on Broadridge’s distributed ledger repo (DLR) service reached US$354 billion in March, up 392% year-on-year (YoY) and 1% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). According to SIFMA, US primary dealer repo outstanding in March was US$4.8 trillion – up 19% YoY and 2% QoQ. READ MORE: Tokenisation booms in repo markets A recent whitepaper sponsored by

German development bank KfW is planning to issue another blockchain-based DLT bond in June 2026 of at least €100 million, with the aim of experimenting in a couple of important areas. In 2024, as part of the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) wholesale DLT settlement trials, it issued two bonds on the Polygon blockchain, one for

Northern Trust has announced it intends to support digital custody and asset servicing for tokenized financial assets on the Canton Network, the privacy focused public DLT. By integrating with the distributed ledger, Northern Trust is also eyeing partnerships with other regulated entities and tokenization service providers. “Our platform is designed to integrate with our core

Yesterday Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) executive board, gave an expansive speech on tokenization describing it as having “the potential to deliver efficiency gains unmatched by previous waves of technological change.” But he also highlighted the dangers of fragmentation and paths to address this. Despite many waves of previous financial