A municipality in Switzerland is turning to blockchain technology to modernise environmental incentives and local economic participation, in what stakeholders describe as a significant step toward integrating distributed ledger technology (DLT) into public-sector administration and biodiversity financing. The Municipality of Muri bei Bern, located in the Canton of Bern, has officially launched Switzerland’s first live

When the European Commission unveiled its Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP) in December 2025, it included plans to upgrade the DLT Pilot Regime, particularly raising the volume caps more than 16 fold. One of the most innovative proposals was a new distributed ledger-based securities settlement scheme. Multiple banks can settle DLT transactions without a

South Korea: the Korea Housing Finance Corporation aims to support low-to-moderate income families in achieving home ownership I Credit: piu aka (Pexels) A South Korean state-owned enterprise has issued the country’s first ‘digitally native’ bond from a government entity. The Korea Housing Finance Corporation exists to provide loans to low-to-moderate income families and provide credit

ECB president says settlement in tokenised markets must be anchored in central bank money Christine Lagarde Christine Lagarde has come out against euro-denominated stablecoins, arguing that settlement in tokenised financial markets must be anchored in central bank money.  In a speech on May 8 at the Bank of Spain’s LatAm Economic Forum, the European Central Bank

Britain’s financial watchdog just made it easier for asset managers to tokenise funds. The Financial Conduct Authority rolled out new guidance that lets firms use distributed ledger technology without rewriting the rulebook. And it’s pretty much a green light for an industry that’s been waiting for clarity. The FCA’s framework includes something called the Direct

By PYMNTS  |  May 8, 2026 Europe must build its own modernized settlement solutions anchored by central bank money, because stablecoins alone have structural weaknesses, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday (May 8). In a speech delivered at the Banco de España LatAm Economic Forum in Spain, Lagarde said that euro-denominated stablecoins might provide short-term gains in financing conditions and international

Private markets asset manager StepStone plans to use the London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG’s) new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) to distribute its evergreen funds to professional investors. The DLT-based DMI supports issuance, tokenization and distribution as well as post trade servicing, with plans to enable liquidity for secondaries in the future. The LSEG platform is

Export Development Canada recently broke new ground by issuing the country’s first tokenised bond. The government agency’s newly promoted treasurer, Chad Buffel, gives Ian Hall the inside track – and details other innovation priorities When Export Development Canada (EDC) issued the country’s first tokenised bond using distributed-ledger technology (DLT) a couple of months ago, it

Vinod M Jain  The Whitefield division cyber crime Police on Monday registered an FIR against unknown persons for allegedly circulating fraudulent SMS messages in the name of a Bengaluru-based technology firm,triggering a major disruption in its communication systems. According to the complaint filed by an authorised representative of Hiveloop Technology Pvt Ltd (HTPL), part of