Frankfurt Stock Exchange includes crypto trading facility in strategy-2026

Deutsche Börse AG, the German stock exchange headquartered in Frankfurt, has included crypto in its strategic priorities for the next few years. According to the strategic report “Horizont 2026”, published on Nov. 7, Deutsche Börse seeks “an expansion of the leading position in the ar ...

London Stock Exchange seeks digital assets director

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the parent company of the London Stock Exchange and other fintech companies, has posted on LinkedIn that it's seeking a director of digital assets. LSEG says it is looking for candidates who have a “passion for and understanding of digital asset ...

London Stock Exchange to create traditional assets trading platform on blockchain

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group is reportedly planning on creating a blockchain-based platform that will be offering traditional financial assets.According to a report by mainstream media outlet Financial Times, the company has been looking into the potential of a blockchain-based tr ...

Bitcoin ETF race begins: Has institutional trust returned to crypto?

With the Bitcoin (BTC) halving event less than a year away, several financial giants have filed applications for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) — a scenario last seen before the 2020 to 2021 bull run. Institutional interest in the sector dried up after major crypto giants s ...

Australian stock exchange may consider listing tokenized real-world assets

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is unlikely to directly list a cryptocurrency on its exchange but could consider an “appropriately-backed” tokenized real-world asset such as gold.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Dan Chesterman, the ASX’s chief information officer and group executive of ...

Blame game rages over ASX’s failed CHESS system blockchain upgrade

Digital Asset — the New York firm responsible for Australian Securities Exchange’s now-abandoned blockchain-based clearing system — has blamed the securities exchange for dropping its blockchain plans. Meanwhile, representatives of the ASX have clapped back in statements to Cointelegraph, ...

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange completes proof of concept to tokenize fiat and bonds

A new phase in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's integration of blockchain technology and traditional assets has been completed with the minting of the first dummy digital government bond as an ERC-1155 security token. The bond mint is part of the proof of concept (PoC) phase of Project E ...