BREAKING
- Siemens issues another electronic security with a record volume of EUR 300 million. Settlement took place in central bank money on the ECB's new SWIAT pilot platform (registrar: DekaBank; investors: BayernLB, DekaBank, DZ BANK, Helaba & LBBW).
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- Commerzbank expands its offering to include cryptocurrencies, providing its clients with secure custody of digital assets, while trading is handled via DLT Finance, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse.
- Mastercard introduces a crypto debit card that now enables convenient payments directly from self-custodied wallets at more than 100 million acceptance points.
- PayPal's stablecoin PYUSD reaches a market capitalization of USD 1 billion.
- Donald Trump and his sons have unveiled a new crypto company called World Liberty Financial, which focuses on decentralized finance (DeFi) and is set to launch its own token for governance purposes.
- At the Open Source Summit in Vienna, the Linux Foundation announced the establishment of "Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust," a foundation mandated to advance the development of open-source technologies in the fields of blockchain, digital identity and cryptography.
- Google Cloud has launched a blockchain Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service to make it easier for crypto developers to interact with blockchain data and to increase the reliability of decentralized applications (DApps).
- Börse Stuttgart tested use cases involving tokenized securities as part of a European Central Bank trial series. "A large number of transactions with five tokenized securities" were tested, including bonds, funds and one equity. Partners such as Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank participated. The company assesses the results as a breakthrough for the digital capital market.
- 21 Oaks Capital launches the "Bankhaus Bauer x 21 Oaks AI & Blockchain Innovation" retail fund in cooperation with Bankhaus Bauer.
- The DePIN project peaq is expanding its genesis node network. Effective immediately, companies such as Bertelsmann Investments, Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa Innovation Hub and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) operate their own peaq node and thereby secure the network.
- Franklin Templeton, a global asset manager with USD 1.5 trillion in AUM, has announced plans to launch an investment fund natively on the Solana blockchain.
- Borderless Capital is launching a USD 100 million DePIN fund (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks), backed by peaq and the Solana Foundation.
- The SEC is suing OpenSea, the largest NFT (non-fungible token) trading platform, alleging unregistered securities trading.
- Swift announces plans to enable global trading in digital assets and currencies on its network.
- Swiss banks (Postfinance, UBS et al.) are making a joint push to digitalize the Swiss franc (CHF) using blockchain technology.
- Frankfurt School of Finance appoints Co-Pierre Georg as successor to the late Prof. Philipp Sandner as Director of the Blockchain Center.
- Following Bitcoin and Ether, BBVA now also offers the stablecoin USDC in its crypto asset service.
- After AC Milan and Bayern Munich, Bitpanda is now entering into further partnerships with the streaming platform DAZN and the American NFL.
SPEAKERS’ CORNER
- This month we would like to present a promotional note on our own behalf.
- On September 2, 2024, together with Bankhaus Bauer, we launched the retail fund "Bankhaus Bauer x 21 Oaks AI & Blockchain Innovation Fund."
- This is an equity fund that may be supplemented by up to 15% in indirectly invested digital assets.
- Detailed information on this fund can be found on our website: https://21-oaks.com/innovationfund/ .
Translated from the German original, which is the authoritative version. Read the German version
