The Clearing House and Quant are bringing tokenized-deposit interoperability to America's $2 trillion-a-day wholesale payment infrastructure. We examine CHIPS's 26:1 liquidity efficiency, Swift's global connectivity advantage and why Fnality's common settlement asset could reshape institutional payments, securities settlement and collateral mobility.
Visa and Mastercard are stitching together the infrastructure for 24/7 stablecoin-funded corporate payments, connecting blockchain transfers, payment orchestration and fiat payouts. But who provides the liquidity that makes funds available in recipients' bank accounts, and who bears the financing cost? Using a $50 million cross-border treasury transaction, we examine the three critical layers of global payments, compare liquidity funding costs against transaction revenues and
Standard Chartered is another prominent bank actively engaged in the digital asset space. However, it is not focused on building out its own blockchain infrastructure to support its product offerings
Last week was busy. There was a noticeable increase in the number of GTM advisory calls I had. This uptick could be a positive indicator for the space, suggesting a growing interest and confidence. However, a recurring theme across these conversations was the heavy focus on product development. While the passion for innovation was evident, most discussions centered on comparing tokenized products to their traditional financial counterparts. The common consensus was that these
