Morgan Stanley is using DTCC’s Tokenization Service. We examine what is live, what margin and financing workflows require, and where Treasuries and equities could deliver commercial value.
Tokenized assets can move around the clock. This Strategic Edge analysis examines what must happen before that mobility becomes usable institutional collateral.
Visa stablecoin monetization spans card network fees, payment orchestration and issuance infrastructure. With settlement surpassing a $25 billion annualized run rate, we examine where Visa already earns revenue, where new fee pools could emerge, and what remains undisclosed.
Binance's suspected multibillion-dollar hack exposes a critical gap in institutional digital asset custody. Beyond safeguarding private keys, institutions need asset-freezing capabilities, insurance, financial loss protection and clear accountability. Could bank custodians such as Citi and Standard Chartered hold the competitive advantage?
DTCC has officially launched its Tokenization Service, marking a major milestone in bringing blockchain technology into the heart of US securities infrastructure.
Tokenized collateral is emerging as a balance-sheet optimization opportunity. Citi's latest report estimates that major financial institutions lose $346 million annually from idle collateral, with the average G-SIB managing $74 billion across 65 custody locations. From 24/7 margin management to tokenized US Treasuries supporting Asian CCPs, the report highlights how collateral mobility could reduce pre-funding requirements, unlock trapped liquidity and transform institutional
Citi today expanded Citi Token Services into Japan and the UAE, extending its tokenized deposit capabilities across its global institutional banking network. Japan will support USD transactions, while the UAE will support both USD and EUR...
Citi’s live tokenized deposit transactions with FAB and OCBC reveal how institutional digital money could scale across banks. This Strategic Edge note examines Swift’s DLT ledger as the coordination layer, global banks as distribution hubs, and the emerging hub-of-hubs model for interbank payments, liquidity and tokenized asset settlement...
Project Agora just demonstrated digital money interoperability by completing real value transactions using tokenized commercial bank deposits and central bank reserves on shared infrastructure...
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), one of Thailand's Big Four banks, has become the first financial institution to go live with Citi's integrated 24/7 USD Clearing and Citi Token Services solution...
Citi's Shahmir Khaliq, Head of Services (one of Citi's 5 business lines) lays out the North Star for Citi’s digital asset strategy in payments. Key takeaways:
