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Leverage

The use of borrowed capital (debt) to increase the potential return of an investment.

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Further enters into a Memorandum of Understanding with Canton Network

Under the agreement, Further will join the Canton Validator Network and will explore the establishment of a Canton Super Validator in the UAE

BitGo adds Lightning Network support

The integration builds on the company’s existing Lightning Network offering, intended to provide institutions with a simplified and secure way to leverage the speed of Lightning

DTCC partners with Digital Asset Holdings and the Canton network

With this partnership, DTCC plans to enable a subset of US Treasury securities custodied at DTC to be minted on the Canton Network

Broadridge enables Societe Generale’s US digital bond issuance

US digital bonds issued as security tokens on the Canton Network blockchain with Societe Generale-FORGE acting as registrar

Industry
BoE, MAS, and BOT explore synchronised FX settlement

This collaboration will test synchronised FX settlement across a diverse technical and institutional landscape

Citi and Swift complete fiat-to-digital currency payment settlement workflow trial

The initiative was designed to address the shortcomings of FX messaging standards, showcasing the feasibility of settling payments in a Payment-versus-Payment workflow

Technology
Canton Network expands Franklin Templeton’s technology platform

This firm notes that this integration creates new opportunities for Canton’s Global Collateral Network, where participants plan to now leverage the platform as a source of liquidity

Industry
Equipped AI and PCP partner

The credit investor has selected Equipped AI as its technology partner of choice for the delivery of data infrastructure and analytics