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The U.S. has excluded the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) from the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) adopts cryptocurrencies as it sets to restructure and create a crypto platform.

Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, in an interview with CoinDesk, has revealed that he owns Bitcoin. Bitcoin over Government Bonds The billionaire hedge fund leader—who has previously expressed his concerns about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, further added that…

The Malaysian bond market is one of the most developed and dynamic according to CBonds. The exponential growth of corporate bonds means the country’s bond market is one of the largest in the region.  Given its significance, Project Harbour is…

The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO), under Thailand’s Ministry of Finance, will be utilizing Krung Thai Bank’s (KTB) blockchain platform to sell government bonds to the general public. Thailand to Sell Government Bonds via Blockchain According to a report by…

One of the world’s largest asset management companies, Franklin Templeton, has announced they will run a government debt fund that records the ownership of units in the fund on the Stellar Lumens blockchain, September 3, 2019. The fund will not…

Nomura Holding and Nomura Research Institute (NRI) have formed a joint venture to launch a blockchain platform to manage securities exchange. According to Ledger Insights, September 2, 2019, the venture has raised $11 million and will aim for a full…

Societe Generale SFH, a subsidiary of one of Europe’s largest financial services groups, Societe Generale Group, on April 23, 2019, announced that it had issued the first covered bond as a security token on the public Ethereum blockchain. $122 Million…

The world of Islamic finance has traditionally been a relatively small one, hampered by its geographic spread and its fundamental incongruity with conventional finance, which is based on credit. An October 24, 2018, a Reuters report, however, paints a picture…

The Austrian government announced on September 27, 2018, the auction of €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) worth of government bonds on the Ethereum blockchain. The sale begins on October 2 with operations overseen by Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB), one of Austria’s biggest…

Australia’s largest bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been mandated by the World Bank to issue bonds created exclusively on blockchain platform, right from their creation, allocation and transfer to other potential bondholders. The announcement was made in a press…

Antshares sets the pace in a new playing field amongst Blockchain applications and is set to release their smart contracts 2.0 in June, an important development contributing to diversity within the blockchain community and of smart contracts, with Hyperledger not…