Singapore's second-largest bank, OCBC, has launched a blockchain-based customized corporate bond tokenization scheme designed to help corporate clients diversify their financial assets. The scheme allows corporate clients to invest in bonds as low as S $1,000, with customizable bond maturities and interest rates based on demand, and the tokens refer to existing investment-grade bonds.
Halliburton, the world's second-largest oilfield services company, has invested in Austin-based startup 360 Energy to enter the bitcoin (BTC) mining space.
User reports from BBVA, Spain's second largest bank, show that ChatGPT has significantly increased productivity within the bank, triggering an "explosion of creativity", but they still have questions about ChatGPT's ability to scale and integrate. According to early user reports, productivity has indeed increased across bank departments, with 80% of users saying that ChatGPT Enterprise helps them save more than two hours of work per week. However, ChatGPT Enterprise still has problems in expandi...
According to Cointelegraph, Allianz SE, Europe's second-largest insurer, has acquired nearly 25% of MicroStrategy's 2031 convertible note issuance.
In a report on Tuesday, Bitwise said that the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, appears to be unpopular right now, but as the year draws to a close, Ethereum's underperformance could be reversed. Ethereum is little changed so far this year, while Bitcoin is up 38% and Solana is up 31%. The report says Ethereum's recent underperformance stems from risks associated with the US Presidential Election in November...
Bull market alert? Russia, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency miner, is accelerating its embrace of cryptocurrencies...
On July 8th, Boerse Stuttgart, Germany's second largest stock exchange, will expand its market data to include cryptocurrency ESG (environmental, social and governance) data provided by Crypto Risk Metrics and distributed through Boerse's existing network. Initially, ESG data for around 30 cryptocurrencies will be available, with plans for further expansion. This move is in line with the upcoming European Union MiCA (Crypto Asset Market Regulation) regulation, which requires crypto assets to pro...
Garanti BBVA, the Turkish subsidiary of BBVA, Spain's second largest bank with $700 billion in assets, has started offering crypto custody services. "Garanti BBVA Digital Assets now allows customers to transfer and store BTC, ETH and USDC assets on its mobile platform, Garanti BBVA Crypto," the bank said in a statement. The pilot study of the new service has been a success, says Garanti BBVA Executive Vice-President ŠağrıSüzer. "Garanti BBVA Crypt...
According to cryptoslam data, in March, the sales of NFTs on the Bitcoin chain exceeded $500 million, reaching $514069921.02, setting the second largest monthly sales record so far, second only to December 2023, when the sales of NFTs on the Bitcoin chain reached $86892610.201. In addition, the total transaction volume on the Bitcoin chain last month was approximately 267943, including 92870 independent buyers and 75528 independent sellers.