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Cryptocurrency move puts banks at centre of blockchain race

An initiative by five major institutions to advance the use of digital currencies in the arcane world of clearing and settlement is one of the biggest steps forward in the use of cryptocurrencies by the City to date.

Blockchain is the technoloy underpinning the digital currency bitcoin
Blockchain is the technoloy underpinning the digital currency bitcoin Photo: iStockPhoto

An initiative by five major institutions to advance the use of digital currencies in the arcane world of clearing and settlement is one of the biggest steps forward in the use of cryptocurrencies by the City to date.

On August 24, BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Santander and the interdealer broker Icap joined an initiative led by UBS to use digital cash in the real world to settle trades.

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