First Abu Dhabi Financial institution completes cross-border funds testing on JPMorgan Onyx

by Jeremy

JPMorgan’s Onyx Coin Programs has scored one other win within the Center East with the completion of a blockchain-based cross-border funds pilot mission with First Abu Dhabi Financial institution (FAB). The pilot section was “executed seamlessly with passable response occasions,” in accordance to a press release. 

The FAB pilot wound up weeks after an analogous take a look at in Bahrain, the place Financial institution ABC had been testing the Onyx system and proceeded to a restricted launch of companies. FAB stated it was persevering with to discover the alternatives the system presents.

JPMorgan’s permissioned distributed ledger was launched in 2020 and has been gaining momentum in current months. JP Morgan Onyx Digital Property & Blockchain head Tyrone Lobban stated earlier this month the platform at the moment processes between $1 billion and $2 billion a day.

Apart from its growth within the Center East, Onyx has been used for euro-denominated funds in Europe since June. That very same month, it additionally launched interbank USD settlements in India with a consortium of six banks.

On Oct. 11, the primary public commerce was settled on JPMorgan’s new Tokenization Collateral Community, which additionally runs on the Onyx blockchain. Cash market fund shares had been tokenized and deposited at Barclays Financial institution as safety for a derivatives trade between JPMorgan and BlackRock.

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Mastercard introduced it was testing its Multi Token Community in June, and Citigroup launched its Citi Token Providers in September.

JPMorgan was one of many individuals in Mission Guardian, with DBS Financial institution and Marketnode. The mission, which concluded in June, was developed by the Financial Authority of Singapore and Financial institution for Worldwide Settlements. It concerned the creation of a liquidity pool of tokenized bonds and deposits to be used in lending and borrowing.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just lately expressed his sturdy perception in synthetic intelligence. He additionally known as cryptocurrencies “decentralized Ponzi schemes.”

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