
SWIFT said it is uniquely positioned to interlink the fragmented digital asset landscape with its forthcoming digital currency trials in 2025.
Banks in North America, Europe and Asia are preparing to participate in trials involving digital assets by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).
SWIFT announced on Oct. 3 that it will begin digital asset trials on its network in 2025. The trials will involve experiments with transactions that include multiple digital currencies and assets.
Source: SWIFT
The project aimed for speed, privacy and legal compliance while using highly accessible and desirable US Treasury bonds as a collateral asset.
Blockchain solutions provider Digital Asset and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have completed their US Treasury Collateral Network pilot project on the Canton Network. The project brought together 26 market participants to carry out 100 transactions.
The project used tokenized “digital twins” of Treasury bonds (USTs) in four use cases using the Canton Network Global Synchronization and DTCC LedgerScan features to demonstrate transaction flows and a case of default.
In the first use case, a digital twin was created of real-world assets (USTs) for an investor and then set aside. The digital twin was registered with the central security depository. The digital twin could be used for the same purposes as the asset itself — trading, lending or collateral, for example.