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Australian bank joins Project Guardian to explore RWA tokenization

Major Australian bank ANZ is interested in exploring how it can move its Australian dollar-backed A$DC stablecoin between blockchains.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group — one of Australia’s “Big Four” banks — has joined Singapore’s Project Guardian to explore the potential benefits of real-world asset tokenization in financial markets.

ANZ will partner with blockchain oracle firm Chainlink Labs and Singapore investment firm ADDX to test how RWAs like commercial papers can interoperate between blockchains, ANZ revealed in a Sept. 30 statement.

Project Guardian was launched in 2022 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a collaborative initiative between policymakers and the financial industry to enhance liquidity and the efficiency of financial markets through RWA tokenization. 

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Bitcoin ‘diamond hand’ sell-off risks outpacing ETF inflows at $98K

Ethereum ETF approved so why aren’t we rich yet?

Crypto commentators suggest there could be two reasons why the price of ETH hasn’t rocketed in the wake of spot Ether ETF approvals.

There could be two main reasons why Ether (ETH) has barely moved in price despite the landmark approval of spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States. 

On May 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved eight spot Ether ETFs to be listed on their respective exchanges. Ether fell 3.4% just before the news, recovering by around 5% shortly after, and is currently trading at $3,806.

Crypto commentator Zach Rynes argues that the lack of movement reflects the notion that “everyone who wanted to buy the approval already did.”

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Bitcoin ‘diamond hand’ sell-off risks outpacing ETF inflows at $98K