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UBS, the prominent Swiss bank, has revealed a successful pilot project for UBS Digital Cash, a blockchain-powered multicurrency payment solution aimed at improving cross-border transactions.

The Riksbank has published a report detailing the fourth phase of testing for the e-Krona. Throughout the pilot phase, which spanned from 2020 to 2023, the bank tested the e-Krona's fundamental use cases as a retail currency accessible to the general public. This iteration of the e-Krona was developed on the Corda distributed ledger platform by R3, with the central bank serving as a notary node responsible for verifying and finalizing transactions.

Fintech company Imperium Markets has called on the Australian government to accelerate the tokenization of debt instruments to stay competitive in today’s market. The company has long been working with the government on a pilot project employing distributed ledger technology for tokenization.

The company has commenced mining powered by methane gas harvested from a landfill. This off-grid pilot project, with a capacity of 280 kW, is currently operational in Utah.

Securitize, a digital asset trading platform, has started tokenizing equity in Spanish real estate investment trust, Mancipi Partners. The tokens will trade on the Avalanche blockchain from September. This marks the first tokenized equity issuance under the European Union’s pilot scheme for distributed ledger technology, supervised by the European Securities Market Authority. Securitize will also undergo a six-month supervision period by Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Securitize's CEO, Carlos Domingo, believes the move will significantly benefit European businesses, providing new avenues for capital raises and potential tax benefits.

Financial powerhouses including Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon, Paxos, and others have concluded their testing phase of the blockchain Canton Network, engineered by Bluechip Digital Asset. The initiative brought together 15 asset management companies, 13 banks, four depositary institutions, and three exchanges in its pilot phase.

Nvidia has entered into a partnership with the U.S. National Science Foundation to contribute to the NAIRR (National AI Research Resource) pilot project, dedicated to advancing the country's artificial intelligence industry.

Building upon the success of their pilot program, the company have decided to extend verifications through December and will be introducing Orbs in new locations in Germany.