28th June 2023 Digital Bytes

The role of blockchain in modernising stock markets - the way in which financial organisations and private clients buy and sell stocks and shares has evolved over the years, from open outcry to electronic dealing. Once again, the infrastructure for stock markets is set to potentially be transformed as a direct result of blockchain technology. The promise is to make stock markets transparent, faster, more efficient and safer by automating many of the current processes and procedures.

Lessons learnt from the collapse of SVB -  In a flurry of events precipitating from several months of financial hassles, Silicon Valley Bank, the 39-year-old economic powerhouse headquartered in California, was shut down by state and federal banking regulators. The bank's parent company, SVB Financial Group, filed for bankruptcy only a week after the shutdown, with its representatives forced to sell its portfolio of treasuries and securities at a $1.8 billion loss. This came at the heel of a significant rec…