The Agricultural Bank of China is testing the early user interface for China's Central Bank Digital Currency, with screenshots leaked

The French financial markets regulator has proposed a Europe-wide regulatory sandbox to enable digital currency businesses

Figure Technologies has announced the first end-to-end securitisation of a bundle of home equity loans, worth over $150m on a blockchain

EY, Microsoft and Consensys are collaborating on the Baseline protocol for the public Ethereum blockchain

The BIS has released two key reports on CBDCs, one on the technological design considerations, and another reviewing ongoing retail projects

The Bankhaus von der Heydt, a German-based private bank, has partnered with Bitbond to incorporate blockchain in its services.

Decentralized management platform Aragon has begun onboarding jurors for its decentralized Aragon Court.

While the RBA's scepticism is well-known, the RBA has revealed that it is experimenting with a wholesale CBDC on a private Ethereum network

It has been reported that Spencer Dinwiddie, NBA star for the Brooklyn Nets, will begin issuing shares tied to his contract on 13 January.

Piper Alderman has written the Australian chapter of Getting the Deal Through – Cryptoassets and Blockchain 2019, published by Lexology

Since launching in December 2019, Bricklet has been identified by the AFR as one of the leading proptech startups to watch in 2020

EY recently launched a public beta of its Smart Contract Analyzer, which allows users to upload solidity files for ERC-20 smart contracts

France’s financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has approved the country’s first application for an ICO.

The Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) has partnered with Algorand to develop a blockchain platform for copyright management

The Australian Payments Network Summit on 10 December 2019 included a panel on Libra between the RBA, Piper Alderman and others.

Juventus have signed a multi-year strategic partnership with blockchain and crypto platform Socios.com to create the Juventus Fan Token.

In partnership with EY, a Singaporean company has launched TATTOO, a blockchain enabled wine marketplace using ETH-721 tokens