On August 31, 2023, Swift released findings from its new series of experiments demonstrating that its infrastructure could facilitate the seamless transfer of tokenized assets across multiple blockchains. Swift's research aimed to address the interoperability issues between different blockchains that have hampered the growth of tokenized asset markets. In partnership with more than a dozen financial institutions, as well as Chainlink, a leading Web3 services platform, Swift showed that blockchain could act as a single point of entry for these institutions. This would allow them to leverage existing, secure infrastructure, thus significantly reducing operational challenges and the investment required for the development of tokenized assets. Chainlink was used as an enterprise abstraction layer to securely connect the Swift network to the Ethereum Sepolia network, while Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) enabled complete interoperability between the source and destination blockchains.
Tokenization is in its infancy, yet 97% of institutional investors believe it has the potential to revolutionize asset management. Swift’s experiments, therefore, are part of its wider strategy to ensure secure, global interoperability as new technologies emerge. They also build on work over the past years that demonstrated how Swift could support the financial community in interconnecting Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and other digital assets with new and existing payment systems.
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Tom Zschach, Chief Innovation Officer at Swift: Emphasizes that interoperability is central to Swift's strategy to facilitate the seamless global flow of value, especially considering the fragmented nature of the financial ecosystem.
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Nigel Dobson, Banking Services Portfolio Lead at ANZ: Notes that ANZ is exploring the use of decentralized networks and tokenization, particularly in underserved markets like the trading of nature-based assets.
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Alain Pochet, Head of Client Delivery, Securities Services at BNP Paribas: Points out that connecting traditional platforms and ensuring interoperability between growing numbers of blockchains is a significant challenge that needs to be overcome.
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Alexandre Kech, Head Digital Securities at SIX Digital Exchange (SDX): Believes this exercise is critical to realizing the promise of blockchain for institutional business on a global scale.
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Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder at Chainlink: Argues that interoperability is critical for the next stage of digital asset adoption across the global financial system.
Chainlink is trading at the lower range of the consolidation channel that the project has been in since mid-2022. As the project continues to develop and introduce new cutting-edge solutions for the industry, this could present a good entry point for long-term investors. The risk-reward ratio is definitely attractive.
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