Bank of Italy's Innovation Hub to Work with Polygon and Fireblocks on DeFi Project
The Bank of Italy announced a partnership with the Ethereum scaling team Polygon and crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks to initiate a pilot program aimed at establishing a regulated platform for "institutional DeF...
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This collaboration sets a landmark as it involves a G7 Central Bank, financial regulators, and associations of banks working together on a large-scale tokenized asset initiative. ...
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