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HEDERA WELCOMES NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE TO GOVERNING COUNCIL, ACCELERATING SECURITIES TOKENIZATION IN AFRICA

▪️The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has joined the Hedera Governing Council to advance tokenization in Kenya’s capital markets, a significant move for both the local economy and the broader African financial landscape.

▪️By joining the Hedera Council, the NSE will provide African investors with access to innovative digital assets and financial products.

Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), the best-performing market in Africa has joined the decentralized Hedera Governing Council, the organization behind Hedera Hashgraph, in a bid to expedite the adoption of tokenized securities within Kenya’s capital markets. As the 32nd member of the Hedera Council, the NSE joins a global network that includes companies like Google, IBM, and LG, which oversee Hedera’s governance.

According to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) ranking, the NSE earned the title of Africa’s top-performing market in the first nine months of 2024. This displays the strong trust investors have in it. Furthermore, this reward showcases how the NSE is the cornerstone of prosperity to Kenya’s economic progress.

Here’s How Hedera Will Transform Digital Finance in Africa
As a key part of this alliance, the NSE brings digital and tokenized assets directly into the mainstream. For context, Tokenization is the process of converting real assets like stocks, bonds, and commodities into digital tokens on a blockchain. This collaboration also aims to modernize Africa’s financial markets by using Hedera’s advanced Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Hedera’s DLT allows multiple members to maintain their own identical copy of a shared ledger.

Through Hedera’s Hashgraph Consensus, created by Leemon Baird, co-founder and chief scientist of Hedera the NSE will have several benefits. This includes Secure, real-time, and low-cost payment settlement allowing users to transact using their preferred cryptocurrency. Additionally, it offers decentralized, scalable, and publicly verifiable data logs ensuring that all transactions and activities can be audited and verified without relying on a central authority.

The mechanism allows the network to achieve an impressive throughput of over 10,000 transactions per second. This is achieved by utilizing a unique algorithm that emphasizes speed and efficiency.

Hedera is continually expanding its ecosystem, offering a range of applications and developer tools. Recently, Hedera integrated LayerZero (ZRO), a technology that enables applications to move data across blockchains, into its network to enhance the Hedera Token Service (HTS). This will significantly boost the NSE’s offerings by making the exchange a hub for digital asset trading.

Bill Miller, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee for Hedera, highlighted in the report that the NSE possesses expertise and strong foundations in Africa. As one of the largest economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya offers an opportunity to accelerate the adoption of digital assets.

With a market capitalization of about $12.65 billion, daily transaction volumes exceeding $100 million, and 63 listed companies across 11 sectors, the NSE provides an ideal foundation for enhancing global capital markets.

Hedera’s advanced technology will enable the NSE to enhance global liquidity and improve access to financial services for African investors, while also strengthening its presence in the digital asset space.

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Source:  Crypto News Flash

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U.S. TREASURY REPORT PROPOSES CBDC REPLACEMENT FOR PRIVATE STABLECOINS

The U.S. Treasury Department has recommended replacing private stablecoins with government-issued CBDCs, citing concerns about the $120 billion in Treasury bills held as stablecoin collateral and potential market risks.

▪️U.S. Treasury released report suggesting stablecoins should be replaced by CBDCs

▪️Treasury estimates $120B in T-bills bought by stablecoin issuers, with Tether holding $81B

▪️Report warns of potential “fire-sale” risk if major stablecoins collapse

▪️Over 80% of crypto transactions involve stablecoins, with USDT leading in trading volume

▪️Trump opposes CBDCs but his project World Liberty Financial plans to launch a stablecoin

The U.S. Treasury Department has called for the eventual replacement of private stablecoins with government-issued central bank digital currency (CBDC) in a detailed report released Wednesday.

The report highlights mounting concerns over the stablecoin market’s growing influence in the U.S. Treasury bills market.

According to the Treasury’s Office of Debt Management, stablecoin issuers now hold approximately $120 billion worth of Treasury bills as collateral.

Tether, the company behind the USDT stablecoin, accounts for $81 billion of these holdings, making it a major player in the T-bills market.

The 132-page report draws parallels between the current stablecoin landscape and the “wildcat” banking era of the 1800s, when private banks issued their own currencies.

The Treasury suggests that just as government-backed money replaced those private currencies, CBDCs should take over the role currently played by stablecoins in digital transactions.

Stablecoins have become essential to cryptocurrency markets, serving as a bridge between traditional and digital finance.

The Treasury estimates that these digital assets are involved in more than 80% of all crypto transactions. USDT, the largest stablecoin by market volume, processed $53 billion in trades within a 24-hour period.

The report expresses particular concern about the risk of stablecoin depegging events, where these digital currencies lose their intended one-to-one relationship with the U.S. dollar. Several such incidents have occurred in recent years, raising alarm bells about market stability.

The Treasury’s primary worry centers on the possibility of a “fire-sale” scenario. If a major stablecoin issuer like Tether were to face a crisis, it might need to quickly sell its T-bill holdings, potentially disrupting the broader Treasury securities market.

While stablecoin advocates argue that these products enhance dollar dominance by increasing demand for Treasury bills, the report indicates that the Treasury views this relationship differently.

The department suggests that the growing interconnection between stablecoins and traditional financial markets through T-bill holdings poses unnecessary risks.

The political landscape surrounding digital currencies has grown increasingly complex. Several Republican lawmakers have voiced opposition to CBDCs, labeling them as potential tools for government overreach.

Former President Donald Trump has been particularly vocal in his criticism, promising to block CBDC development if reelected.

However, the situation has additional layers of complexity. Trump’s own crypto project, World Liberty Financial, which recently raised $14 million, is reportedly developing a stablecoin.

This project’s team has promoted private stablecoins as a way to support T-bill purchases and strengthen dollar supremacy.

The Treasury report acknowledges that stablecoins currently represent a relatively small portion of the overall T-bills market. However, it warns that continued growth could increase the risk of market disruptions if stablecoin-related instability occurs.

The document provides detailed data about the current state of stablecoin holdings. Beyond Tether’s $81 billion position, other stablecoin issuers collectively hold tens of billions in Treasury securities as backing for their digital currencies.

The report examines various stablecoin failures and depegging events from recent years, using these incidents to support its argument for transitioning to CBDCs.

These examples serve as cautionary tales about the potential risks of allowing private digital currencies to become too deeply embedded in the financial system.

Trading volume statistics included in the report underscore the growing importance of stablecoins in crypto markets. The data shows that stablecoin trading volumes often exceed those of traditional cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

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Source:  Blockonomi

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