[Lunch Briefing] SWIFT, the international financial transaction network, to conduct real-time digital asset transaction testing next year

Major virtual assets are in decline.

At 1:05 PM on the 4th, Bitcoin (BTC) recorded 82,474,000 won on Bithumb, down 0.91% from the previous day. Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.72% from the previous day to 3,202,000 won, Binance Coin (BNB) fell 1.37% to 739,500 won, Solana (SOL) fell 1.64% to 186,100 won, and Ripple (XRP) fell 1% to 710 won.



The international market is also down. At the same time, CoinMarketCap recorded BTC at $61,010.6, down 0.54% from the previous day. ETH was trading at $2,369.32, down 1.16%, BNB at $547.61, down 0.33%, SOL at $137.61, down 3.43%, and XRP at $0.5254, down 2.4%.

The total market capitalization of virtual assets decreased by 1.11% from the previous day to $2.11 trillion (approximately KRW 2,816.217 trillion). The fear and greed index of virtual asset data provider Alternative.me rose 4 points from the previous day to 41 points, indicating a state of ‘fear.’

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), which mediates international financial transactions between banks, will conduct tests for real-time digital asset transactions next year.

On the 3rd (local time), SWIFT announced on its official X account that it will experiment with real-time digital asset transactions via the SWIFT network starting next year. In this test, SWIFT will conduct a pilot transaction that allows banks to trade new types of currencies, such as digital assets, via the existing SWIFT transaction network.

Tom Check, Swift’s chief innovation officer, said: “We want to provide SWIFT participants with the ability to seamlessly support all forms of asset trading, all while leveraging the same security and resiliency infrastructure that supports traditional currency trading.”

Reporter Kim Jeong-woo

woo@decenter.kr