UK picks HSBC Orion for digital gilt pilot
The UK Treasury has selected HSBC’s Orion platform to power its Digital Gilt Instrument pilot, testing blockchain based issuance of sovereign bonds.
The goal is faster settlement, lower operational friction, and modernized infrastructure for government debt markets.
If successful, the UK could become the first G7 nation to tokenize sovereign bonds at scale, pushing real world assets deeper into onchain finance.

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Original Author: He Hao, Wall Street Insights

On Thursday, US stocks plunged, with the Nasdaq falling over 2%. Some traders sold precious metals to offset losses in the stock market, causing gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium to decline sharply. The US dollar index rose slightly.

Amid renewed concerns about whether massive investments in artificial intelligence can truly be implemented on a large scale, US tech stocks declined. Metal prices suddenly fell due to suspected algorithmic trading selling, forcing some investors to exit commodity positions, including metals, to obtain liquidity, while some funds turned to US Treasury bonds for safety.

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Gold fell more than 4% at one point, and silver plummeted 11%, as a sharp drop in US stocks triggered a sell-off in algorithmically traded precious metals.

Written by: Mahe, Foresight News
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