Seizing the Cash-on-Chain Opportunity — Chainlink Enables Use Cases for ANZ and Fidelity International

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06-13
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As top financial institutions increasingly adopt digital assets, the demand for cash settlement of on-chain transactions is gradually emerging. Therefore, various institutions are exploring different types of digital currencies, including stablecoins, central bank digital currencies, and tokenized deposits. Global top financial institutions and monetary regulators such as ANZ Bank and the Brazilian Central Bank have begun exploring digital native currencies to achieve next-generation use cases like asset transfers and trade finance. Global financial institutions and governments are continuously accelerating digital currency adoption, thus must adopt best practices in critical on-chain data, secure interoperability, user privacy, compliance, and synchronization. This article will explore the key value of digital currencies, critical design requirements for building digital payment infrastructure, and how Chainlink ensures secure exchange between ANZ Bank's stablecoin and Hong Kong's central bank digital currency e-HKD. [The rest of the translation follows the same professional and accurate approach, maintaining the original structure and meaning while translating into clear English.]

Richard Schroder, Head of Digital Asset Services at ANZ Bank, said: "We are very pleased to collaborate with Chainlink to conduct smooth cross-chain and cross-border exchange of our Australian Dollar Stablecoin (A$DC) with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's digital currency e-HKD. We are testing Chainlink's interoperability standards to simplify on-chain transactions through Programmable Token Transfers. We hope to ultimately promote the development of the digital asset industry by continuously facilitating multi-chain ecosystem cooperation."

Future Plans

In the next phase, ANZ Bank, Fidelity International, and Chainlink will expand the PvP workflow to cover the entire transaction lifecycle, thereby establishing an end-to-end tokenized fund subscription and redemption process. This plan will demonstrate that secure interoperability helps reduce counterparty risk, showcase the potential of an around-the-clock on-chain market, and confirm that compliance can be maintained in a blockchain environment without compromising user privacy. After on-chain digital asset transactions achieve cash settlement, the financial industry will be closer to the ultimate goal of being "always online" while meeting the needs of liquidity, compliance, and privacy.

For more information about the e-HKD+ pilot project interim report, please refer to:

《Transforming Global Payments: The Role of Tokenized Currencies and Funds in Cross-Border Transactions》

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