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ForkLog 175 30.09.2025

SWIFT and Chainlink to Launch Blockchain Platform for Banks

SWIFT announced the launch of a new blockchain-based registry, marking the culmination of a long-standing partnership with Chainlink and two years of research into digital assets.

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ForkLog 215 29.09.2025

SWIFT Confirms Launch of Blockchain Platform by ConsenSys

The financial messaging network SWIFT is integrating a blockchain-based distributed ledger into its infrastructure.

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ForkLog 450 28.09.2025

SWIFT Initiates Blockchain Pilot on Linea Platform

SWIFT has selected the L2 network Linea from ConsenSys for a pilot project to transition interbank messaging and communications to blockchain, as reported by The Big Whale.

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ForkLog 161 18.08.2025

Ripple’s Potential to Rival SWIFT, Says Expert

The global payment system based on SWIFT is nearing collapse, with Ripple and its native token XRP emerging as potential successors, according to Sal Gilbertie, CEO of Teucrium. The threat to the decades-old interbank messaging network is directly linked by the expert to the Californian fintech company’s plans to transform into a financial institution. “What […]

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ForkLog 21 04.10.2024

SWIFT to Trial Digital Asset Transactions

From 2025, banks in North America, Europe, and Asia will commence testing digital asset transactions via the SWIFT network. Exciting news! Starting next year, financial institutions from around the world will start trialling live digital asset and currency transactions on the Swift network. This marks an important milestone in our journey to enable banks to […]

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ForkLog 11 14.09.2023

Three central banks join SWIFT’s CBDC compatibility pilot

The international cross-border payments system SWIFT connected the central banks of three countries to the second phase of pilot testing for CBDC interoperability.

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ForkLog 8 31.08.2023

SWIFT flags compatibility hurdles between TradFi and blockchains

In the near term, combining traditional finance with blockchains is preferable to tokenised assets in a single registry. SWIFT reached this conclusion.

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ForkLog 10 07.06.2023

Chainlink and SWIFT to connect traditional banks to blockchains

The Chainlink oracle network and the SWIFT payments system have signed agreements with a number of traditional financial institutions to connect them to blockchain networks.

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ForkLog 7 23.03.2023

Circle signs partnership with Xapo Bank to bypass SWIFT payments

Circle has signed an agreement with Gibraltar-based Xapo Bank to bypass costly and time-consuming SWIFT payments.

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ForkLog 7 29.09.2022

Chainlink and SWIFT to develop cross-chain transaction solution

The Chainlink decentralized oracle network team and SWIFT, the operator of the international interbank information-transfer system, have agreed to collaborate. The partners will develop a mechanism enabling traditional financial institutions to conduct cryptocurrency transfers.

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ForkLog 7 23.05.2022

SWIFT to test CBDC interoperability in cross-border payments

SWIFT will test the interoperability of CBDC platforms in cross-border payments.

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ForkLog 9 04.05.2021

Russia weighs possible disconnection from SWIFT

An interagency working group is studying the consequences of Russia's possible disconnection from the international SWIFT payment system. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

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