ANZ's stablecoin used to buy tokenized carbon credits
The latest A$DC transaction saw ANZ’s institutional partner Victor Smorgon use A$DC to purchase Australian Carbon Credit Units from blockchain-based carbon trading platform BetaCarbon. ANZ’s stablecoin A$DC has been used to buy Australian tokenized carbon credits, marking another critical test of the asset’s use cases in the local economy. In March, the “Big Four” bank became the first major Australian financial institution to mint its own stablecoin after overseeing a pilot transaction worth 30 million AUD ($20.76 million) between Victor Smorgon Group and digital asset manager Zerocap.....
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