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Bank of England uncovers significant trade‑offs in use of DLT for wholesale settlement

·Source: Finextra

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Executive Summary

After months of trials the Bank of England remains no clearer about the applicability of distributed ledger technology in wholesale payments and settlement, uncovering critial trade-offs in governance, resilience and scalability.

Analysis

After months of trials the Bank of England remains no clearer about the applicability of distributed ledger technology in wholesale payments and settlement, uncovering critial trade-offs in governance, resilience and scalability.
Source Attribution

Originally published by Finextra on May 13, 2026.

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