JPMorgan Debuts Tokenization Platform, BlackRock Among Key Clients According to a report by cointelegraph
United States banking giant JPMorgan debuted its in-house blockchain-based tokenization application, the Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN), on Oct. 11, according to Bloomberg. TCN settled its first trade for asset management giant BlackRock. The Tokenized Collateral Network is an application that allows investors to utilize assets as collateral. Using #blockchain technology, investors can transfer collateral ownership without moving assets in underlying ledgers. In its first public collateralized trade between JPMorgan and BlackRock, the TCN turned shares of one money market fund into digital tokens, which were then transferred to Barclays bank as security for an over-the-counter derivatives exchange between the two companies. Source: www.zerohedge.com, www.cointelegraph.com
The consumer is borrowing more than they can afford to pay
The consumer default rate on credit card loans from small lenders has seen a sharp spike to 7.51% This level is higher than the: - Dot Com bubble - Financial Crisis - C-19 With credit card interest rates still above 20%. Consumers are going to continue feeling the pressure. Source: Game of Trades
Bank credit has now entered contraction territory. After witnessing one of sharpest declines on record
Since 1974, this has only happened ONCE: → The Financial Crisis. Back then, this metric reached levels as low as -5%. At the current rate, the risk of a credit event is on the rise. Source: Game of trades
US average interest rate on credit cards is now close to 23% ⚠ (hitting a new record high since data are recorded)
Source: C.Barraud
CDS traders are sending default swaps on the big US BANKS sharply wider
- Deutsche Bank believes the rise in yields could propel Banks' Unrealized losses $140 Billion higher to a record $700 Billion. DB strategist Zeng warns the Q3 explosion in rates has no doubt widened the unrealized losses in US banks bond portfolios, which was already the catalyst for multiple bank failures this year at a time when #rates blew out to far more normal levels.
BREAKING: UK Metro Bank shares plunge 50% as it tries to urgently raise £600m capital
- Metro Bank is seeking to raise up to £600mn after its share price fell almost 50 per cent in recent weeks, said people with knowledge of the plan. The UK challenger bank is in talks with investors about raising £250mn in equity funding and £350mn in debt to shore up its balance sheet, the people said. - The talks came after regulators last month failed to approve a request from Metro to lower the capital requirements attached to its mortgage business. - Bank Crisis - Round II ? Source: FT
In case you missed it. Citigroup $C yesterday closed at its lowest price since the onset of Covid...
Source: barchart
Credit Card Delinquency rates at small banks have reached 7.51%, the highest level ever recorded
Source: FRED
