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The case for tokenized settlement infrastructure rests on a simple premise: traditional banking rails stop at weekends, and capital doesn't.
Citi and DBS completed the first tokenized cross-border deposit transfer over the weekend via Swift's blockchain-based ledger, bypassing the clock constraints of conventional interbank clearing.
The run succeeded, but what it proves about the broader infrastructure is a separate question. What's changed here is the timing.
Cross-border deposit transfers have historically been bound by correspondent banking hours, making weekend settlement either unavailable or reliant on workarounds.
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