The Bank of England has announced the launch of its "Synchronisation Lab," a live sandbox initiative aimed at upgrading the UK's real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system. The lab, set to begin in spring 2026 and run for six months, will test how tokenized assets can settle in pounds sterling using synchronized, atomic transactions—where both sides of a trade settle simultaneously or not at all.
The initiative involves 18 participating firms, including market infrastructure providers, banks, fintechs, and decentralized-technology companies. They will test use cases spanning tokenized securities, collateral optimization, and digital money issuance. The core goal is to tighten the link between traditional central bank money and emerging tokenized markets, potentially moving the financial system toward instant, programmable settlement with reduced friction and counterparty risk.
The lab will specifically test delivery-versus-payment (DvP) and payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement between the BoE's next-generation ledger, RT2, and external distributed-ledger platforms. This move is seen as a significant validation of blockchain technology's role in future finance, particularly for Real-World Assets (RWAs).
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