Hi there, explore this month's highlights from our global community! Click on any bullet below to read more. 

Main Announcements

• Press Release: LF Decentralized Trust Adds HKMA, Mastercard, and More as Members

• New Case Study: Citi taps Besu, a Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust project, to deliver near real-time value transfers via Citi Token Services for Cash

• Staff Corner: The importance of maintainers and contributors at LF Decentralized Trust

• Hello Hiero! Building the Next Generation Open Source Distributed Ledger Technology Together

• Introducing Linea ENS Support in Hyperledger Web3j

Events & Webinars

• Join us on Nov. 13 at 8AM Pacific for a technical workshop on Hyperledger Identus where we'll guide you through the basics of developing an identity solution. We'll walk you through the Quick Start Guide, covering everything from setting up your agent to connecting it with an SDK.

• Come visit us at Singapore Fintech Festival 2024 Nov. 6-8 in the open source Pavilion (Booth 3E23 Hall 3 ) for three days of insightful presentations from our member companies

• Be part of Devcon 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 12-15

• Next Member webinar with input | output "Develop Decentralized Identity Solutions Using Hyperledger Identus" on Nov. 13

Member News

• Quartz™ wins Gold for Digital Identity Innovation at the Future Digital Awards 2024 by Juniper Research (Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. {TCS})

• HKMA Launches Initiatives to Drive FinTech Innovation at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2024

• Embracing a Decentralized Future with GalaChain

• Transforming Collateral Management (DTCC and JSCC)

• ChainlinkPartners with Swift, Euroclear, Franklin Templeton for Corporate Actions Initiative Using AI and Blockchain

• Banco Central do Brasil opens second call for DREX CBDC pilot participants 

• Brazil's Blockchain Network with Gladstone Arantes, BNDES, Interview on Brazil Crypto Report

• Oracle Blockchain Platform Earns Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM) Rating – GBA Global

• Visa vai lançar plataforma para bancos do Brasil criarem suas próprias criptomoedas na rede Ethereum {Visa to Launch Platform for Brazilian Banks to Create Their Own Cryptocurrencies on Ethereum Network}

LF Decentralized Trust & Technologies in the News:

• Why Open Development Is Critical to the Transition to Decentralized Systems and Applications (Nasdaq interview with Daniela Barbosa)

• CoinDesk Live at Stellar Meridian 2024 (Excerpt from interview with Daniela Barbosa)

• Integrating Blockchain Technology into Digital Banking Systems (Global Fintech)

LF Decentralized Trust Projects in Action

• Island Nation Palau Puts Digital Savings Bonds on Blockchain (Hyperledger Iroha)

• Cardano's Hyperledger Identus Framework Drives Decentralized Identity Forward

• BNP Paribas invests in Kriptown to create the first tokenised stock exchange (Besu)

• Bahrain: First digital assets exchange launched (Hyperledger Fabric)