French multinational Societe Generale’s digital asset arm, SG-FORGE, has developed CoinVertible, a stablecoin pegged to the Euro on the Ethereum blockchain. CoinVertible is designed for institutional clients seeking enhanced settlement and cash management solutions, on-chain liquidity funding and refinancing, and intra-day liquidity needs.
Facts
- SG-FORGE, the digital asset arm of Societe Generale, has developed CoinVertible, a stablecoin pegged to the Euro on the Ethereum blockchain.
- CoinVertible is built for institutional clients seeking enhanced settlement and cash management solutions, on-chain liquidity funding and refinancing, as well as intra-day liquidity needs such as margin calls.
- SG-FORGE is developing digital asset projects that operate “in a secure and transparent framework” for institutional investors, in line with banking legal and regulatory standards.
- SG-FORGE CEO Jean-Marc Stenger believes that “robust banking-grade” stablecoins will be key to increasing trust and confidence in the cryptosphere and CoinVertible is part of the firm’s aim to develop and facilitate the emergence of new market infrastructures based on blockchain technology.
- The stablecoin is designed to bridge the gap between traditional capital markets and the burgeoning digital asset ecosystem based on the CAST open-source interoperability and securitisation framework.
- SG-FORGE intends to work with “reputable” digital asset exchanges and trusted third-party platforms to have the CoinVertible stablecoin listed in the coming months.
- The CAST framework provides open-source solutions for distributed ledger technology integrations within current financial infrastructures.