ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Deutsche Boerse's post-trade division Clearstream announced that it will begin offering cryptocurrency settlement and custody services for institutional clients starting in April this year.According to a statement released by Clearstream on March 11, the company plans to provide Bitcoin and Ethereum services to its 2,500 clients through its subsidiary Crypto Finance as a sub-custodian. Clearstream also plans to expand support for other cryptocurrencies in the future and offer services such as staking, lending, and brokerage.

ChainCatcher news, the Ministry of Finance of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, issued commercial paper worth 50 million euros using the Deutsche Börse's Clearstream D7 platform. This issuance is part of the European Central Bank's wholesale DLT settlement experiment. Therefore, according to Clearstream's Jens Hachmeister, the transaction was settled using the German central bank's trigger payment solution.The trigger solution is designed to interoperate with blockchain to support DLT payments. It triggers payments on the TARGET2 real-time gross settlement system. Natwest acted as the dealer for the commercial paper, while DekaBank and Deutsche Girozentrale served as investors.