A high-impact IT story today is that **Swift launched a blockchain-based shared ledger** with 16 banks including Citi and HSBC, aiming to enable round-the-clock payments and compete with stablecoins.[1] It matters because Swift sits at the center of global financial messaging, so this could materially reshape payment infrastructure if adoption scales.[1]

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