Trade Finance on the Blockchain: 2025 Update

Finance and innovation attorneys Josias Dewey and Samir Patel co-authored the blockchain and trade finance section of the International Comparative Legal Guides' (ICLG) Lending & Secured Finance 2025 guide, highlighting recent advancements in blockchain and digitization within global trade finance. The authors break down how technologies such as blockchain, stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are driving transformations in supply chain management and trade finance by providing greater transparency, efficiency and security. The chapter additionally explains how digital innovations not only automate traditional processes, but also fundamentally change how information is shared and how parties conduct transactions by eliminating the need for intermediaries.

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