In December Germany’s 21X landed the first DLT Pilot Regime license to operate a combined regulated trading and settlement venue...
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BIS explores stability risks of DeFi, crypto as they reach “critical mass”
The week the BIS, the central bank of central banks, released a paper exploring the financial stability risks of cryptocurrencies and...
Russia mulls local stablecoin issuance to circumvent sanctions
A Deputy Director at the Russian Finance Ministry, Osman Kabaloev, has floated the idea of Russia launching a stablecoin to help with...
BaFin forces stablecoin issuer Ethena to wind down German arm. Markets don’t care?
German regulator BaFin has ordered stablecoin issuer Ethena to wind up its German business and redeem its tokens. It is the first time...
Tokenization firm Securitize acquires MG Stover’s fund admin service
Yesterday Securitize said it acquired MG Stover‘s fund administration service, without disclosing the terms. With the acquisition...
G42 backed Inveniam acquires private markets tokenization firm Hedgehog
Private market data firm Inveniam has acquired Hedgehog, a white label investment solution for tokenized real world assets (RWA). Terms...
Bank of England explores challenges of offline CBDC
As part of the Bank of England’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) design phase, it explored an offline CBDC for its digital...
Fnality launches earmarking for tokenized payments; £20m funding disclosed
Fnality international, the institutional settlement solution that uses tokenized central bank reserves, has announced its latest...
French, Italian regulators propose changes to DLT Pilot Regime
Last week the French and Italian securities regulators AMF and CONSOB proposed changes to the DLT Pilot Regime in order to attract more...
Tether provides around 73% of centralized crypto lending – report
Galaxy Digital has released a report on the cryptocurrency lending market, highlighting the central role of stablecoin issuer Tether...