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David Marcus alleges Janet Yellen nixed Libra/Diem stablecoin
David Marcus who co-founded the Libra/Diem stablecoin project when at Meta (Facebook), recently published a post on X describing “How...
Trump threatens to sanction BRICS countries if they create a new currency
On Saturday President elect Donald Trump wrote a social media post threatening BRICS countries with 100% sanctions if they create a new...
ECB’s progress report on digital euro includes holding limits debates
Today the European Central Bank (ECB) published a second progress report on the preparation phase of the digital euro. It highlights...
EU paper argues for permissionless blockchain usage in traditional finance
The European Union has published a report exploring the potential for permissionless blockchain in traditional finance (TradFi). It...
Basel Figures: American banks enabled $201 billion in client crypto exposures in 2023
This week the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published Basel III monitoring statistics for December 2023, including crypto-asset...
Hong Kong launches digital bond issuance grants
Last month the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said it was planning to launch a grant program that would offer up to HK$2.5 million...
StanChart: Stablecoin FX streamlines US T+1 stock trading for APAC investors
In a new report from Standard Chartered and its affiliate Zodia Markets, the authors predict that stablecoins transaction volumes will...
Swiss impact asset manager responsAbility partners Phlomis Finance for RWA tokenization
Swiss asset manager responsAbility is planning to explore tokenization with Sweden’s Phlomis Finance. While responsAbility may not be a...
Retailers push for a delay in rollout of Russia’s CBDC
In October the Bank of Russia revealed a time frame for the roll out of the digital ruble, which forms part of a Bill that has been...
Tether doesn’t like MiCAR so ditches euro stablecoin
Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, doesn’t like Europe’s MiCA regulations. Other stablecoin issuers are also not keen...
Japan is wary of allowing banks to issue stablecoins, other than trust banks
Last week the Financial Services Agency (FSA) presented some ideas relating to cryptocurrency and stablecoins to the Financial System...