ECB paper explores what makes stablecoins a “fungible” means of payment – Ledger Insights
The European Central Bank published a notable paper on stablecoin fungibility. This is not related to the debate…
Paolo Ardoino tweets ‘Digital Euro’ CBDC remark — no official ECB launch details; context for EUR stablecoins EURT and EURC | Flash News Detail
Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether, recently shared a intriguing tweet suggesting that ‘Santa will bring us all…
French central bank mulls impact of tokenization on dollar dominance – Ledger Insights
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, recently debated whether tokenization could enhance the dollar’s dominance…
Korea, Japan to collaborate on digital bonds – Ledger Insights
Earlier this week, the Commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services Agency visited Korea to discuss collaborations between the two…
Fashion guru ‘Mogu’ heads for the moon after revealing cryptocurrency strategy
Chinese Fashion operator Mogu Inc – ADR (NYSE: MOGU) skyrocketed during the session on Thursday after revealing a…
Portugal’s Sibs to buy Polish payments firm ITCard
Portuguese payments processor Sibs is expanding its presence in central Europe through the acquisition of Poland’s ITCard. Financial…
IMF Warns Stablecoins Pose 'Major Financial Stability Risks' – Regulation Asia
IMF Warns Stablecoins Pose ‘Major Financial Stability Risks’ Regulation AsiaFinance Changed, Risks Didn’t International Monetary FundCould stablecoins challenge banks and…
Bank of Italy develops custom Bitcoin consensus for central bank DLT – Ledger Insights
The Bank of Italy is planning quite a bit of research work on distributed ledger technology (DLT). In…
Figure Technology Targets $2T Lending Market With Blockchain, AI
Expanding access to credit remains one of the biggest challenges in consumer finance. Legacy systems continue to slow…
Bank of England: systemic stablecoins can hold ‘some’ government bonds – Ledger Insights
During a speech today, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden discussed stablecoins. When the central bank outlined…
Bank of England and Accenture deliver on RTGS renewal programme
The Bank of England and Accenture have rebuilt and modernised a core component of the payments infrastructure in…
IMF explores solutions to some of stablecoin’s challenges – Ledger Insights
If you’ve been reading coverage of stablecoins during this ‘stablecoin summer’, you’ll notice it has a tendency to…