EU Systemic Risk Board recommends banning multi issuance stablecoins – report – Ledger Insights
The European Systemic Risk Board has approved a recommendation to ban stablecoins issued across multiple jurisdictions, according to…
Will China’s digital yuan centre be a step forward for internationalisation?
China is stepping up efforts to encourage the use of its digital yuan in cross-border payments and overseas…
A Q&A on the stablecoin planned by nine EU banks – Ledger Insights
Earlier today, nine European banks announced plans for a joint venture to issue a stablecoin. The banks are:…
Australia Proposes, Consults on Crypto Platform Regulations Bill
Australia proposed a long-awaited draft for a bill that would bring the cryptocurrency sector under the country’s financial…
Germany’s central bank is creating DLT team, hiring engineers – Ledger Insights
Germany’s Bundesbank is hiring DLT developers and engineers for its “new DLT team”. The job postings include a…
ECB’s Kocher Wants to Cap Growth of Europe’s Financial Rules
Europe should keep a tight rein on financial rule-making as the rise of businesses like crypto assets leads…
ECB Official Says Digital Euro Has Momentum After ‘Breakthrough’
A digital euro could be rolled out in the middle of 2029, European Central Bank Executive Board Member…
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…
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…
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…
ECB Official Says Digital Euro Would Enhance Resilience
The European Union should accelerate its efforts to introduce a digital euro, in part because this technology would…
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…