Deutsche Bank, UBS settle tokenized deposit payments in Bundesbank Trigger solution experiment – Ledger Insights
Last week UBS said it was piloting UBS Digital Cash, a blockchain-based solution for multi-currency payments that allows…
Is the ECB warming to stablecoins? – Ledger Insights
In a blog post, “From hype to hazard: what stablecoins mean for Europe”, Jürgen Schaaf, a European Central…
SEC’s Peirce expands on UK cross border tokenization sandbox. EU not invited – Ledger Insights
During a speech last week, Hester Peirce, Commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), elaborated on…
Bank of England: stablecoins are no substitute for commercial bank money – Ledger Insights
Yesterday both the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey gave…
Reserve Bank of Australia plans wholesale CBDC trials on public and private DLTs – Ledger Insights
Project Acacia is an Australian initiative to support the settlement of tokenized transactions using stablecoins, tokenized deposits or…
Banque de France warns of risks in growing tokenized money market funds – Ledger Insights
The Banque de France published a note last week examining tokenized money market funds (MMFs) from a financial…
SocGen Chair, ex ECB board member urges EU to embrace stablecoins – Ledger Insights
The Chairman of Societe Generale, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, urges Europe to embrace stablecoins or be left behind in…
Bank of England eyes stablecoins for wholesale payments, tokenization – Ledger Insights
The Bank of England outlined a notably progressive position on digital innovation this week, with Executive Director Sasha…
Analysis: How XRP could undermine Ripple’s move for national trust bank charter – Ledger Insights
Ripple Labs has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a charter as…
EU ECB Commits to Distributed Ledger Technology Settlement Work
The European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council has approved research efforts that will use central bank money to…
ECB’s interim solution for wholesale DLT settlement will take more than a year – Ledger Insights
In February the European Central Bank announced plans for a two track Eurosystem solution to enable the wholesale…
ECB consults on extending RTGS hours – could help DLT payments, digital euro – Ledger Insights
On Friday the European Central Bank launched a consultation on extending the hours of T2, its main real…