Stablecoins
Retail CBDCs may not stop spread of stablecoins – SNB paper
Researchers argue access to central clearing would help boost singleness of money
RBA’s Jones heralds ‘seismic’ shift from tokenisation
Assistant governor says bank’s Project Acacia will illustrate technology’s transformational potential
Central Banking Awards 2026: the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements in another challenging year for central banks
Financial services: Citi
The US bank has striven to provide clients with high-level advice as well as service breadth, technical expertise and execution
Why Trump’s latest Truth should make TradFi twitchy
Wall Street is becoming the villain in US president’s crypto movie
Fintech Benchmarks 2026 report – the digital asset race
Benchmarks highlight divergent views on CBDC, stablecoins and tokenisation
Stablecoins pose risks to singleness of money – BoE study
Paper explores how monetary cohesion might be preserved amid digital innovation
Officials deny geopolitical fears driving UK payments upgrade
US card payments providers Mastercard and Visa will participate in industry meeting today
Economists warn of emerging ‘sovereign-stablecoin nexus’
Researchers model regulatory options as stablecoins become intertwined with core markets
QT ‘crucial’ if ECB is to tackle future crises, says Nagel
Bundesbank president says dollarisation by way of stablecoins could weaken European sovereignty
BNM selects firms for tokenisation and stablecoin pilots
Malaysian institutions to test wholesale payments and tokenised asset settlement
Brunei to focus on Islamic and sustainable finance
Central bank says it has no plans to introduce a CBDC or stablecoin regulations
China says tokenisation illegal under existing framework
PBoC and agencies update 2021 crypto guidelines to place restrictions on real world assets
World will choose dollar stablecoins over CBDCs – Bessent
Treasury secretary expects private sector option to be “important source of funding” for US government
AI and tokenised finance are reshaping financial trust
Amro’s CEO Yasuto Watanabe argues that sustained policy attention is needed to ensure the foundation of trust remains resilient amid financial transformation
BdF governor and Coinbase CEO clash over stablecoins at Davos
De Galhau warns of ‘full dollarisation’, while head of crypto exchange heralds dawn of ‘bitcoin standard’
China’s interest-bearing CBDC a world first, experts say
E-CNY now more integrated with commercial banking, thus solidifying country’s two-tier system
Trump crypto startup inks stablecoin deal with Pakistan
Central bank will integrate World Liberty Financial’s USD1 into country’s payment system
Collateral velocity is disappearing behind a digital curtain
Dealers may welcome digital-era rewiring to free up collateral movement, but tokenisation will obscure metrics
Academics call on European Parliament to back digital euro
Signatories of open letter say CBDC is vital to ensure Europe is not reliant on US payment providers