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ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said private digital money cannot scale Europe’s tokenized markets on its own, pointing to Pontes and broader legal reform as next steps.
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A central bank is the main entity responsible for a region’s money system. Some of the world’s prominent central banks include the eurozone’s European Central Bank, the United States Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Reserve Bank of India and the People’s Bank of China. Central banks supervise a number of economic aspects regarding their respective regions, including money supply management.
A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, serves as a digital form of a region’s currency. A CBDC could possibly be called a central bank cryptocurrency, although because a CBCD is essentially a digital form of fiat currency, such assets are not decentralized and are not the same as the crypto assets native to the cryptocurrency industry.
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The initiative targets how a digital euro would operate across existing payment rails, with emphasis on offline transactions and interoperability.
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The Bank of England is open to fixes on its proposed stablecoin framework, but one official said it needs better feedback from crypto industry participants.
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Hong Kong is set to issue its first stablecoin issuer licenses, with HSBC and Standard Chartered likely among a “very small number” of initially approved issuers, local media reported.
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The European Central Bank has launched Appia to guide Europe’s tokenized financial ecosystem anchored in central bank money, with early Pontes pilots planned for 2026.
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Officials said the bank may start allocating funds to crypto-related equities and ETFs as early as April.
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More than 1,800 crypto businesses operate in the UAE, with over 600 Web3 companies based in Dubai’s DMCC free zone.
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BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the experiments will examine links between blockchain systems and Japan’s existing settlement infrastructure.
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The Bank of Korea proposed a bank-led consortium and a statutory interagency body for issuer approvals, citing the US GENIUS Act as a model, according to local media.
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Joachim Nagel said euro-pegged stablecoins would offer the bloc more independence from US dollar-pegged coins soon to be allowed under the GENIUS Act.
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Crypto companies have backed a Federal Reserve proposal to give them limited access to the central bank, while banking associations have urged caution.
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India is exploring cross-border use of the e-rupee to reduce payment costs, improve trade settlement efficiency and expand the rupee’s global role.
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Warsh’s nomination as the new Fed chair has ignited US liquidity drought concerns, but his interest rate policy may hold the silver lining for risk asset recovery, according to market analysts.
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Kevin Warsh, seen as a more hawkish Federal Reserve chair pick, previously said Bitcoin could serve as a check on fiscal policy decisions.
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The parliamentary inquiry comes as regulators warn that stablecoins could drain bank deposits and reshape payments.
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