China’s State Council, the country’s cabinet, will discuss the use of offshore RMB stablecoins for trade settlement, according to a Reuters report. The topic will form part of broader discussions about expanding the use of the renminbi internationally. Given other developments, this may not be the first time the topic has been discussed. For example

Coin World Friday, Aug 22, 2025 11:44 am ET 1min read - Argentina’s CNV expanded its regulatory sandbox to include tokenized stocks and bonds, enabling blockchain-based equity and debt securities under a controlled framework. - The program allows settlement agents to hold tokenized assets and facilitates conversion between digital and traditional securities, balancing innovation with

Today the Financial Times ran an article saying EU officials are accelerating plans for the digital euro central bank digital currency, spurred on by the passage of the US GENIUS Act for stablecoins. It also asserted that officials are mulling launching the digital euro on the public Ethereum or Solana blockchains, “rather than a private

Today State Street announced it has joined JP Morgan’s Digital Debt Service as a third party custodian. In April last year JP Morgan launched the platform as an issuance service using its Kinexys permissioned blockchain, with the City of Quincy issuing a $10 million digital bond. In State Street’s first transaction on the platform, it

Coin World Thursday, Aug 21, 2025 1:03 pm ET 2min read - State Street adopts JPMorgan’s blockchain-based Digital Debt Service to streamline debt securities issuance and settlement, marking a first for major custodians. - The platform automates debt lifecycle processes via immutable ledgers, enhancing transparency, reducing operational risks, and enabling real-time asset visibility for clients.

Germany has one of the most advanced interbank tokenized deposit projects, the Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) initiative. Three firms are now joining as Technical Service Providers – the UDPN DLT payment network, IT consultants GFT, and central bank supplier G+D. While many think of tokenized deposits as JP Morgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments or Citi

Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Universal Digital Payment Network (UDPN), Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), and GFT Technologies (GFT) have joined the Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) initiative as technical service providers. The project is designed to enable tokenised commercial bank money, facilitating direct and secure transactions between businesses