Central Bank Digital Currency

ECB details digital euro’s settlement engine at prototype phase

Four securities financing takeaways from recent digital assets events

BIS policy perspectives on wholesale CBDC

Brazil central bank picks 14 participants for DvP protocol CBDC pilot

AFME/DPF: fostering interoperability and standardization with wholesale CBDCs

NY Fed and MAS publish results of cross-border wCBDC experiment

BIS reviews regulatory landscape of crypto, tokens and DeFi

GFMA report details DLT and CBDC market developments

Unstoppable Finance to build first “DeFi-native” bank and launch euro-backed stablecoin

Europe’s ECON thinks CBDC prep is fine but doubtful on launching digital euro

Brazil central bank to select 10 market participants for CBDC pilot

BoE’s Wilkins outlines 3 CBDC design principles for digital pound

Finadium Big Ideas Quarterly Q2 2023 now online

We review ISLA’s paper on tokenization for securities finance

SocGen’s SG-Forge launches Euro-based stablecoin on public blockchain

Fed’s Michelle Bowman: Considerations for a Central Bank Digital Currency

Finadium: DeFi for the Securities Industry

The Block: New stablecoin bill draft introduced in US House of Representatives

DCMA launches international CBDC

BIS: Stablecoins versus tokenised deposits: implications for the singleness of money

Analysis of the tokenization and CBDC panels at Citi’s Digital Money Symposium

Japan Exchange Group invests in Boostry for security tokens

IMF: monetary implications of CBDC for conventional and Islamic banking systems

ECB report considers CBDC and bank disintermediation

US White House economics report considers FedNow vs. CBDC

Eurex Derivatives Forum: how advanced tech is being deployed

OFR: digital currency may increase household welfare and lower volatility, also poses risks to banks

Circle calls for Fed backing of USDC after surviving SVB collapse

Silicon Valley Bank and Circle’s USDC show the perils of collateral security for stablecoins – we called this in a recent report

Swift updates on experimental CBDC connector for central and commercial banks

Brazil central bank details CBDC pilot guidelines

BIS concludes cross-border experiment with retail CBDCs

RBA announces industry participants for CBDC use cases

US Treasury’s Liang on next steps for CBDCs, announces working group

LI: BIS chief talks unified ledger for CBDC, tokenized deposits, digital assets

Asset servicing feeling the heat over blockchain RoI

Bank of Canada: review of CBDC and banking

UK accepts possible bank disintermediation with digital pound

Experts: wholesale cross-border markets are best candidate for CBDC + DLT

How many bank stablecoins will the world need?

ECB’s Panetta on digital euro’s intermediaries and “programmable payments”

CoinDesk: NAB launching stablecoin in mid-2023

SFM Interview: EIB’s Xavier Leroy on issuing bonds on the blockchain

BPI warns on Circle’s BlackRock fund getting access to overnight repo facility

SFM’s top stories in 2022 – a look back at the year’s big trends by the numbers

SFM Interview: ICMA’s Jarratt on capital market priorities for fintech

SFM Interview: SocGen’s Marochini on digitalized markets progress

Banque de France, HSBC and IBM publish report on CBDC for interbank settlements

Spain’s central bank calls for tech and financial partners on CBDC program

France and Lux central banks use CBDC for EIB’s €100mn digital bond issuance