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The Weekly Briefing 🗞️ 9 Europe’s banks eye a euro stablecoin, Kaia Labs links Asia’s stablecoin economy, Morgan Stanley preps crypto on E*Trade, US & UK drive global digital finance, and the CFTC launches tokenized collateral & stablecoin initiative in derivatives markets. let's dive in 👇

A multi-stablecoin world brings choice and flexibility to an emerging and potentially vast market, writes Noelle Acheson in American Banker’s BankThink. The resulting chaos has solutions, and selection will streamline the available options even further. Read more: https://bit.ly/3VY5Hkr

On our latest #TRMTalks, Lesley Chavkin shares her perspective on global policy convergence and what it takes to build trust in #stablecoins. Lesley and host Ari Redbord cover: ✔️ Global stablecoin regulation — what’s working, what’s next ✔️ Infrastructure and compliance lessons for financial institutions ✔️ Lessons from Lesley’s experience — from U.S. Department of the Treasury to Paxos Listen now 👉 https://lnkd.in/esh-_WU8

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, tokenisation wasn’t just a talking point — it was the spine of the agenda. From central bank announcements to infrastructure upgrades, the week marked a decisive shift in how digital assets are being treated: not as speculative instruments, but as the future plumbing of global finance. Yet as the sector rallies around blockchain-based settlement, programmable money, and tokenised deposits, a more sobering question looms. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gwPtVx8r

Great insight by Stani Kulechov. Capping stablecoin holdings just because they're onchain misses the point. With good rules, a fully-backed stablecoin is no riskier than regular e-money. The EU's MiCA law is an attempt to take a step forward, but it seems that the UK's approach is to a take a step back. We need rules that help the industry, protect people, and don't just close the door on new technology. #Stablecoins #CryptoRegulation #UKCrypto #MiCA #DigitalAssets #Fintech #SmartRegulation #FutureOfFinance

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, tokenisation wasn’t just a talking point — it was the spine of the agenda. From central bank announcements to infrastructure upgrades, the week marked a decisive shift in how digital assets are being treated: not as speculative instruments, but as the future plumbing of global finance. Yet as the sector rallies around blockchain-based settlement, programmable money, and tokenised deposits, a more sobering question looms. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gtRzz4HU

Really?! This makes literally zero sense. Imposing a holding limit on a retail-issued CBDC does make sense, as the money is transferred from a commercial entity back to the Central Bank. If this happened at large scale, then that would represent a significant reduction in the free floating money supply in the economy available for credit creation. But if an individual or an entity withdraws cash from their bank to buy a privately issued stablecoin, the money stays within the system. The entity holding it (ie the stablecoin issuer) will do whatever it can to earn a return on that cash, which will, by definition, result in the creation of credit in the economy. Either directly if the stablecoin issuer buys yielding assets eg mortgages/loans/etc, or indirectly, if the stablecoin issuer sticks to government bonds, which at least helps keep risk-free rates low. https://lnkd.in/ej6AnGXW

Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Currencies With the rise of digital currencies, the financial industry faces both tremendous opportunities and significant challenges. Digital assets offer faster and cheaper transactions, but also raise concerns regarding regulation, security, and market stability. It’s an exciting time to be in finance, and I look forward to seeing how the industry adapts and innovates. #DigitalCurrency #Finance #Innovation