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China now settles nearly a third of its $6.2 trillion trade in yuan instead of dollars — up from 20% in 2022. But economic imbalances and tight capital controls will keep the currency from truly usurping the greenback. China’s drive to reduce reliance on the …

China now settles nearly a third of its $6.2 trillion trade in yuan instead of dollars — up from 20% in 2022. But economic imbalances and tight capital controls will keep the currency from truly usurping the greenback. China’s drive to reduce reliance on the …

Banco Inter and Chainlink joined Brazil’s central bank and HKMA in a Drex pilot showing how blockchain can improve cross-border trade settlement.

1. A Decade in the Making Over a decade ago, I had the privilege of leading Apple Pay’s launch for A...

BNM’s tokenization roadmap aims to focus on real-world use cases such as SME supply chain financing, Shariah-compliant Islamic products, green finance and 24/7 cross-border payments.

Christine Lagarde, the head of the European Central Bank, issued a statement on Friday touting the next phase of the EU's central bank digital currency pilot.

ECB銀行のLivio Stracca*1が、以下の近著で提示した現在の金融経済における考察から7つをピックアップして表題のVoxEUコラム（原題は「What money will become: Seven key questions」）で提示している（H/T Mostly Economics）。Redefining the Monetary Standard in the Digital Age: Digital Innovations and the Future of Monetary Policy (E…

Stablecoins are the crypto du jour. The hype has been turned up several notches after the passage of the GENIUS act. I wrote about the genius of the GENIUS act. The genius of the act is to convince the crypto-universe that it is beneficial to them while promo…

Vincent Scott, a well-known voice in the XRP community, urged patience while restating a big claim: he called XRP and the XRP Ledger humanity’s “best chance” to change how money moves around the globe. His message, shared on X, mixed optimism about Ripple’s c…

France’s center-right UDR party, led by Éric Ciotti, is introducing its first comprehensive crypto bill to create a national Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, aiming to acquire up to 2% of Bitcoin’s supply (≈420,000 BTC) over seven to eight years to strengthen finan…

The U.S. stops minting pennies in 2026. Why Bitcoin's satoshis and regulated stablecoins offer the precision physical money can't and what merchants need to know now.

Because fewer people like banknotes, and payment sovereignty is a problem The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided the bloc needs a digital version of the Euro, and ordered work that could see it enter circulation in 2029.…

Blockchain was built to be the infrastructure for a new era of financial services. Until recently, the industry had seemed far from that goal, stuck primarily in “offshore casinos” and peddled by speculators. That’s changing amid a shifting policy posture in …

Europe could see the digital euro issued continent-wide as early as 2029, after a potential CBDC pilot in mid-2027.

The European Central Bank says it could launch a digital euro pilot in 2027 ahead of a 2029 launch for the CBDC.