Briefings archive
Every weekly briefing, latest first. Each edition is a synthesis of the week's most material tokenisation, on-chain payments, and digital-asset regulation moves.
15 editions
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- 1510 August 2026
- What's new in AsiaSygnum's APAC Tokenization Report 2026 maps allocation behaviour across Singapore, Hong Kong, and Korea
- Payments & settlementECB targets 21 September go-live for Project Pontes, bringing tokenised central bank money into production
- Issuance & fundsBlackRock launches tokenised access to $311 billion of European money-market funds
Open briefing15 narrated · of 495 scanned - 1326 July 2026
- What's new in AsiaBank of Korea prepares live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September
- Payments & settlementBNY targets 24/7 US Treasury settlement, with a tokenised pilot by end-2026
- Issuance & fundsMubadala Capital tokenises private markets strategy via KAIO, with Coinbase on the cap table of holders
Open briefing26 narrated · of 606 scanned - 1112 July 2026
- What's new in AsiaPBOC, HKMA and SFC jointly announce development of a Hong Kong fixed-income and currency trading platform
- Payments & settlementSCB is first respondent bank live on Citi's tokenised deposit clearing solution
- Issuance & fundsBlackRock, Citi and 46 firms complete tokenised MMF collateral trials with GDF and ISDA
Open briefing19 narrated · of 423 scanned - 105 July 2026
- What's new in AsiaFSTB and HKMA confirm Hong Kong's tokenised bond legal footing, signal intent to advance DLT settlement
- Payments & settlementOpen Standard launches Open USD, a shared-governance stablecoin backed by Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and 140-plus partners
- Regulatory & licensingBank of England and FCA publish joint framework for systemic stablecoin issuers
Open briefing7 narrated · of 146 scanned - 821 June 2026
- What's new in AsiaHKEX and HKMA launch a pilot for digital payment in derivatives after-hours trading
- Payments & settlementmBridge reported ready for commercialisation, weighing Hong Kong incorporation
- Regulatory & licensingFederal Reserve opens consultation on stablecoin issuer customer-identification rules
Open briefing10 narrated · of 130 scanned - 424 May 2026
- Cross-border / globalBIS Project Agorá prototype demonstrates two-layer architecture preserving central bank control while enabling atomic cross-border settlement
- United StatesPaxos granted temporary DLT-based clearing agency registration by SEC, becoming eighth US CSD and first built on distributed ledger technology
- JapanFSA clarifies legal pathway for foreign trust-based stablecoins, resolving securities classification risk and enabling institutional circulation
Open briefing80 narrated · of 1069 scanned - 211 May 2026
- United StatesDTCC confirms July limited rollout and October general launch for tokenised equity entitlements, backed by SEC no-action letter and 50-firm working group
- SwitzerlandFINMA approves merger of SDX DLT CSD into SIX SIS, consolidating tokenised securities infrastructure under single CSD licence
- Career and partnership signalBullish acquires Equiniti for $4.2bn, positioning transfer agent infrastructure as the next M&A vector in tokenised equity stack
Open briefing6 narrated · of 25 scanned - 128 April 2026
- Cross-border / globalThree appointments at the BIS and adjacent bodies set to shape cross-border tokenisation governance for the next three to five years
- Hong KongSFC unveils new regulatory framework to allow secondary trading of tokenised SFC-authorised investment products
- JapanNomura, Mizuho, JSCC and Digital Asset announce a tokenised JGB collateral trial on the Canton Network
Open briefing14 narrated · of 85 scanned