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34material developments in the last 90 days

September 2026

20 items
  1. ProposalEU

    ESMA to make AI and tokenisation a named supervisory priority from 2027

    Tokenised bond · Stablecoin · CBDC

  2. ConsultationEU

    ECB and ESCB push to close MiCA's indirect stablecoin yield loophole

    Stablecoin

  3. ConsultationEU

    ESCB Urges EU to Drop 30% Bank Deposit Rule for Stablecoin Issuers

    Stablecoin

  4. LiveEUTop signal

    ECB launches Pontes platform to settle tokenised wholesale assets in central-bank money

    CBDC · Tokenised bond · Stablecoin

  5. ProposalEU

    ECB to Buy Tokenised Bonds Through New Pontes Settlement Platform

    Tokenised bond

  6. ProposalEU

    ECB to invest own funds in tokenised securities settled via Pontes

    Tokenised bond · CBDC

  7. LiveEU

    Eurosystem launches Pontes to settle tokenised asset transactions in central bank money

    CBDC

  8. LiveEU

    ECB's Pontes Wholesale Settlement Platform Goes Live With Four DLT Operators

    CBDC · Tokenised bond

  9. ProposalEU

    S&P Global Acquires OpenZeppelin to Extend Risk Coverage to Smart-Contract Code

    Stablecoin · Tokenised MMF · CBDC

  10. ProposalEU

    Deutsche Bank Plans Crypto Custody Launch for European Institutions by Year-End

    Stablecoin

  11. ProposalEU

    Deutsche Bank Plans Digital Asset Custody for Corporate and Institutional Clients This Year

    Stablecoin

  12. PilotEU

    ECB Opens Digital Euro Pilot to Online Merchants Across 19 Countries

    CBDC

  13. PilotEU

    ECB Calls on Merchants to Join Digital Euro Pilot Programme

    CBDC

  14. CommentaryEU

    BIS Working Paper Finds On-Chain DeFi Metrics Unreliable Without Methodological Care

    Stablecoin · CBDC

  15. CommentaryEU

    ECB Paper Finds Fed Rate Signals Transmit Poorly to DeFi Stablecoin Yields

    Stablecoin · CBDC

  16. LiveEU

    S&P Global leads $110m Kaiko Series B extension with major TradFi backers

    Tokenised bond · Tokenised MMF · Tokenised equity

  17. Commentary

    ESMA warns tokenised equity wrappers fragment liquidity and fall short on promised benefits

    Tokenised equity

  18. PilotEU

    Matter Labs open-sources Prividium core as Bundesbank runs self-hosted pilot

    Tokenised MMF · Tokenised equity · Tokenised deposit

  19. PilotEU

    BNP Paribas and ABN AMRO join CBMT sandbox as deposit token network expands across Europe

    Tokenised deposit · Stablecoin

  20. ProposalEU

    Twenty-one banks and asset managers form USD stablecoin consortium targeting 2027 launch

    Stablecoin

August 2026

8 items
  1. CommentaryEU

    ECB's Schnabel Argues Central Banks Must Go On-Chain for Tokenised Finance

    Stablecoin · Tokenised repo · CBDC

  2. PilotEUTop signal

    ECB's Pontes DLT settlement platform set for September go-live

    CBDC · Tokenised bond · Tokenised collateral

  3. CommentaryEU

    ECB's Cipollone Sets Conditions for Europe's Tokenised Market to Deliver

    Tokenised bond · Tokenised deposit · Tokenised collateral

  4. ProposalEU

    Clearstream to tokenise slice of €22 trillion custody book across settlement, collateral

    Tokenised equity · Tokenised bond · Tokenised MMF

  5. ProposalEU

    ECB Names First Four DLT Operators for Pontes Ahead of September Launch

    CBDC · Stablecoin · Tokenised bond

  6. LiveEU

    Africa Finance Corporation issues CHF 350m digital bond on SDX platform

    Tokenised bond

  7. ProposalEU

    Project Pontes cash tokens lack settlement finality until 2027 ECB upgrade

    Stablecoin · CBDC

  8. PilotEU

    ECB sets 21 September go-live date for Project Pontes tokenised settlement

    CBDC

July 2026

6 items
  1. LiveEU

    Alpaca raises $435m in equity and debt to anchor tokenised stock custody

    Tokenised equity

  2. LiveEU

    Alpaca raises $435 million total to scale tokenised US equity infrastructure

    Tokenised equity · Stablecoin

  3. PilotEUTop signal

    ECB selects 36 payment service providers for digital euro pilot

    CBDC

  4. Pilot

    ECB names 36 payment firms for digital euro pilot starting 2027

    CBDC

  5. LiveEU

    ESMA Launches Supervisory Review of CASP Custody Resilience Across EU

  6. Live

    ESMA Launches Year-Long Custody Compliance Review Across 283 EU-Registered CASPs