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59material developments in the last 90 days

October 2026

16 items
  1. CommentarySG

    Partior CEO argues infrastructure flexibility, not asset selection, defines next digital finance phase

    Stablecoin · Tokenised deposit · CBDC

  2. Live

    Digital bond issuance reaches €6.4 billion in 2026, outpacing full-year 2025 by 30%

    Tokenised bond

  3. LiveEUTop signal

    Luxembourg prices €1.7 billion digital sovereign bond on Deutsche Börse's D7 platform

    Tokenised bond

  4. LiveEU

    First Abu Dhabi Bank Issues AED 1 Billion Digital Green Bond via Euroclear D-FMI

    Tokenised bond

  5. ProposalEU

    ESMA Completes T+1 Regulatory Framework With One Year to EU Switch

  6. LiveUS

    BNY brings digital asset custody to EU under MiCA framework

    Stablecoin

  7. CommentaryUS

    FSB warns stablecoin frameworks untested under crisis conditions, flags multi-issuance risk

    Stablecoin

  8. ProposalGB

    Luxembourg Plans Digital Bond of Up to €3 Billion Later This Month

    Tokenised bond · CBDC

  9. ProposalGB

    Standard Chartered Plans Digital Asset Custody Launch in Singapore

    Stablecoin · Tokenised bond · Tokenised equity

  10. LiveUS

    BNY Brings MiCA-Regulated Digital Asset Custody to European Institutions

    Stablecoin · Tokenised equity · Tokenised repo

  11. ProposalUS

    LG CNS Launches KITL Platform with Five Digital Asset MOUs

    Stablecoin · Tokenised bond · Tokenised MMF

  12. LiveUS

    Arbitrum joins Global Dollar Network to claim a cut of stablecoin reserve income

    Stablecoin

  13. PilotGB

    UK Names Six Lead Managers for Digital Gilt Pilot Ahead of 2027 Launch

    Tokenised bond

  14. CommentaryEU

    ECB's Cipollone Sets Out Unified Strategy Linking Digital Euro, Pontes and Appia

    CBDC

  15. Live

    Kraken Parent Payward Links With Singapore Gulf Bank for 24/7 Dollar Settlement

    Stablecoin

  16. LiveGB

    Hong Kong Sets Another Digital Bond Record With $2.55bn Green Issuance

    Tokenised bond · Tokenised deposit · CBDC

September 2026

17 items
  1. ConsultationEU

    ECB launches second digital euro innovation platform wave, targeting AI agents and public services

    CBDC

  2. LiveHK

    Hong Kong Issues Fourth Digital Green Bond Under Tokenised Sovereign Programme

    Tokenised bond

  3. ProposalUS

    BNY Launches Cross-Border Pay-to-Wallet Service for Retail Digital Wallets

    Stablecoin

  4. ConsultationUSTop signal

    Federal Reserve opens comment on two GENIUS Act stablecoin oversight proposals

    Stablecoin

  5. Proposal

    NYSE Digital ATS Signs Blockchain.com as Third Tokenised Equity Distribution Partner

    Tokenised equity · Tokenised collateral

  6. CommentaryUS

    BlackRock frames stablecoins and tokenised compute as the rails of agentic commerce

    Stablecoin · Tokenised deposit · Other

  7. LiveGB

    ClearToken CSD becomes first non-bank approved for live UK Digital Securities Sandbox activity

    Tokenised equity · Tokenised bond · Tokenised repo

  8. LiveEU

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

    CBDC · Tokenised bond

  9. LiveKR

    KEB Hana Bank Becomes First Korean Issuer on Euroclear's D-FMI With $100 Million Bond

    Tokenised bond

  10. LiveKR

    Hana Bank completes South Korea's first digital bond via Euroclear blockchain

    Tokenised bond

  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. Live

    India begins tokenising $620 billion corporate bond market with digital rupee settlement

    Tokenised bond · CBDC

  15. LiveSG

    DBS and Citi Complete Weekend USD Cross-Border Payment on Swift Digital Ledger

    Tokenised deposit

  16. Live

    Russia's digital ruble enters live production with mandatory identity linkage

    CBDC

  17. ProposalUS

    Citi and Goldman Lead Bank Consortium on New Stablecoin Venture

    Stablecoin

August 2026

20 items
  1. ProposalUSTop signal

    ICE Invests in tZERO and Names It Second Digital Transfer Agent for NYSE Tokenised Platform

    Tokenised equity · Tokenised collateral

  2. ProposalAU

    Northern Trust and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation sign MOU to explore tokenisation

    Tokenised deposit · Stablecoin

  3. ProposalGB

    UK to give Bank of England a secondary objective for digital payments innovation

    Stablecoin · CBDC

  4. Live

    EDX Markets integrates Figure's YLDS as collateral and treasury asset

    Tokenised bond

  5. PilotKR

    Shinhan Asset Management Signs Solana PoC Deal for Won-Denominated Tokenised MMF

    Tokenised MMF · Tokenised bond

  6. LiveGB

    Standard Chartered issues $200m digital bond on Euroclear D-FMI, a G-SIB first

    Tokenised bond

  7. ProposalUS

    OCC targets November stablecoin rule as de novo digital-asset charter applications surge eightfold

    Stablecoin

  8. Live

    Toyota Finance goes direct to consumers for second digital bond in Japan

    Tokenised bond

  9. LiveCN

    China's digital RMB network grows to 30 banks as second-tier model matures

    CBDC · Tokenised deposit

  10. CommentaryUS

    TradFi Giants Embrace Crypto as 'Long Bitcoin, Short the Bankers' Era Ends

    CBDC

  11. LiveEU

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

    Tokenised bond

  12. LiveJP

    Bullish Q2 Net Loss Hits $280 Million as Bitcoin Markdown Overshadows Record Subscription Revenue

    CBDC · Tokenised bond

  13. PilotGB

    Bank of England enters Phase 2 digital pound tests with stablecoins and trade finance

    Stablecoin · CBDC

  14. PilotUS

    Coinbase wins ADGM licence to build tokenised securities hub in Abu Dhabi

    Tokenised equity · Tokenised bond · Private credit

  15. ProposalUS

    SEC Schedules August 14 Vote to Propose Formal Regulation Crypto Rulemaking

    Tokenised equity

  16. ProposalUS

    BNY and Galaxy to Add Staking to Digital Asset Custody Platform

  17. CommentaryUS

    Franklin Templeton Digital Assets is a ‘Super Validator’

  18. LiveJP

    Laser Digital Takes Single-Digit Million Stake in ZIGChain for Gulf Private Credit

    Private credit

  19. PilotUS

    BNY and Galaxy to Integrate Staking Into Institutional Digital Asset Custody

  20. ProposalUS

    BNY partners with Galaxy to bring staking into its custody platform

    CBDC

July 2026

6 items
  1. PilotSGTop signal

    OpenAssets and Partior Complete Atomic DvP Proof of Concept Using Tokenised Deposits

    Tokenised deposit · Stablecoin

  2. CommentaryUS

    Partior Makes the Case for wCBDCs as the Backbone of Global Settlement

    CBDC · Tokenised bond · Tokenised MMF

  3. LiveUS

    Tokenet Launches with Ten Partners Bringing Over $1 Billion in Digital Asset Lending Inventory

    Stablecoin

  4. LiveUS

    Ondo abandons layer-1 blockchain plan, launches private trading network for tokenised assets

    Tokenised bond · Tokenised equity · Stablecoin

  5. Consultation

    Bank of Russia Publishes Draft Digital Depository Rules Ahead of September Crypto Framework

    CBDC · Stablecoin

  6. Live

    Zodia Solutions links with TCS BaNCS to bring custody inside bank infrastructure

    CBDC · Tokenised equity · Tokenised bond