In yesterday’s Mansion House speech, the UK’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that the issuance of the country’s digital government bond, DIGIT, will take place in early 2027, making the UK the first G7 country to issue a digital sovereign bond. Simultaneously, a joint US-UK statement on stablecoins was published alongside the recommendations of the Transatlantic […] The post UK-US Transatlantic Taskforce prioritizes tokenized assets, stablecoins appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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Cloudflare has opened a waitlist for its Monetization Gateway, which will let customers charge for any resource sitting behind Cloudflare’s network, whether web pages, datasets, APIs or AI MCP tools. At launch, payments will settle in stablecoins over x402, the payment protocol founded by Coinbase. The x402 protocol revives the long dormant HTTP “Payment Required” […] The post Cloudflare unveils stablecoin solution for AI agent payments appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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In preparation for a talk at the ECB Forum today, the Bank of Korea published a paper on its unified ledger Project Hangang (Han River). It involves tokenized deposits from commercial banks, with interbank settlement using a wholesale CBDC. Seven banks participated in Phase I earlier this year, expanding to nine for Phase II which […] The post Korea’s unified ledger paper is silent on privacy. Central banks should take note appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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A year after the Bank for International Settlements branded stablecoins “unsound money,” the BIS has returned with a more constructive follow up. Its latest report, “Anchoring trust in money: innovation beyond stablecoins,” pre-released today, still catalogs the shortcomings. The tone, however, has shifted from dismissal toward prescription. Acting Head of Monetary and Economic Department Frank […] The post BIS identifies stablecoin gaps. Regulation and innovations are already closing them appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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A new BIS Bulletin identifies two distinct models of stablecoin remuneration on centralized exchanges, each with very different risk profiles for holders. The taxonomy is timely. Interest prohibitions already in force in the EU and now taking shape in the US primarily target the model that carries less risk for holders. Under “reserve-based” remuneration, the […] The post BIS maps stablecoin yield models. Do interest bans target the right one? appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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In September 2025 the Digital Currency Research Institute, a division of China’s central bank, unveiled a center to boost international usage of its e-CNY digital currency. Today it announced that the first batch of 26 banks have signed up to CBETS, the Cross Border e-CNY Transfer Services. While the digital RMB was originally a central […] The post China launches e-CNY digital currency internationally as 26 banks sign up for CBETS appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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Payment technology firm Nuvei has agreed to acquire cross border payments platform Payoneer for $2.75 billion in cash, creating a combined entity processing more than $500 billion in annual payment volume across more than 190 countries. The deal brings together Nuvei’s payment acceptance capabilities with Payoneer’s cross border payouts, multi currency accounts and banking network. […] The post Nuvei to buy Payoneer for $2.75bn, combining stablecoin receipts, payouts appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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The SEC proposed on 11 June to rescind two pillars of Regulation NMS for listed stock trading, the Rule 611 trade through rule and Rule 610(e). It opened a 60 day comment period. Rule 611 bars a trading venue from executing an order at a price worse than the best automated quote displayed at another […] The post SEC plans to scrap two NMS rules that hinder tokenized stock trading via DeFi AMMs appeared first on Ledger Insights - blockchain for enterprise .
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