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Daily Archives: 09/01/2026

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Stablecoins vs CBDCs: the programmable currency war has entered its terminal phase

Thesis. 2026 is the year of monetary bifurcation: the United States has chosen regulated private stablecoins (GENIUS Act, explicit ban on a Fed retail CBDC), while Europe is building the public digital euro (Parliament vote in February 2026, ECB Governing Council decision on October 30, 2025, pilot possible mid-2027, first issuance envisaged in 2029, construction…

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From Gold to BUIDL: How Rents Are Becoming the Center of Gravity of Global Finance

Lead: The tokenization of real-world assets has quadrupled since the start of 2025, reaching approximately $33.5 billion. But the figure isn't the main point, it's the nature of the product that has changed. Gone are speculative tokens; on-chain finance now produces bonds without bondholders, rents without landlords, yield without teller windows. Welcome to the programmable…

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