CBDC

Stablecoins & CBDC: the programmable currency war enters its terminal phase

Thesis. 2026 marks the global doctrinal shift. Private-regulated dollar (GENIUS Act), public-regulated euro (ECB), public-interest-bearing yuan (PBOC). Stablecoins become a…

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Dollar-backed stablecoins, neo-mercantilist regime, and energy constraints. Implications for digital assets and investment strategies

Dollar-backed stablecoins have become a dual-use instrument of U.S. economic power, extending the dollar's reach into markets where correspondent banking…

2 weeks ago

CBDC: 137 countries in the race, but who is measuring the actual speed of adoption?

The Quietest Race in Monetary History Never before have so many central banks worked simultaneously on the same transformation. According…

3 weeks ago

Detailed Technical Exploration of the mBridge Project

mBridge is a multi-CBDC (wholesale) platform for cross-border payments and foreign exchange settlements in central bank digital currencies. Originating from…

1 month ago

Taxonomy and Characterization of Carbon Credit Tokens (CCTs)

1.1 Direct Ownership Tokens 1.1.1 On-chain Representation of Carbon Credits Held in Custody by the Investor Direct ownership tokens constitute…

4 months ago

XRPL as Settlement Infrastructure

The gradual shift of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) from a simple payment network to a true institutional settlement layer (RWA,…

4 months ago

Risque systémique pour l’économie américaine et le dollar suite à l’escalade Iranienne

L’escalade militaire entre les États-Unis et l’Iran, initiée fin février 2026, a déclenché une reconfiguration structurelle du système financier mondial. L’Iran a monétisé…

6 months ago

Project Agorá, major BIS Innovation Hub initiative

Project Agorá (Greek for “marketplace”) is a major BIS Innovation Hub initiative launched in April 2024. It is a public-private…

6 months ago

Ethereum-based repo (repurchase agreement) tokenization pilots

Ethereum-based repo (repurchase agreement) tokenization pilots are primarily led by major European and Swiss institutions, building on 2024 experiments and…

6 months ago

Analyse structurelle, risques et opportunités de l’euro numérique pour les modèles d’affaires bancaires

1. Introduction et contexte stratégique Le document de la BCE représente un tournant décisif dans l’architecture monétaire européenne. Pour un…

6 months ago