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STEELLDYThrough Steelldy consulting company, I assist companies, fintechs, and institutions in two key areas: ◙ Economic and financial statistical modeling via our DaaS & SaaS software (macroeconomic index platform). Analysis of the transition to a multipolar world: stablecoins, gold, copper, precious metals, industrial metals, oil, dollars, euros, yuan, yen, rubles, CBDC, BISIH, mBridge, Unified Ledger, BRICS, and global regulations. ◙ Web3 Law & Taxation Legal and Tax structuring of blockchain-based projects, RWA, tokenization, cryptocurrency (stablecoins, CBDC), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO), MiCA compliance, ISO 20022, AI, MANBRIC/biotech technologies, robotics, smart cities, and ESG taxonomy.

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Cryptos

Stablecoins: $315 billion in circulation, zero dynamic reserve ratings. Why this must change

Price is the last indicator to move The stablecoin market has reached a new milestone: over $315 billion in total market capitalization, serving as the backbone of on-chain settlements, with adoption now extending far beyond the crypto ecosystem alone cross-border payments, corporate treasuries, and collateral for tokenized finance. Yet a massive, under-discussed anomaly persists:…

08/20/20260Comments

ByOleg Turceac

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Cryptos Tech

Interoperability of Instant Payment Systems and CBDCs within BRICS

On August 11, 2026, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra confirmed that BRICS members are actively exploring links between their instant payment systems (FPS) and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). The goal is to cut costs and settlement times for cross-border retail and trade payments. Discussions remain exploratory; India, as 2026 chair, hosted the summit and pushed…

08/12/20260Comments

ByOleg Turceac

Cryptos

Project Agorá: The Largest BIS Experiment Merging Tokenized Deposits and Wholesale CBDC

www.steelldy-indices.com Project Agorá, launched in April 2024 by the BIS Innovation Hub, is its largest public-private collaboration, testing a multi-currency unified ledger for wholesale cross-border payments. It builds on the BIS's "unified ledger" concept, exploring how tokenization and programmability can modernize correspondent banking without replacing the two-tier monetary system (commercial banks and central banks). …

Lagarde ferme le débat : le Bitcoin n’entrera pas dans les réserves européennes

La Banque centrale européenne (BCE), dirigée par Christine Lagarde, poursuit activement le développement d’un euro numérique (CBDC) pour une introduction prévue d’ici fin 2025. Cette initiative vise à moderniser les infrastructures de paiement en Europe tout en renforçant son autonomie stratégique face aux géants du paiement (comme Visa/Mastercard) et aux stablecoins privés (USDC, USDT). Nonobstant,…

09/21/20250Comments

ByOleg Turceac