ECB Launches Pontes: Europe’s Wholesale Markets Now Settle Tokenized Trades in Central Bank Money

The Eurosystem’s new blockchain settlement bridge went live September 21, 2026, with 13 institutions onboarded. It replaces stablecoin and commercial-bank-deposit settlement with central bank money for tokenized asset trades.... Read more »

Bitcoin Broke $80,000. Blockchain’s ‘Real Infrastructure’ Is Still Mostly Years Away

Bitcoin traded near $63,000 on August 1 and climbed to a three-month high above $80,000 by August 24, with the rally landing alongside blockchain announcements from Wells Fargo, Japan’s... Read more »

South Korea Tests Whether Sovereign Debt Can Move Onto a Shared Ledger by 2027

What South Korea’s 2027 Tokenized Bond Pilot Means for Banks and Blockchain Vendors  South Korea did not turn Bitcoin into sovereign money last week. Its government opened a legal... Read more »
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