Policy
The G20's Digital Asset Pledge Is Missing China's Signature
Beijing blocked the communiqué over language on trade surpluses, not crypto. The digital asset commitments went out anyway, carrying nineteen names and the chair's.
·Aubrey Swanson
Cross-border Payments
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Policy
India Routes $80 Billion of Welfare Through the Digital Rupee as Reserve Bank Pushes BRICS to Link Its CBDCs at the 2026 Summit
India's Reserve Bank has begun routing portions of the country's $80 billion welfare programme through the digital rupee in ten state-level pilots, while urging the federal government to put a BRICS-wide CBDC interoperability proposal on the agenda of the bloc's 2026 summit.
·Tom Chen
Business
SWIFT Advances Its Blockchain Shared Ledger to MVP, Bringing 40 Banks Into a Live Test of Tokenised Cross-Border Payments
SWIFT has completed the design phase of its blockchain-based shared ledger and is building an MVP for live tokenised deposit payments across more than 200 countries. The system, built on Hyperledger Besu, aims to make cross-border settlement a 24/7 operation.
·Sarah Blake
Business
Circle's Jeremy Allaire Sees a Yuan Stablecoin Coming Within Five Years — and Wants to Build the Pipes
The USDC issuer's chief executive told Reuters that China could launch a yuan-backed stablecoin within three to five years, framing the dollar-yuan contest as a technological race that Circle intends to win regardless of which currency prevails.
·William Dale