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Crypto's absorption into the financial system — stablecoins, tokenisation, custody, and the laws driving it.

UK Mandates BoE on Stablecoins

BoE Mandate: the reserve rule decides who survives

A mandate to "support stablecoins" sounds like a welcome mat. Look at the terms already set.

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    UK digital pound push

    The UK is actively advancing a digital pound, with the Bank of England driving stablecoin and CBDC innovation through mandates and live sandbox testing.

    Latest: UK set to hand BoE a formal mandate covering stablecoins/digital money — atop June's finalised regime: 30% unremunerated at the Bank (down from 40% after viability pushback), 70% in short-term gilts, £40B cap, 24-hr redemption

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    CLARITY Act Senate fight

    The CLARITY Act is moving through an increasingly narrow Senate window toward a floor vote as ethics disputes, opposition coalitions, and shifting passage odds keep the bill's fate uncertain.

    Latest: CFTC Chair Selig puts staff on notice to draft crypto market-structure rules if CLARITY stalls — "rules one way or another" — while Trump and Armstrong campaign to restore a Sept 15 vote (Armstrong: 60+ votes); the bill's fate and the agency framework now race each other openly

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    GENIUS Act stablecoin regulation

    The GENIUS Act is reshaping stablecoin oversight, pushing issuers toward bank-like compliance as rulemaking deadlines, charter races, and implementation gaps keep evolving.

    Latest: Treasury opens a 60-day comment window on GENIUS implementing rules — defining who's "issuing" and "offering" stablecoins in the US, with Tether named as the largest foreign issuer; licences required from Jan 18 2027, and from Jul 18 2028 exchanges may only offer licensed issuers' coins

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    Tether regulatory legitimacy push

    Tether is aggressively pursuing US regulatory legitimacy through lobbying, GENIUS Act compliance, and full reserve audits.

    Latest: Tether says KPMG issued a clean opinion in its first full Big Four audit — the long-promised answer to "attestations aren't audits" — covering its 2025 financials including gold holdings; the underlying statements weren't released

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    UK crypto regulation evolves

    The UK is rolling out a comprehensive crypto and digital asset regulatory framework while deepening transatlantic coordination with the US on stablecoins and tokenized finance.

    Latest: The FCA is drafting a tokenised-gold framework with major banks — gold as wholesale collateral, per FT reporting — to defend London's ~70% share of global bullion trading against Shanghai and Hong Kong; standards expected in coming months, nothing live yet

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    Digital euro momentum builds

    Europe is advancing the digital euro toward a 2029 launch through legislative approvals, ECB pilot programs, and growing private-sector participation.

    Latest: Credit Agricole launches euro-backed stablecoin EURXT, signaling private sector moves to parallel the ECB's digital euro push

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Treasury Drafts the Stablecoin Licence Line

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BoE Mandate: the reserve rule decides who survives

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Sovereign Repo: the state gets a new pipe

The trick that makes this work is legal drafting, not clever code. USDM1 calls itself a Marshall Islands sovereign bond, but look at the construction: every unit is backed…

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Tokenised Deposits: the banks are eating their own funding

Banks are building tokenised deposits (regular bank deposits put on a blockchain) specifically to avoid the trap of stablecoins draining the money that funds their loans. But the…

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