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Visa Launches Stablecoin Platform for Financial Institutions

Jul 23, 2026

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6 min read

Visa Launches Stablecoin Platform for Financial Institutions

Last week, payments giant Visa introduced its Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP), designed to help financial institutions and enterprises hold, move, and manage stablecoins through a single Visa-managed environment. The platform will initially support Open USD (OUSD) and launch in beta to a limited group of customers.

Louis Tellier, Maximilian Vargas

Weekly Briefing

Swift Opens Its Shared Ledger to Initial Use With 17 Banks

Jul 16, 2026

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6 min read

Swift Opens Its Shared Ledger to Initial Use With 17 Banks

Swift said its blockchain-based ledger is ready for initial use, with 17 banks preparing live pilots for tokenised deposit payments. The ledger coordinates what banks owe each other, but leaves final settlement on existing rails.

Louis Tellier, Maximilian Vargas

Weekly Briefing

Jul 9, 2026

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6 min read

UK FCA Finalizes Long-Awaited Crypto Rules

Last week, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its final rules for regulating crypto-assets and stablecoins. The regime covers trading platforms, custody, and stablecoin issuance, while rules for systemic stablecoin issuers are still being finalized separately and will fall under Bank of England supervision. The full framework will take effect in October 2027.

Weekly Briefing

Jul 2, 2026

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6 min read

Exclusive: CACEIS in Talks to Acquire Crypto Investment Platform Meria

According to Blockstories' information, CACEIS, the custodian bank of Crédit Agricole, is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Meria, a French crypto investment platform co-founded by Owen Simonin, better known as Hasheur, France's most popular crypto influencer.

Weekly Briefing

Jun 19, 2026

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6 min read

Citigroup Rolls Out Tokenization Service for Private Company Shares

Citigroup unveiled a new service to tokenize Digital Depositary Receipts (DRs) for private shares, with a listing on SIX’s permissioned blockchain network. The first transaction involved a Citi portfolio company and Kaleido, a tokenization platform that works with SWIFT, HSBC, and the BIS.

Weekly Briefing

Apr 16, 2026

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6 min read

Broadridge Extends Governance to Tokenized Equities, Paving the Way for Scale

The firm behind 80% of U.S. proxy votes brings corporate governance onchain, starting with Galaxy.

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Louis Tellier, +1

Apr 9, 2026

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13 min read

Lise Opens Europe's First Onchain Equity IPO Under the DLT Pilot Regime

Today, Paris-based Lise opens subscriptions for Europe's first regulated onchain IPO of natively tokenized equity, giving retail and institutional investors direct access to the offering.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier, +1

Apr 2, 2026

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12 min read

Institutions Take Center Stage at Kaiko’s The Agora Event in Cannes

On Tuesday, blockchain data provider Kaiko hosted the first edition of the Agora Summit at the Marriott Hotel in Cannes. The event featured more than 50 speakers from across DeFi and TradFi, including executives from Euroclear, Société Générale, Standard Chartered, DTCC, Fidelity, Amundi, and BPCE Group.

Weekly Briefing

Maximilian Vargas, +1

Mar 26, 2026

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13 min read

Exclusive: Crédit Agricole Prepares to Launch a Euro-Denominated Stablecoin

According to our information, Crédit Agricole is preparing to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin. The project remains in the structuring phase, with a potential launch as early as this summer.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier, +1

Mar 19, 2026

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13 min read

U.S. Banks Announce Shared Ledger Built on Ethereum Layer-2 ZKsync Prividium

On Tuesday, the Cari Network disclosed that ZKsync’s Prividium, a permissioned Ethereum Layer-2, will serve as the blockchain infrastructure for its tokenized deposit platform.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier, +1

Mar 12, 2026

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14 min read

Onchain Treasury Management: Crypto-Native Players Are Pushing Upstream Into Enterprises

Some of our most recent conversations with financial institutions indicate that interest in stablecoin-based treasury management is growing. To better understand where adoption stands today and what is still missing, we spoke with three players approaching the market from different angles

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier, +1

Mar 5, 2026

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14 min read

Why WisdomTree's SEC Exemption Is a Structural Turning Point For Tokenized MMFs

Last week, WisdomTree received SEC exemptive relief from the forward pricing rule, the regulation that requires all U.S. mutual fund orders to be executed at the daily NAV strike, typically at 4 p.m. ET. The exemption allows WisdomTree’s broker-dealer to trade its tokenized government money market fund 24/7 at a fixed $1 price on the secondary market. It’s the first relief of its kind.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier, +1

Mar 4, 2026

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13 min read

Opening the Door to 24/7 Mutual Funds: WisdomTree on Its SEC Exemption – Interview

Last week, WisdomTree received SEC exemptive relief from the forward pricing rule. allows WisdomTree’s broker-dealer to trade its tokenized government money market fund 24/7 at a fixed $1 price on the secondary market. We spoke with Maredith Hannon about why that matters and how the fund works in practice.

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Louis Tellier, +1

Feb 26, 2026

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12 min read

Luxembourg Greenlights Crypto in UCITS: What It Means for Europe’s Fund Industry

In early February, Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the CSSF, published a landmark update to its rules on crypto-assets for investment funds, allowing UCITS to allocate up to 10% of their portfolio to crypto.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier, +1

Visa Launches Stablecoin Platform for Financial Institutions

Swift Opens Its Shared Ledger to Initial Use With 17 Banks

UK FCA Finalizes Long-Awaited Crypto Rules

Exclusive: CACEIS in Talks to Acquire Crypto Investment Platform Meria

Citigroup Rolls Out Tokenization Service for Private Company Shares

Broadridge Extends Governance to Tokenized Equities, Paving the Way for Scale

Lise Opens Europe's First Onchain Equity IPO Under the DLT Pilot Regime

Institutions Take Center Stage at Kaiko’s The Agora Event in Cannes

Exclusive: Crédit Agricole Prepares to Launch a Euro-Denominated Stablecoin

U.S. Banks Announce Shared Ledger Built on Ethereum Layer-2 ZKsync Prividium

Onchain Treasury Management: Crypto-Native Players Are Pushing Upstream Into Enterprises

Why WisdomTree's SEC Exemption Is a Structural Turning Point For Tokenized MMFs

Opening the Door to 24/7 Mutual Funds: WisdomTree on Its SEC Exemption – Interview

Luxembourg Greenlights Crypto in UCITS: What It Means for Europe’s Fund Industry

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