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SG-FORGE CEO After Swift Trial: “Stablecoins Are Ready. Tokenized Deposits Are Not”

Jan 22, 2026

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13 min read

SG-FORGE CEO After Swift Trial: “Stablecoins Are Ready. Tokenized Deposits Are Not”

Last week, Swift announced the successful completion of a delivery-versus-payment settlement trial for tokenized bonds. In our conversation, Stenger explained why this trial is significant for large-scale standardization and interoperability, and why SG-FORGE is betting on stablecoins rather than tokenized deposits.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, Maximilian Vargas

Weekly Briefing

Announcing: Blockstories Horizon 2026 – The Event Series for Visionaries

Jan 8, 2026

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4 min read

Announcing: Blockstories Horizon 2026 – The Event Series for Visionaries

Let's talk about the next big trends in digital assets.

Maximilian Vargas
Maximilian Vargas

Dec 18, 2025

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14 min read

DTCC Announces Pilot on Canton Network Following SEC No Action Letter

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) received a No Action Letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The relief allows DTCC to run a three-year pilot of a blockchain-based post-trade layer, while keeping its core clearing, settlement, and risk-management infrastructure firmly offchain.

Weekly Briefing

Dec 11, 2025

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14 min read

EU Commission Proposes Major Overhaul of Pilot Regime in Move Toward DLT-Based Markets

Last week, the European Commission proposed a set of measures designed to lay the foundations for a future European capital market built on blockchain. At its core is a major overhaul of the Pilot Regime, the EU framework that lets financial institutions trade and settle tokenized securities under regulatory supervision.

Weekly Briefing

Dec 4, 2025

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13 min read

BNP Paribas Joins European Stablecoin Consortium Qivalis

On Tuesday, the euro stablecoin consortium held its first press conference, unveiling its name, Qivalis, and introducing its management team. The group, originally formed by nine banks including ING, UniCredit and DekaBank, also announced a major addition: BNP Paribas, Europe’s largest bank, will become its tenth member.

Weekly Briefing

Nov 27, 2025

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14 min read

Société Générale Enters U.S. Market With First Tokenized Bond Issuance

Société Générale carried out its first issuance of a tokenized U.S. bond via its blockchain subsidiary SG-Forge. The move underscores the bank’s broader global push into asset tokenization, as well as its growing strategic focus on the U.S. market.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Nov 20, 2025

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14 min read

Exclusive: ECB Weighs Building Its Own Ledger For CBDC as Market Solutions Fall Short

For several months, the ECB and the Eurosystem have been assessing which technological foundations could support a potential wholesale CBDC while preserving monetary sovereignty. According to internal notes reviewed by Blockstories, progress on market-led options has been limited, leading the ECB to increasingly examine the possibility of providing its own infrastructure rather than relying exclusively on private-sector solutions.

Weekly Briefing

Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas, +1

Nov 13, 2025

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13 min read

BoE Proposes Stablecoin Framework with Holding Caps and Central Bank Access

On Monday, the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper outlining its proposed regulatory framework for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins. The document introduces two unprecedented features: a holding cap for users and the potential for issuers to access central bank liquidity.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Nov 6, 2025

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15 min read

Exclusive: ECB Set to Lose Battle Over Dual-Issuance Stablecoins

According to people familiar with the matter, the European Central Bank is set to lose its campaign to ban the dual-issuance stablecoin model, after nearly a year of behind-the-scenes lobbying.

Weekly Briefing

Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas, +1

Oct 30, 2025

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14 min read

IBM Debuts 'Digital Asset Haven' Platform With Dfns to Ease Institutional Access

On Monday, tech giant IBM announced the launch of Digital Asset Haven, a platform for institutions to custody, manage, and settle digital assets. Built with wallet-infrastructure provider Dfns, the platform runs on the same systems that already process most of the world’s payments and capital-markets operations.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Oct 23, 2025

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14 min read

Lise Secures EU DLT License to Open Capital Markets to SMEs

French startup Lise has obtained authorization to operate a DLT-based market infrastructure under the EU’s Pilot Regime. Now it wants to open public capital markets to smaller companies.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Oct 21, 2025

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8 min read

ODDO BHF, First European Bank to Bring Stablecoin Reserves Onto Its Balance Sheet: “This model will become a reference”

By launching EUROD, ODDO BHF has become the first European bank to issue a euro-denominated, regulation-compliant stablecoin with reserves directly integrated into its balance sheet — a setup that removes one of the main constraints banks have faced when issuing stablecoins. We spoke with Guy de Leusse, Deputy COO of Oddo BHF.

Interview

Louis Tellier
Louis Tellier

Oct 16, 2025

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14 min read

Major Banks Join Forces to Explore Issuance of Digital Money

On Friday, ten major banks, including Santander, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, UBS, Deutsche Bank and Citi, announced they are joining forces to explore issuing a “1:1 reserve-backed form of digital money” on public blockchains, initially focused on G7 currencies.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Oct 9, 2025

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14 min read

“Europe Needs a Unified Capital Markets DLT” — The Regulated Layer 1 (RL1) Aims to Deliver It

Last week, Frankfurt-based SWIAT announced the Regulated Layer 1 (RL1), a shared ledger for capital-markets activity that builds on the existing SWIAT network under a new cooperative governance model. The initiative unites ten European financial institutions, including ABN AMRO, DekaBank, DZ BANK, KfW, LBBW, Natixis CIB, and NatWest.

Weekly Briefing

Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas, +1
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