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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
Louis Tellier, Maximilian Vargas

Weekly Briefing

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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
Louis Tellier, Maximilian Vargas

Weekly Briefing

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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.

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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

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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.

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Feb 19, 2026

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12 min read

Exclusive: France’s Largest Banks Prepare Tokenized Deposit System

Participants include BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Crédit Agricole, and BPCE Group.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Feb 12, 2026

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12 min read

Boerse Stuttgart Settles First Confidential Tokenized Security Transaction on Ethereum

Last week, Boerse Stuttgart Group announced that it had executed the first confidential, tokenized delivery-versus-payment (DvP) transactions on a public blockchain. The transactions were carried out via its DLT settlement platform Seturion, with transaction logic executed on Aztec, an Ethereum layer-2 privacy network.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Feb 5, 2026

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13 min read

Eurosystem Greenlights Tokenized Collateral for March 2026

Last week, the European Central Bank announced a decisive step toward integrating tokenized securities into the core of the Eurosystem. From 30 March 2026, the Eurosystem, comprising the ECB and the national central banks of the euro area, plans to accept DLT-based securities as eligible collateral for its credit operations.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

Jan 29, 2026

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11 min read

From Full-Stack to Modular: How Banks Are Building Their Crypto Retail Offering

Over the past few months alone, several major European banks, including DZ Bank, KBC and Groupe BPCE, have either announced or launched retail crypto offerings. We spoke with market participants on how these services are built.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

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.

Weekly Briefing

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

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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7 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

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

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

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1

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

Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas, +1
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