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Pontes Goes Live on Monday: What You Need to Know

Sep 17, 2026

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7 min read

Pontes Goes Live on Monday: What You Need to Know

On 21 September the Eurosystem starts settling tokenized assets in central bank money. What the service does, where its limits lie, and what the operators plan for the first year.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, Maximilian Vargas

Weekly Briefing

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BNP Paribas and ABN AMRO Join Europe’s Deposit Token Network

Sep 10, 2026

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7 min read

BNP Paribas and ABN AMRO Join Europe’s Deposit Token Network

The German-born CBMT project is expanding into a broader European network as banks look beyond stablecoins to programmable commercial bank money.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, Maximilian Vargas

Weekly Briefing

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Sep 3, 2026

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7 min read

NYSE Selects tZERO as Second Partner for Its Tokenization Platform

The exchange is pursuing two routes onchain at once, and the separate venue is the one that needs partners built around it.

Weekly Briefing

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Aug 27, 2026

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6 min read

FASB Proposes Guidance on Treating Stablecoins as Cash Equivalents in the U.S.

The proposal would clear an accounting barrier to stablecoins in corporate treasury. It would not touch the prudential one.

Weekly Briefing

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Aug 20, 2026

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5 min read

SEC Opens BENJI to Franklin Templeton’s Own Funds

The no-action letter lets Franklin's mutual funds and ETFs park cash in its $726 million tokenized money market fund, and sets the first template for blockchain-based fund ownership under the 1940 Act.

Weekly Briefing

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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

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
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