ISSUE #6
Europe is building the settlement layer for tokenised finance
Why Pontes matters less as a DLT project than as the bridge connecting tokenised markets with central bank money.
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ISSUE #5
Stablecoins don't need to be the payment
Why real-world adoption begins when digital-asset liquidity can enter traditional business without forcing companies to become crypto businesses.
- Stablecoins
- Real estate
- Regulated infrastructure
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ISSUE #4
The stablecoin race is moving to the fiat layer
Issuing a token is no longer enough. The next phase of payments will be built around conversion, liquidity, banking connectivity, compliance, settlement and reconciliation.
- Fiat infrastructure
- Stablecoins
- Payments
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ISSUE #3
Global trade has a payments problem. Stablecoins are becoming part of the solution.
How stablecoin infrastructure could improve supplier payments, FX, treasury and reconciliation for importers and exporters.
- Global trade
- Cross-border payments
- Treasury
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ISSUE #2
39 U.S. state bankers associations are building an industry-owned blockchain network. The stablecoin race just changed.
Banks are no longer just experimenting with tokenised money. They are starting to build the infrastructure themselves.
- Banking
- Stablecoins
- Liquidity
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ISSUE #1
Banks just connected tokenised deposits through Swift. What does that mean for stablecoins?
Banks are connecting tokenised deposits through Swift. The strategic question is how bank money, stablecoins and existing payment rails will work together.
- Tokenised deposits
- Interoperability
- Banking
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