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An Open Letter to European Central Bankers: A Stable Opportunity (Teymour Farman-Farmaian)

The global economy seeks well-managed currencies for international commerce. The U.S. dollar has lon...

Oct 9, 2025Finextrae-CNY
A Quick Take on Current Trends in Fintech (Stanley Epstein)

Where Technology, Trust, and Transformation Collide The financial technology landscape in late 2025 ...

Oct 9, 2025FinextraDigital Dollar
EU eyes euro stablecoins to challenge dollar monopoly

Officials in the European Union are now pushing for euro-denominated stablecoins to remain competitive with the US dollar, which dominates the market.

Oct 9, 2025CointelegraphDigital Dollar
Uganda launches CBDC pilot as Kenya’s crypto bill passes final hurdle

Uganda has launched a CBDC pilot backed by treasury bonds as part of a $5.5 billion asset tokenization project, while Kenya nears crypto regulation with a new VASP bill.

Oct 9, 2025CointelegraphEgypt CBDC
Europe Is Not a State; That Is Why It Is at War With Russia

The euro’s problem is that the European Union is not a state — and war is the fastest way to become one.

Oct 9, 2025Nakedcapitalism.comDigital Euro
A Quick Take on Current Trends in Fintech - (Stanley Epstein)

Where Technology, Trust, and Transformation Collide. The financial technology landscape in late 2025...

Oct 9, 2025FinextraDigital Dollar
RBI Governor urges banks and fintechs to focus on data aggregation, asset tokenisation, CBDC

Banks and fintechs should collaborate more and improve to enhance aggregation, leverage financial data, build more use-cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC) or the e-rupee, enable asset tokenisation across different asset classes, and counter the men…

Oct 8, 2025BusinessLineDigital Rupee
RBI launches digital currency retail sandbox

The Reserve Bank of India has launched a retail sandbox for its central bank digital currency (CBDC), enabling fintech firms to develop and test solutions for the ongoing pilot. This initiative follows the commencement of the e-rupee pilot on December 1, 2022…

Oct 8, 2025The Times of IndiaDigital Rupee
Largest On-Chain Economy is Being Built in Africa with $5.5B in Real-World Assets by Global Settlement Network and Diacente

Largest On-Chain Economy is Being Built in Africa with $5.5B in Real-World Assets by Global Settlement Network and Diacente The partnership will...

Oct 8, 2025GlobeNewswireUganda CBDC
Poll shows crypto-focused candidates could sway voters in US midterms

With more than a year until US elections to determine control of Congress, a new poll suggested some crypto-minded Democratic voters could be swayed to vote Republican.

Oct 8, 2025CointelegraphDigital Won
Fasset wins Malaysia license for stablecoin-powered ‘Islamic digital bank’

Fasset has secured a provisional license from Malaysia’s Labuan FSA to launch the world’s first stablecoin-powered Islamic digital bank, offering Shariah-compliant services.

Oct 7, 2025CointelegraphUnited Arab Emirates CBDC
India to Roll Out RBI-Linked Digital Currency Amid Dismissal of Crypto With 'No Backing'

Experts say India is replacing its "tax-and-tolerate" stance with stricter oversight, favoring state-guaranteed digital currency.

Oct 7, 2025DecryptPakistan CBDC
No rush for e-rupee mass rollout, focus is on new use cases: RBI's Sankar

Estimating the total number of CBDC users at around 7 million, RBI's deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar says the central bank is in ‘no hurry’ to project a target for the number of users or open up the pilots for mass use.

Oct 7, 2025LivemintDigital Rupee
India slams ‘unbacked crypto’ amid RBI’s new digital currency plans

The Indian government has expressed renewed skepticism toward crypto while unveiling a new RBI-backed digital currency project and a deposit tokenization initiative.

Oct 7, 2025CointelegraphQatar CBDC
Even Palantir Says It Wants Nothing to Do With UK’s Proposed Digital Identity System

When Silicon Valley's darkest company is warning about the dangers of the UK's proposed digital identity system, something may be amiss.

Oct 7, 2025Nakedcapitalism.comTaiwan CBDC