Animoca, Standard Chartered team up in HKMA stablecoin sandbox

Source: Cointelegraph The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has selected three parties for assessment in its stablecoin issuers sandbox. A day after winding up the consultation period on stablecoin issuer regulations, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the first participants in its stablecoin issuer sandbox. They are a company linked to a large Chinese e-commerce… Continue reading Animoca, Standard Chartered team up in HKMA stablecoin sandbox

RWA platform Swarm Markets to offer tokenized gold via NFTs as MiCA stablecoin rules begin

Source: The Block The German real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform Swarm Markets will let users buy NFTs, which represent gold ownership. After passing KYC and AML checks, users will be able to swap the NFTs on a peer-to-peer basis via Swarm’s decentralized platform. With a little more than one week before the EU’s Markets in… Continue reading RWA platform Swarm Markets to offer tokenized gold via NFTs as MiCA stablecoin rules begin

Tether Debuts New ‘Synthetic’ Dollar Backed by Tokenized Gold in Tokenization Push

Source: CoinDesk Users can mint new tokens using the company’s new Alloy platform, which will be part of Tether’s upcoming tokenization venture, CEO Paolo Ardoino said. Tether, the company behind the $110 billion stablecoin (USDT), debuted Monday a new token minting platform called Alloy on the Ethereum network that lets users create tokens collateralized by… Continue reading Tether Debuts New ‘Synthetic’ Dollar Backed by Tokenized Gold in Tokenization Push

Banks could flood into stablecoins if new bill passes: S&P Global

Source: Cointelegraph The Lummis-GillibrandPayment Stablecoin Act introduced to the Senate could see big banks encouraged to take steps into the stablecoin market, says S&P Global Ratings. A new stablecoin-focused bill introduced to the United States Senate could “encourage” U.S. banks to step into the stablecoin market, says global ratings firm S&P Global Ratings. In an… Continue reading Banks could flood into stablecoins if new bill passes: S&P Global