Digital Assets
and Blockchain

BIS: Global economic outlook, financial stability risks, stablecoins and central bank independence

ECB President Lagarde on stablecoins and the future of money

US Federal Reserve Governor Cook on tokenization and implications for the financial system

ECB: The role of the Eurosystem in the scaling-up of a tokenised financial ecosystem

BIS: The impact of stablecoins on the international monetary and financial system

Banca d'Italia: Digital Money and the Architecture of Trust

ECB: Digital assets, payment efficiency and monetary policy

UK FCA says cryptoasset firms can request pre-application meetings from 11 May 2026

Czech National Bank Governor Michl on central banks and bitcoin

UK FCA publishes guidance to support innovation in fund tokenisation

Deutsche Bundesbank: Foundations of resilience - The role of cash and the digital euro

Payments: UK government confirms core design decisions for new 'streamlined' regulatory framework for payment systems

ECB signs agreements with European standard setters to facilitate digital euro payments

BIS paper: Cryptoasset service providers as financial intermediaries: risks and policy approaches

Deutsche Bundesbank President Nagel on the digital euro and anchoring Europe's strategic autonomy

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, April 2026