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The Return of Private Money — lead story artwork
The Return of Private Money — lead story artwork

The Return of Private Money. For the first time since Congress taxed the state banknote out of existence in 1865, companies that are not banks issue dollars that people spend. There are $318 billion of them, fully reserved, forbidden by law to be lent, and cleared through the banks their issuers set out to leave. ECB Launches Pontes for Central Bank Money Settlement of Tokenised Assets. Pontes links market DLT platforms to TARGET Services, with an initial group ready to use its core settlement functions immediately and broader features planned through 2028. Circle Adds Native EURC Transfers Between Ethereum and Base Through CCTP. Mainnet records list both networks. Developers must use the non USDC contract flow and pay transfer fees in native gas. 21 Financial Institutions Plan Shared Dollar Stablecoin for First Half of 2027. The proposed issuer would start with dollars and prioritize a later euro offering. Company formation remains subject to closing conditions. Worldline Launches UCP Payment Handler for Agentic Commerce. Global Collect merchants can expose enabled cards, wallets and European payment methods to UCP platforms while keeping Worldline credentials on their own servers. SEC Grants Conditional Relief for Tokenized Stock Trading Venues. The five year temporary framework lets qualifying U.S. venues use permissioned liquidity pools for tokenized NMS stocks while preserving issuer rights and market halts. Modern Treasury Adds Non Custodial Stablecoin Wallets in Early Access. Select customers can combine user controlled stablecoin wallets with Modern Treasury's fiat accounts, payment orchestration and ledger through one API. ESMA Finds Tokenised Equities Still Depend on Offchain Ownership and Cash Settlement. Europe's securities regulator says most tokenised equity structures remain wrapped, legally offchain and dependent on conventional cash settlement. Reap Launches Virtual Asset Ledger for Bitcoin Funded Card Spending. Clients retain custody of underlying assets while Reap authorizes card transactions against mirrored balances and settles network debt from USDC or USDT collateral. DBS, OCBC and UOB Complete Live SGD Tokenised Deposit Transactions on Swift Ledger. Singapore's three local banks used Swift's ledger to match and net tokenised deposit obligations before final settlement through existing systems. MoneyGram Launches Stablecoin Backed Digital Card in Colombia. Eligible customers can spend a stable dollar balance through a digital card. A physical card and ATM access are planned for late 2026. Visa Introduces Onchain Credit for Stablecoin Card Settlement as Annualized Settlement Tops $20 Billion. Visa is linking VisaNet data to onchain credit for stablecoin card settlement. Visa says settlement now exceeds a $20B annualized run rate.

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