cryptobanking.news daily brief, 27 October 2026
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ANCHOR: This is the cryptobanking.news daily brief for Tuesday, 27 October.
ANCHOR: In Japan, SBI Holdings and Startale have signed a memorandum of understanding with BlackRock to explore connecting tokenized money market funds with JPYSC, a yen-denominated trust-type stablecoin. The work is exploratory, covering technology, distribution and regulation.
CO-HOST: Aviva Investors has launched a tokenised share class of its 22 billion pound Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger with Ripple, investing 50 million pounds of its own, while The Bank of New York Mellon remains the fund’s custodian.
ANCHOR: The ECB's Piero Cipollone told Milano Finanza that a digital euro pilot with real transactions by central bank staff will launch in 2027. If the regulation is approved this year, he said, the digital euro could be rolled out as early as 2029, distributed by banks.
CO-HOST: The Department of Finance Canada pre-published the proposed Stablecoin Regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I on 24 October 2026.
ANCHOR: That’s the brief. For sources, visit cryptobanking.news.

Sources:
- SBI Holdings and Startale sign MOU with BlackRock to explore connecting tokenized money market funds with the JPYSC yen stablecoin (Startale Group (joint release with SBI Holdings), 2026-10-27): https://cryptobanking.news/item/sbi-startale-blackrock-tokenized-mmf-jpysc-mou/ | primary source: https://www.startale.com/en/blog/blackrock-startale-sbi
- Aviva Investors launches a tokenised share class of its £22bn Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger (Ripple (joint release with Aviva Investors), 2026-10-26): https://cryptobanking.news/item/aviva-investors-gbp-liquidity-fund-tokenised-xrpl/ | primary source: https://ripple.com/ripple-press/aviva-investors-expands-its-tokenised-offering-with-the-launch-of-a-sterling-liquidity-fund-tokenised-share-class/
- Piero Cipollone: digital euro pilot in 2027, rollout as early as 2029 if the regulation is approved this year (European Central Bank, 2026-10-24): https://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-cipollone-milano-finanza-digital-euro/ | primary source: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/inter/date/2026/html/ecb.in261024~ee2ba73cf3.en.html
- Canada publishes draft Stablecoin Regulations: Bank of Canada registration, 1:1 reserves, three-day redemption, in force targeted for fall 2027 (Department of Finance Canada (Canada Gazette, Part I), 2026-10-24): https://cryptobanking.news/item/canada-proposed-stablecoin-regulations/ | primary source: https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2026/2026-10-24/html/reg1-eng.html

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