cryptobanking.news daily brief, 1 November 2026
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ANCHOR: This is the cryptobanking.news daily brief for Sunday, 1 November.
ANCHOR: The ECB has picked two network providers to connect banks and payment firms to the digital euro: a Nexi and Deutsche Telekom grouping, and a Telefónica and Indra grouping. Both are due to be ready from 2029 for a potential issuance, subject to the Governing Council's decision.
CO-HOST: In Kazakhstan, Alatau City Bank says it has become the first commercial bank on the stock exchange's digital financial assets platform, and it names a regulated tenge stablecoin and the tokenization of deposits among its planned directions.
ANCHOR: HSBC Bank USA, Franklin Templeton, Tradeweb and Fireblocks completed a pilot in which Uber used HSBC Tokenized Deposits to buy tokenized money market fund shares on the Canton Network, and could redeem part of them over a weekend.
CO-HOST: The Bank of England has opened a consultation on how central counterparties can accept tokenised forms of eligible collateral; it closes on 12 February 2027.
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Sources:
- ECB selects two network service providers for the digital euro pilot, ready for potential issuance from 2029 (European Central Bank, 2026-10-30): https://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-digital-euro-network-service-providers/ | primary source: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/intro/news/html/ecb.mipnews261030.en.html
- Alatau City Bank becomes the first Kazakh commercial bank on KASE's digital financial assets platform, eyeing a tenge stablecoin and deposit tokenization (Alatau City Bank, 2026-10-30): https://cryptobanking.news/item/alatau-city-bank-kase-dfa-first-bank/ | primary source: https://alataucitybank.kz/en/articles/news/alatau-city-bank-stal-pervym-bankom-vtorogo-urovnya-na-rynke-cfa-kase
- HSBC, Franklin Templeton, Tradeweb and Fireblocks complete Uber pilot: HSBC tokenized deposits buy tokenized money market fund shares on Canton, with weekend redemption (Tradeweb (joint release with HSBC Bank USA, Franklin Templeton, Fireblocks), 2026-10-30): https://cryptobanking.news/item/hsbc-uber-tokenized-deposits-canton-mmf-pilot/ | primary source: https://www.tradeweb.com/newsroom/media-center/in-the-news/uber-completes-pilot-of-a-first-ever-on-chain-liquidity-and-settlement-solution-on-a-public-network-pioneered-by-hsbc-franklin-templeton-tradeweb-and-fireblocks-on-canton/
- Bank of England consults on supervisory expectations for CCPs accepting tokenised collateral (Bank of England news, 2026-10-29): https://cryptobanking.news/item/boe-consultation-tokenised-collateral-central-clearing/ | primary source: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2026/october/bank-of-england-sets-out-approach-to-tokenised-collateral-in-central-clearing

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