cryptobanking.news daily brief, 2 November 2026
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ANCHOR: This is the cryptobanking.news daily brief for Monday, 2 November.
ANCHOR: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority says Ensemble TX now supports 24/7 real-value tokenised transactions, after trial trades in tokenised Exchange Fund Bills by Recognised Dealers. It says the trials will soon include regulated stablecoins.
CO-HOST: 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.
ANCHOR: 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.
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Sources:
- HKMA advances Ensemble TX to 24/7 real-value tokenised transactions and will soon add regulated stablecoins to its trials (Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 2026-11-02): https://cryptobanking.news/item/hkma-ensemble-tx-24-7-real-value-stablecoin-trials/ | primary source: https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/11/20261102-3/
- 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

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