Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-31
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 3.5 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 2 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Stablecoin issuance |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Stablecoin issuance · Global
Bank group exploring a 1:1 reserve-backed stable payment asset on public blockchains (G7 currencies)
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Announced / exploring2025-10-10
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2025-10-10
Banco Santander, Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, MUFG Bank, TD Bank Group and UBS said on 10 October 2025 that they are jointly exploring the issuance of a 1:1 reserve-backed form of digital money that provides a stable payment asset available on public blockchains, focused on G7 currencies. The group says it is in contact with regulators and supervisors in each relevant market.
Scope: Ten banks named in the joint statement; G7 currencies; exploration stage.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-31
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
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- Group of international banks (joint statement, 10 Oct 2025) · named role (tracker) · consortium member
Regulator records & actions
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None in our verified data.
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2025-10-10 · Status
Joint statement: the banks are jointly exploring issuance; no product, network or timeline named.
2025-10-10 · Status
Exploration only; no launch date given.
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