https://cryptobanking.news/topics/wholesale-cbdc/Central-bank money for interbank and tokenised-asset settlement: experiments, projects and policy.https://cryptobanking.news/item/mas-chia-trusted-foundations-digital-finance/https://cryptobanking.news/item/mas-chia-trusted-foundations-digital-finance/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn a keynote on 9 October 2026, MAS Managing Director Chia Der Jiun set out MAS's approach to digital assets, digital money and digital infrastructure, saying tokenised transactions will only scale if settled in safe, trusted digital money. He referred to Project Guardian and MAS's guidance on how securities laws apply to tokenised capital markets products. Source: https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/speeches/2026/building-trusted-foundations-for-digital-financetokenized-depositscbdcregulationhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-cipollone-money-digital-age/https://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-cipollone-money-digital-age/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTECB Executive Board member Cipollone set out the digital euro for retail and central-bank-money settlement of tokenised transactions via Pontes and Appia. (Also republished by the BIS as a central bankers’ speech.) Source: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2026/html/ecb.sp261006~0da978f159.en.htmlcbdctokenized-depositshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-pontes-central-bank-money-tokenised-finance/https://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-pontes-central-bank-money-tokenised-finance/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Eurosystem launched Pontes, which enables wholesale transactions in tokenised assets to be settled in central bank money. It is the first initiative under the Eurosystem's programme to make central bank money fit for a tokenised future. Source: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260921~e754847a7b.en.htmltokenized-depositscbdchttps://cryptobanking.news/item/sarb-cassim-money-in-motion/https://cryptobanking.news/item/sarb-cassim-money-in-motion/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSARB Deputy Governor Rashad Cassim outlined the SARB's thinking on fast payments, digital assets and CBDC, including lessons from Project Khokha. He said stablecoins in South Africa are mostly used for trading, arbitrage and settlement within crypto markets, and that the SARB is assessing whether existing regulation can be extended to stablecoin arrangements. Source: https://www.resbank.co.za/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/speeches/speeches-by-governors/2026/cassim-gibsstablecoinscbdctokenized-depositshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/bis-project-agora-real-value-testing/https://cryptobanking.news/item/bis-project-agora-real-value-testing/Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe BIS said the Project Agorá prototype showed atomic settlement of wholesale cross-border transactions using tokenised central bank reserves and tokenised commercial bank deposits, and that work will advance to real-value testing. It noted tokenisation does not alter the legal characterisation of reserves or deposits. Source: https://www.bis.org/media-releases/20260527-project-agora-shows-how-tokenisation-can-improve-wholesale-cross-border-payments-work-willtokenized-depositscbdc