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Stablecoins are at the heart of a debate on digital currency. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, contrasts their model with tokenized bank deposits. According to him, these two forms of money do not rely on the same guarantees. He believes that reserves in U.S. Treasury bonds offer more solid coverage. This position responds to criticism from the Bank for International Settlements, which advocates tokenized deposits. The debate concerns the reserves and the future of finance.

ECB official Isabel Schnabel urges central banks to embrace blockchain. Explore what this shift means for crypto.

Stablecoins find themselves at the center of a new showdown between community banks and the crypto sector. Today, in the United States, the review of the CLARITY Act reignites opposition around the yields associated with these digital assets. The Independent Community Bankers of America demands a complete ban on rewards linked to these assets. Its leader Rebeca Romero Rainey rejects the idea of a compromise on this issue. At the same time, banks warn of a possible massive transfer of deposits to digital assets in this debate.

The Clarity Act is still not dead. Patrick Witt, the White House crypto advisor, even says he is "optimistic" ahead of the next vote scheduled in the Senate on September 15. The text exceeds 600 pages and aims to give the United States a federal framework for the crypto market. However, an old issue complicates the discussions again: the rewards paid on stablecoins.

Bank Leumi teams up with Galaxy Digital to launch Bitcoin, Ether and Solana trading in its app by 2027.

The Bank of England is already preparing the coexistence between stablecoins and the digital pound. Its Digital Pound Lab is testing a cross-border payment where an exporter receives an advance in stablecoin before a British importer settles the transaction with simulated digital pounds. However, London has still not decided to launch its CBDC.

The ECB accelerates its crypto project. 36 players selected to test its CBDC from 2027. All details in this article!

On September 1, 2026, Russia will officially launch the digital rouble. Discover behind the scenes of a forced deployment.

The Bank of Japan raises its rate to an unprecedented high since 1995. A global macroeconomic earthquake reshaping the economy and crypto, but the digital assets market shows historic resilience against the Yen.

A Wall Street executive has just publicly acknowledged what the crypto industry has been repeating for years: blockchain directly threatens the revenues of financial intermediaries. Franklin Templeton reveals the numbers.

A secret meeting between the Fed and the Treasury, an AI model capable of hacking banking systems, and risks that could shake the global economy. Anthropic becomes an absolute security problem for regulators and banks.

China speeds up its financial revolution by pushing its banks to adopt blockchain. Objective: improve lending services, reduce fraud, and boost transparency. A bold strategy that could inspire the entire world. Discover how Beijing is transforming its banking system with this disruptive technology.

Bitcoin is the great absentee from the Basel III revision, and Pierre Rochard sounds the alarm. Without clear rules, American banks risk finding themselves in a costly gray area... Regulatory uncertainty with explosive consequences!

Crypto is establishing itself as a key factor in transforming the financial system. Mark Cuban highlights a structural weakness of banks, linked to their dependence on complex internal processes. Faced with these limitations, blockchain and decentralized technologies could gradually redefine financial infrastructures.

A billionaire who earned 30% annually without ever losing announces the death of banks. Stablecoins will devour everything. Even the dollar trembles on its century-old foundations.

A crypto bank joins the first regulated European blockchain market. We provide you with all the details in this article.

MetaMask's fox pulls out its credit card at Uncle Sam's. Even New York opens its doors. While exchanges tremble, it builds its empire. Clever.

The cryptocurrency market in Russia is experiencing rapid growth, with massive financial flows escaping authorities' control every year. According to estimates, nearly 129 billion dollars circulate in unregulated transactions, highlighting the scale of adoption by citizens and the urgency to integrate these digital assets into the legal framework.

The European Parliament has taken a decisive step in the development of the digital euro, endorsing a resolution that confirms its strategic importance for monetary sovereignty and the future of payments in Europe.

Washington on loop mode: crypto lobbies offer keys to local banks, but the Senate still hesitates. Towards an unlikely alliance to save the law? To be continued...

BBVA joins a banking consortium to launch a euro stablecoin against dollar stablecoins. All the details in this article!

White House: Donald Trump pushes for a deal on stablecoins. Coinbase and banks are tearing each other apart over rewards.

A Fidelity token arrives on Ethereum and threatens $500 billion in bank deposits. We provide all the details in this article.

Ten banks join forces to create Qivalis, a stablecoin designed for fast crypto payments in euros. Details here!

Bankers were pretending to ignore crypto; now they dive in completely, renaming stablecoins as "infrastructures." PwC rejoices: the future is already tokenized.

Donald Trump accuses JPMorgan of having closed his accounts for political reasons and demands 5 billion dollars before the Florida courts. By directly targeting CEO Jamie Dimon, the president reignites the explosive debate on "debanking," a practice that fuels tensions between the political and financial spheres. This case questions the neutrality of major American banks. While Trump denounces ideological exclusion, JPMorgan, on its side, rejects any accusation of discrimination.

In Davos, the head of Circle promises that stablecoins will not blow up banks. What if crypto became the secret weapon... of AI? Allaire swears no, or almost.

Société Générale, through its subsidiary SG-Forge, and the SWIFT network have just taken a major step forward in integrating blockchain with traditional finance. Together, they executed the settlement of tokenized bonds using a stablecoin backed by the euro, the EUR CoinVertible. This unprecedented experiment, compliant with the European MiCA framework, marks a key milestone towards concrete interoperability between classic banking systems and cryptos.