The issuance by the Luxembourg government of a €1.7 billion bond on to a permissioned blockchain is less exciting than it appears. Most of the traditional paraphernalia of securities issuance, distribution, settlement and servicing is preserved. The scale of bond market activity on blockchains remains trivial by comparison with the size of the traditional markets.

The perception that Stablecoins are breaking out of their original cryptocurrency niche and impacting both domestic and cross-border payments is overstated. The cost, speed and accessibility advantages of Stablecoins have yet to disrupt existing domestic and cross-border payments services or money market practices. The number of digital wallets capable of accepting Stablecoins is a better measure of the ultimate scalability of Stablecoins than the number of Stablecoin issuers

Anchorage Digital has launched a US dollar Stablecoin payments service aimed at foreign banks currently using correspondent banks The new service enables banks to buy and sell and hold in custody a variety of US dollar-denominated Stablecoins authorised under the GENIUS Act The regulated status of Anchorage Digital Bank is expected to appeal to foreign banks willing to use blockchain infrastructure that eliminates regulatory risk Anchorage Digital , the regulated provider of