Stablecoins are not booming and CBDCs are not dead, especially in Europe where the ECB is pressing ahead with plans for a digital euro in 2028. Different uses-cases will rely on different forms of tokenised money and the private sector is building the necessary infrastructure. Corporates are drivers of change in payments and cash management and may be pioneering the disintermediation of the banks.

The ECB will accept as collateral for credit tokenised versions of securities and other assets it accepts already The tokenised assets eligible as collateral will initially be non-native only but native assets will become ECB-eligible in future The extension of ECB eligibility to tokenised securities is an opportunity for national and international CSDs with tokenisation platforms The European Central Bank ( ECB ) says it will accept tokenised versions of eligible assets as c