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Ripple CEO Says BIS Testing With XRP Ledger Is No Surprise to Him
6.9.2026
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said a BIS research team’s decision to test the XRP Ledger was unsurprising, citing its fees, speed, and record. The experiment used XRPL to help authenticate official statistical datasets. Garlinghouse Highlights XRP Ledger’s Technical Record Ripple...
BIS Chief: Stablecoins Still Aren’t Credible Money at Scale
30.8.2026
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos told the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 28 that stablecoins still fail as real money and tokenized deposits should instead carry the bulk of everyday payments. A Blunt Verdict From Basel The BIS is...
BIS Warns Stablecoins Are Breaking Capital Controls as Dollarization Accelerates
22.7.2026
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins are repeating a pattern central banks have watched for decades, and the regulatory tools that used to work no longer apply. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper published in July 2026 by...
Former BIS chief softens stance on stablecoins, backs coexistence with fiat
23.6.2026
Former BIS general manager Agustín Carstens said stablecoins can enhance financial inclusion and innovation but stressed the need for global regulatory frameworks to enable coexistence with fiat money
IMF, JPMorgan, Central Banks Contribute to Global Tokenized Asset Compliance Effort
23.6.2026
Leading central banks, financial institutions, and blockchain firms contributed to the Global Layer One (GL1) white paper on programmable compliance, which outlines a compliance architecture for tokenized financial assets and regulated digital-asset transactions. Contributors include the...
BIS Tests Tokenized Bank Payments With Visa, JPMorgan, UBS and Deutsche Bank
29.5.2026
The Bank for International Settlements and its partners are moving Project Agorá into real-value testing. The initiative aims to make cross-border bank payments faster and cheaper while keeping compliance checks inside the existing financial system. Project Agorá Links Central Banks on Unified...
BIS Report: Crypto Earn Products Resemble Deposits With No FDIC Protection
24.4.2026
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published a Financial Stability Institute report in April 2026, warning that the largest crypto platforms now operate as financial intermediaries without the capital buffers, deposit insurance or central bank access that apply to traditional banks....
BIS Official Flags $320 Billion Stablecoin Market as Financial Stability Concern
21.4.2026
BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos called global coordination on stablecoin regulation a matter of “critical importance,” warning that fragmented national frameworks risk enabling regulatory arbitrage and financial instability. Key Takeaways: BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de...
Central banks favor legacy instant payment systems over CBDCs
29.11.2024
TradFi looks safe on the international payments market for the foreseeable future, despite advances in blockchain solutions
BIS study questions decentralization in DeFi liquidity provision
20.11.2024
BIS researchers concluded that liquidity provision is not decentralized apart from its technical implementation.
Central Bank Group BIS Names Hernández de Cos as Next General Manager
12.11.2024
ES Pablo Hernández de Cos has called for digital euro implementation and helped put in place global crypto banking rules
BIS Drops Mbridge Project Participation: It Was ‘Not Created to Serve the BRICS’
1.11.2024
The BIS announced it was abandoning Mbridge, a project aimed at using CBDCs to interconnect the financial systems of several countries, due to its potential to help BRICS nations sidestep economic sanctions. BIS Abandons Mbridge Project for Potential BRICS Sanctions-Evading Applications The Bank...
BIS distances from Project mBridge amid BRICS sanctions concerns
31.10.2024
Economic sanctions have a profound effect on international financial architecture, it turns out
BIS distances from Project mBridge amid BRICS sanctions concerns
31.10.2024
Economic sanctions have a profound effect on international financial architecture, it turns out
BIS Considers Ending Mbridge Project Over BRICS Connections, but Is It Too Late?
30.10.2024
While conversations about ending the CBDC-enabled international settlements project have focused on its links to BRICS, Mbridge has already reached the MVP stage, and members could choose to continue it without support from the BIS. BIS Considers Ending Mbridge Project, BRICS Countries Could Use...
As BIS Mulls Shutting Down mBridge, Its Innovation Hub Calls The Project a ‘Public Good’
29.10.2024
An international payments project backed by China, the UAE, Thailand and Hong Kong is raising concerns in Washington
BIS project demonstrates automated cross-border transaction compliance
28.10.2024
Project Mandala uses zero-knowledge proofs to complete compliance checks across different jurisdictions.
International agencies report on tokenization to G20 officials
22.10.2024
The Bank for International Settlements and the Financial Stability Board have similar views on tokenization — it could provide new benefits and familiar challenges
Tokenization Could Pose Risks to Financial System, FSB and BIS Warn
22.10.2024
The Financial Stability Board identified three vulnerabilities of tokenization: The underlying reference asset; the participants in distributed ledger technology based tokenization projects; and new technology's interaction with legacy systems
41 firms join BIS Project Agora to advance unified ledger applications
16.9.2024
The large private companies will work with seven central banks on improving structural inefficiencies in international transfers