LATEST: 🏦 A BIS-led project with 40+ financial institutions found tokenized central bank reserves and deposits could significantly cut settlement times and costs in cross-border payments.

LATEST: 🇺🇸 Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad says the US is quietly exploring CBDC infrastructure through the BIS's Project Agora despite a public pledge to ban a digital dollar.

FX reserves exist for a reason: to stabilize currencies, absorb external shocks, pay foreign debts. Stablecoins are doing something similar - but outside central banks, outside correspondent banking, outside legacy rails. The BIS confirmed it: cross-border stablecoin flows have grown substantially since 2022, sharpest in high-inflation and capital-restricted markets.

MEET THE NEW XRP LEDGER FOUNDATION TEAM The XRP Ledger Foundation (@XRPLF) officially unveils its new core leadership team to accelerate the strategic and technical development of the XRP Ledger. Brett Mollin assumes the role of Executive Director, overseeing global strategic direction. Denis Angell joins as Chief Technology Officer to lead protocol standards and codebase contributions. Former @Ripple executive and BIS taskforce member Rene Huijsen takes over as Director of Operations, supported by Vet (Hussein Zangana) as Director of Community to manage ecosystem storytelling and validator engagement.

Mark your calendars for December 16. $WAIFUS auction is coming! 🧑‍🍳 🍳 Shout-out to @yuzodotxyz for pushing BTCFi forward with native staking, L1 swaps, DeFi toolings, and for connecting it all with Ordinals! 🙌🙌 All BTC raised, except 1 BTC allocated to the YUZO team for development, will bootstrap BiS AMM liquidity, secured by permissionless smart contracts.

GPT Image 2 Ultra-realistic 16:9 close-up studio photograph of a German citizenship identity card placed on a clean light grey or white background. The card is horizontally aligned, centered in frame, captured in sharp focus with soft diffused studio lighting. The design follows an official European government-issued ID aesthetic with structured layout, clean typography, and advanced anti-counterfeit detailing. The top header reads: “BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND” with a secondary title “BÜRGERSCHAFTSAUSWEIS / CITIZENSHIP CARD.” Top-left includes the German national flag. Top-right features the German federal eagle emblem (Bundesadler). The card contains a passport-style portrait of a young German woman: – Fair European skin tone with subtle natural freckles – Shoulder-length dark blonde hair with soft waves, center-parted – Blue-green eyes, neutral facial expression, direct gaze – Minimal makeup, realistic skin texture – Wearing a dark navy or black blazer with subtle gold jewelry Personal identity details displayed in multilingual European format (German / English / French): – Name / Surname / Nom: MÜLLER – Vornamen / Given names / Prénoms: LENA MARIE – Geburtstag / Date of birth / Date de naissance: 14.08.1992 – Geburtsort / Place of birth / Lieu de naissance: MÜNCHEN – Staatsangehörigkeit / Nationality / Nationalité: DEUTSCH – Ausweisnummer / Document No. / No. du document: D123456789 – Ausstellungsdatum / Date of issue / Date de délivrance: 20.05.2024 – Gültig bis / Date of expiry / Date d’expiration: 20.05.2034 – Geschlecht / Sex / Sexe: F – Height: 168 cm Security and design features include: – Intricate guilloche patterns covering the entire card surface – Fine-line engraving textures similar to Euro banknote printing – Microprinted text layers and anti-counterfeit linework – Holographic security patch with iridescent reflections – Circular EU-style hologram with embedded “D” symbol – Subtle outline map of Germany integrated into background – Large engraved illustration of the Brandenburg Gate on the right side – Machine-readable zone strip at bottom edge – Signature at bottom: “Lena M. Müller” Additional design accents: – Soft black, red, and gold gradient tones inspired by the German flag – Layered polycarbonate texture with transparent security overlays – Minimal, clean European Union identity card styling Material appearance: laminated polycarbonate card with slight gloss, realistic reflections, holographic foil effects, and embossed microtexture. Lighting is soft and evenly diffused, emphasizing security details, engraved patterns, and realistic print texture. No hand visible. Clean, minimal, professional composition. Style: ultra-detailed, photorealistic, 8K resolution, macro clarity, professional product photography, documentary realism.

Chase B is kicking off Friday night for fans in Austin AND at home. 🔥 #ad# Tune into his set LIVE from THE STAGE at #SXSW# presented by @turbotax on March 13 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, exclusively on