digital currency

• The central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland share the results of the cross-border wholesale CBDC project that automates currency transactions with DeFi
• The European Commission publishes the digital euro bill
• The European Central Bank (ECB) responds to digital euro CBDC legislation, including a blog post
• The ECB director responsible for the digital euro, Fabio Panetta, nominated to be governor of the Bank of Italy
• Digital Dollar Project Publishes Risk Framework for US CBDCs
• Bank of England Says Retail CBDCs Probably Won’t Be Blockchain-Based (Was It Likely?): Bloomberg

Digital assets and tokenization

• GBBC’s Interwork Alliance has been working on standardizing carbon credit tokenization for years. It is updating its Digital Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Framework and is soliciting public comments
• Sumitomo Americas invests in tokenized carbon credits through the Carbon Opportunities Fund and the World Bank’s IFC/Chia blockchain initiative
• BitPanda Pro rebrands to One Trading. Raises $30 million Series A led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Venture. Plans to be the MiFID trading venue, i.e. it will be able to trade tokenized securities
• HomeCoin Finance has launched a mortgage-backed ‘stablecoin’ (we’re curious how to redeem given the maturity mismatch of long-term assets)
• Bank of Italy publishes smart derivative contracts

Blockchain and web3

• Warner Music partners with Polygon Labs for an accelerator
• Sony Networks invests $3.5 million in Startale Labs, which is associated with Astar Network

Regulation

• The Bank of Italy publishes a report: Overcoming the (crypto) winter: facts, figures and policy issues
• UK Law Commission publishes legal reform recommendations for digital assets

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