🗣️ Industry Insights: How #Stablecoins are becoming a frontier of sovereignty By Varun Paul and Dea Markova, Fireblocks The US is setting the pace on stablecoin regulation, using dollar-backed digital assets to reinforce its global financial dominance. With Congress

🎉 Less than one week to IFGS - Innovate Finance Global Summit! 📣 Calling all FinTech leaders, innovators, and digital finance advocates! Join us at IFGS 2025 – the UK's flagship FinTech event – on Tuesday, April 29th at London’s iconic Guildhall, as part of UK FinTech Week, powered

The Bank of England has released its latest report on the digital pound, focusing on offline payments. ✅ This report explores the feasibility of enabling transactions without internet connectivity, aiming to enhance system resilience and ensure accessibility during network

📢 New from Digital Pound Foundation and Innovate Finance: The UK must act now to lead the global stablecoin economy. Our new report with Innovate Finance by Andrew Whitworth, PhD titled "Stablecoin: The UK Opportunity" sets out a clear framework to make the UK the world’s most

Yesterday at the Guildhall, Innovate Finance welcomed 1,500+ delegates and 200+ speakers for a day filled with energy, insight and innovation at #IFGS2025. From AI and RegTech to cryptoassets and financial inclusion, the summit highlighted the UK’s global FinTech leadership. The

At Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS) 2025 we were delighted to host a private roundtable with Coinbase 🛡️ Circle and Ripple to discuss the future of stablecoins. The session brought together CEOs and leaders from across the FinTech and crypto ecosystem, alongside senior policymakers

It has been a busy week for cryptoasset regulation in the UK! 🇬🇧 On Tuesday 29th April we saw published the draft statutory instrument to bring cryptoassets (including stablecoins) into the UK financial services regulation To follow, the Financial Conduct Authority has today published a Discussion

🚀 European Central Bank launches Digital Euro Innovation Platform with ~70 market participants The European Central Bank has established an innovation platform to collaborate with fintechs, banks, merchants, start-ups, and other key players across Europe. The goal: explore digital euro payment

🌐 Harmonizing Global Payment Systems: Insights from Sarah Breeden At the recent Point Zero Forum 2025, Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability at the Bank of England emphasised the critical need for international collaboration in modernising payment

📣 Latest insight from our member Fireblocks: the State of Stablecoins 2025. As the global financial system evolves, stablecoins are no longer theoretical - they are powering real payments today. This first instalment of Fireblocks’ three-part report explores how institutions

🚀 Introducing Quant Flow: The Future of Programmable Money Quant Flow is revolutionising financial operations by enabling programmable automation for both traditional currencies and digital assets. At its core is PayScript®, an open-standard language that allows businesses to

We are very pleased to announce the addition of Circle to the Digital Pound Foundation // Innovate Finance's membership community. Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments,

We are proud to share that our member, BCP Technologies, has issued the first GBP-backed stablecoin, tGBP. This pioneering initiative leverages BCP’s FCA cryptoasset registration and its participation in the FCA regulatory sandbox. The stablecoin is issued on a 1:1 basis, fully

Curious about the difference between coins, tokens, and digital assets? 🪙 Check out this excellent primer from Owl Explains by Ava Labs 🔺 by our member Ava Labs 🔺 that clarifies why the term “token” is so important - spanning everything from crypto to CBDCs. Whether you're working with

🚀 Exciting news: Quant has been selected as a Pioneer Partner in the ECB’s Digital Euro project! 🇪🇺 Helping test programmable payments within the Digital Euro innovation platform — showcasing real-world use cases like secure P2P transactions, powered by our patented

🚀 The Bank of England and Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub (BISIH) London CentreBIS Innovation Hub are launching the DLT Innovation Challenge! They’re inviting global firms to demonstrate how central bank money could be transacted and settled on decentralised, external ledgers—not

🔍 Atlantic Council | New CBDC Tracker Update – July 2025 🔍 The @Atlantic Council has released a major update to its flagship CBDC Tracker. Key highlights since our last update in September 2024: 📊 137 countries are exploring a CBDC (98% of global GDP) 🚀 72 countries are in