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ISDA ISDA Source document ↗
Global ISDA Digital Assets ✓ 11 claims 27 Oct 2026

ISDA publishes whitepaper on accounting treatment for tokenized collateral

ISDA has released a whitepaper addressing how firms should account for tokenized collateral used in derivatives and securities financing transactions. The paper covers both traditional OTC and cleared structures and newer DLT-enabled arrangements, giving compliance and accounting teams an early reference point as tokenized collateral use grows.

  • ISDA's whitepaper analyzes gross versus net balance sheet presentation considerations under both IFRS and US GAAP.
  • The analysis covers tokenized representations of money market funds, government securities and other high-quality liquid assets used as collateral.
  • The paper addresses traditional bilateral OTC and centrally cleared structures as well as emerging DLT-enabled structures.
  • ISDA states the analysis focuses on individual product types, derivatives and SFTs, and does not address cross-product netting arrangements.
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BIS BIS Press Releases Source document ↗
Global BIS Press Releases Digital Assets ✓ 11 claims 27 Oct 2026

BIS chief outlines four research priorities under new BIS 100 strategy

A Central Banking interview with BIS general manager Pablo Hernández de Cos sets out the rationale behind the institution's new BIS 100 strategy and the research priorities it implies. For compliance and policy teams tracking where international standard-setting attention is heading, the interview signals which themes the BIS will prioritise toward 2030.

  • The BIS 100 strategy, launched under Hernández de Cos, is designed to conclude in 2030, the BIS's centenary year.
  • The monetary and economic department has identified four research areas: technology and future of money, non-bank finance, structural change, and financial regulation.
  • Technology research will cover tokenisation ranging from stablecoins to tokenised deposits.
  • The non-bank finance workstream will examine intermediaries' growing role in intermediating public debt and their interconnections with traditional banks.
  • The regulation workstream aims to assess the effectiveness and potential side effects of different regulatory measures to inform debate on modernising regulation.
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ISDA ISDA Source document ↗
United States ISDA Digital Assets ✓ 17 claims 26 Oct 2026

ISDA chief urges US regulators to ease rules blocking tokenized collateral

ISDA CEO Scott O'Malia opened the association's Digital Assets Forum in Washington with a policy-heavy address on tokenization and 24/7 trading. The speech sets out specific regulatory obstacles ISDA wants prudential regulators to fix and flags where its own documentation and standards work is heading.

  • The CFTC removed an asset transfer restriction in July that had made most money market funds ineligible as derivatives collateral, O'Malia said.
  • Tokenized assets and stablecoins currently face punitive capital charges under Basel Committee on Banking Supervision standards, which O'Malia said prevents banks from holding them on balance sheet.
  • ISDA and Global Digital Finance published a report identifying legal, regulatory and operational challenges to moving tokenized money market funds through the US collateral ecosystem.
  • ISDA has just published a new paper examining how its documentation can support tokenized money market funds as derivatives collateral.
  • O'Malia called for segregation rules, eligible depository rules, non-cleared margin rules and haircut methodologies to be reviewed to accommodate tokenized collateral.
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TBA International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications Source document ↗
European Union International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications Digital Assets ✓ 20 claims 26 Oct 2026

INATBA paper separates blockchain credential verification from institutional recognition

INATBA's Education Working Group has published a knowledge paper examining why technically verifiable micro-credentials are not automatically recognised by employers or academic institutions. It sets out a five-part framework for credential value and surveys EU digital identity and credential infrastructure. Useful background for compliance and education teams tracking EU digital identity wallet rollout and blockchain-based credentialing standards.

  • The paper applies the EU Council Recommendation of June 2022, under which universities, vocational institutes, employers and industry associations can all design and issue micro-credentials.
  • It proposes a five-part framework for credential value: credibility, evidence, verifiability, recognition and relevance.
  • It references the W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0 as a trusted standard for cryptographic authentication of credential records.
  • It discusses upcoming European Digital Identity Wallets under Regulation EU 2024/1183, citing Germany's planned d-you wallet as an example.
  • It cites empirical research finding micro-credentials boost earnings by approximately 9% when aligned with specific job requirements.
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ISDA ISDA Source document ↗
Japan ISDA Digital Assets ✓ 17 claims 23 Oct 2026

ISDA chief flags tokenised collateral push alongside Japan derivatives growth

ISDA CEO Scott O'Malia's welcoming remarks at the Transforming Asset Management event in Tokyo set out where derivatives fit into Japan's asset management strategy and previewed ISDA's push on collateral tokenisation. Useful for compliance and markets teams tracking Japan's FSA reform agenda and the industry body's parallel work on digital collateral infrastructure.

  • Average daily turnover in Japanese OTC interest rate derivatives rose from $51 billion in April 2022 to $170 billion in April 2025, per the latest BIS survey.
  • The FSA published an upgraded financial services strategy last month, building on three years of asset management reforms.
  • ISDA convened a new buy-side working group and held its first meeting with asset managers earlier this month.
  • At the end of last year, $1.6 trillion of initial and variation margin was collected by the largest market participants, according to ISDA's annual margin survey.
  • ISDA has published an abridged Japanese version of its paper on how pension funds use derivatives.
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AFI Alliance for Financial Inclusion Source document ↗
Global Alliance for Financial Inclusion Digital Assets ✓ 17 claims 20 Oct 2026

G-24 and AFI urge proportionate stablecoin rules as FATF flags compliance gaps

A G-24/AFI Policymakers' Roundtable held alongside the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings brought central bank governors, FATF and BIS officials together to debate how emerging markets should regulate stablecoins. The discussion weighed financial inclusion gains against consumer protection, monetary policy and financial integrity risks, with FATF citing widespread shortfalls in virtual asset supervision.

  • Stablecoins now have a combined market capitalisation of more than 300 billion US dollars, according to AFI CEO Alfred Hannig.
  • FATF President Giles Thomson said 65 per cent of countries assessed have not yet fully met FATF standards for virtual assets.
  • The roundtable took place on 13 October as part of the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Bangkok.
  • Central bank governors from Uzbekistan and Trinidad and Tobago argued stablecoins should be treated as a monetary policy matter, not only a market conduct issue.
  • The discussion drew on AFI's multi-country research program run with the University of Luxembourg, the Florence School of Banking and Finance, and Canada's IDRC.
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BIS BIS Press Releases Source document ↗
Global BIS Press Releases Digital Assets ✓ 21 claims 20 Oct 2026

BIS paper finds stablecoins no cure for cross-border payment costs, fintechs win on price

BIS Working Paper 1385 builds comparable all-in cost measures for three cross-border payment rails and tests the claim that stablecoins fix the system's frictions. For anyone shaping a payments strategy or a stablecoin business case, it is a sober data-based check: fintech operators have already compressed costs sharply, while stablecoin transfers still depend on exchanges, thin FX liquidity and fiat off-ramps.

  • BIS Working Paper 1385 was published on 19 October 2026 and carries no binding force, representing the authors' views rather than the BIS.
  • Retail bank wire FX markups range from approximately 2% to 4.7% even for highly liquid currencies, before explicit wire fees are added.
  • For $10,000 transfers from the United States, median fintech costs across developed-market currency groups run around $40 to $60, though some destinations cost considerably more.
  • Stablecoin transfers still depend on crypto exchange, conversion and fiat-withdrawal fees, and liquidity between US dollar stablecoins and non-US currencies is generally very thin.
  • Any favourable stablecoin FX pricing into emerging markets reflects capital-control distortions rather than the underlying blockchain technology.
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BEA Banco de España Source document ↗
European Union Banco de España Digital Assets ✓ 20 claims 19 Oct 2026

Banco de España compares US, UK and EU stablecoin regimes and flags arbitrage gaps

Banco de España staff set three stablecoin frameworks side by side: the EU's MiCAR, already in force; the US GENIUS Act, signed in July 2025 but not operative until 2027; and the UK's phased proposal due by end-2026. The piece dissects redemption rights, reserve composition, capital and crisis management, and explains why co-issuer structures such as Circle's split between its US parent and French subsidiary worry European authorities.

  • MiCAR has applied to e-money tokens since June 2024, while the GENIUS Act is not expected to enter force until 2027 with a three-year transition, and the UK framework is due for approval by end-2026.
  • MiCAR requires non-bank EMT issuers to hold minimum capital of €350,000 and own funds of 2% of average circulation, rising to 3% for significant issuers, with possible supervisory add-ons of 20% to 40%.
  • MiCAR mandates at least 30% of the reserve in same-currency bank deposits, rising to 60% for significant e-money tokens.
  • The ESRB published a Recommendation in September 2025 to prohibit multi-jurisdiction co-issuance schemes in Europe absent adequate safeguards, citing the disparity between Circle's US parent and its French subsidiary.
  • USDT and USDC account for roughly 90% of global stablecoin volume, at capitalisations of around $190 billion and $80 billion respectively.
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BIS BIS Press Releases Source document ↗
Global BIS Press Releases Digital Assets ✓ 18 claims 15 Oct 2026

BIS paper finds stablecoins and bank deposits are partial substitutes in US data

A BIS working paper tests whether reserve-backed stablecoins compete with bank deposits for US funds. Using weekly data and an identification strategy built on how banks reprice deposits above roughly 3%, the authors measure how stablecoin market capitalisation responds to deposit rate changes. The finding matters for how far the stablecoin sector can grow and how it might touch bank funding and monetary transmission.

  • Higher bank deposit rates are followed by slower stablecoin growth; the relationship is stronger for USDC than USDT.
  • Identification exploits banks repricing deposits more aggressively once the federal funds rate exceeds roughly 3%; a placebo test uses non-stablecoin cryptoassets.
  • The paper studies allocation between assets and does not establish that stablecoin growth reduces aggregate bank deposits or lending.
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BIS BIS Press Releases Source document ↗
Global BIS Press Releases Digital Assets ✓ 19 claims 15 Oct 2026

BIS research finds on-chain crypto metrics vary by up to six times depending on method

A BIS working paper dismantles the assumption that public blockchain data yields clean measures of crypto and DeFi activity. For anyone using on-chain metrics to size markets, assess counterparties or inform supervisory thinking, it sets out exactly where the numbers diverge and why the same stablecoin means different things on different chains.

  • Bitcoin transaction values vary by up to a factor of six depending on the measurement approach used.
  • Authors classified 13 million active smart contracts, including about 1.4 million tokens, with trading concentrated around stablecoins.
  • The same stablecoin behaves differently across chains: tied to smart contracts on Ethereum, held outside them on Tron.
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European Union BIS Press Releases Digital Assets ✓ 21 claims 13 Oct 2026

ECB's Cipollone sets digital euro course: trilogue by year-end, pilot in 2027, issuance 2029

ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone lays out where the digital euro legislation stands, the financial-stability modelling behind holding limits, and how the wholesale Pontes and Appia initiatives fit. For compliance and treasury leads at euro-area banks, this is the clearest consolidated statement of timelines, distribution roles and deposit-outflow assumptions ahead of a potential 2029 first issuance.

  • Trilogue negotiations under way; European Council wants them concluded by end of year, with potential first digital euro issuance in 2029.
  • 12-month pilot begins H2 2027 with 36 payment service providers selected from more than 50 applications; merchant call opened 15 September.
  • Pontes launched 21 September to settle tokenised transactions in central bank money, full implementation expected mid-2028; Appia blueprint due 2028.
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FSB Financial Stability Board Source document ↗
Global Financial Stability Board Digital Assets ✓ 11 claims 13 Oct 2026

FSB maps cross-border stablecoin vulnerabilities, flags gaps in monitoring data

The Financial Stability Board has published a note summarising its monitoring work on global stablecoin arrangements. It sets out how these arrangements are structured, how vulnerabilities could propagate across borders, which metrics could support financial stability monitoring, and what data is actually available today. For compliance and policy teams tracking the FSB crypto framework, it signals where supervisory attention and data demands are heading.

  • FSB argues a single jurisdiction cannot fully assess or address cross-border vulnerabilities in global stablecoin arrangements that span multiple entities and authorities.
  • The note analyses arrangement structure, vulnerability propagation, and metrics for financial stability monitoring, plus the benefits and limitations of available data sources.
  • Delivered by FSB Chair Andrew Bailey on 12 October 2026 alongside finalised sound practices on AI adoption.
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