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ECB argues the digital euro protects EU’s sovereignty


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🏦ECB rep: digital euro key to payment sovereignty

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🇰🇷South Korea flags stablecoin risks amid regulatory debate

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ECB's Cipollone says digital euro key to payments sovereignty in 'weaponised' world

European Central Bank board member Piero Cipollone says rising geopolitical tensions and Europe's growing reliance on non-European payment providers strengthen the case for a digital euro, framing it as "public money in digital form" to complement cash and create a unified, EU-controlled payments standard — especially for e-commerce — potentially requiring acceptance by any merchant that takes digital payments.

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UK dodges 'US malaise' as regulator finalizes crypto rules

The UK's FCA is close to finalizing a centralized crypto rulebook after releasing its Jan. 23 final consultation with 10 proposals, aiming to wrap the process by March and implement fully by October 2027. Industry watchers say the UK has avoided the political and industry whiplash dogging the US CLARITY Act, and its approach — extending existing financial regulation to crypto, unlike the EU's MiCA — could deliver clearer, more institution-ready rules and revive "crypto hub" ambitions.

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South Korea's central bank flags FX risks as lawmakers debate stablecoin issuance

South Korea's central bank governor Lee Chang-yong warned that won-denominated stablecoins could undermine foreign-exchange stability and be used — alongside US dollar stablecoins — to bypass capital flow controls during market stress, even as authorities consider a new registration framework that could let domestic institutions issue virtual assets. His comments sharpen an already contentious policy debate that has delayed the proposed Digital Asset Basic Act, with lawmakers and regulators split over whether only banks should be allowed to issue won-pegged stablecoins to limit systemic and FX risks, or whether non-bank firms should also be authorized under supervision.

For Wall Street's most sophisticated trading firms, the next alpha is onchain

Co-founder and CEO of blockchain infrastructure company Altius Labs Annabelle Huang argues that as trading shifts onto blockchain rails, the source of "alpha" is moving from the old high-frequency trading hardware arms race (co-location, custom chips, private fiber) to mastery of onchain infrastructure — validators, sequencers, block production, MEV systems, low-latency RPCs and governance — where structural edge comes from shaping how transactions are ordered and executed rather than merely reacting faster than rivals.

Huang says HFT firms are well positioned to "own the rails" by operating across market making, exchange-like functions and infrastructure provision, pointing to moves like Jump's Solana validator client Firedancer and networking efforts, Cumberland's work with Pyth and incubating infrastructure projects, and Jane Street's infrastructure hiring. While crypto market size still limits incentives versus traditional markets, Huang expects stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets to expand onchain liquidity dramatically, making blockspace itself — the production, ordering and monetization of transactions — the next major frontier for institutional trading advantage.