In this issue: Europe Accelerates Digital Euro, China's e-CNY in the State Financial Guidelines, and other CBDC news from around the world. In the tokenization segment, ONDO and Mastercard partnership, and a new token standard from Taurus

U.S. Fed drops the wholesale CBDC term, Russian banks resist digital ruble push, China adds scenarios for state payments with e-CNY

Another U.S. state pushes for CBDCs to be banned — as a tokenization platform secures a crucial license for rolling out in the EU. Also in this issue: an overview of developments in China, Russia, and the EU central bank digital currencies.

China releases a hard wallet for the digital yuan, as Amazon trials a tokenization concept that sees small businesses paid faster.

More than 180 million digital yuan wallets have now been created — but over in the UK, campaigners fear "Britcoin" could plunge privacy and freedom of expression into peril.

SWIFT's take on unified ledgers, IMF's CBDC research and Brazil DREX vision. In the tokenization segment, Visa unveils a new tokenization platform that'll allow central banks and financial institutions to launch their own stablecoins.

An ECB research paper on CBDC adoption strategies and cross border CBDC projects in Asia. Another digital note from HSBC as a new report on the state of tokenization reveals surging trading volumes and a spike in experimentation.