New estimates project how much demand there will be for a digital euro. Plus, Tether launches a new tokenization platform, as BlackRock expands its tokenized fund to five new blockchains.

Global financial leaders converge to explore the future of finance, with ISO 20022, digital assets, China's digital yuan and cross-border payment innovations taking center stage.

The Chinese-led mBridge protocol is making progress, with the second digital yuan payment transaction publicly recorded. India's CBDC program has five million users but no public transaction figures to share. Experimentation with tokenization is expanding across the region.

ECB President Christine Lagarde casts doubt on a digital euro by 2027 — as China silently removes the 'pilot version' markings from its e-CNY application

Saudi Arabia is among the countries where de-dollarization is one of the objectives set for the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) projects.

This week's Roundup comes with a snapshot of Tether's recent quarterly report.

The Bank of Thailand is running a pilot for its retail CBDC with the staff of three payment service providers and merchants situated around their head offices.