Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock'n'Roll Stablecoins Everywhere - While European Parliament Rethinks the Digital Euro | News
In this new BFRR News episode, Jonas Groß and Manuel look back at a turbulent November across digital assets, stablecoins, tokenized deposits and CBDCs. They’re joined for the first time by Atakan Kavuklu, project manager at AllUnity, who brings hands-on insights from one of Europe’s most prominent stablecoin initiatives.
November delivered heavy market volatility, with a 15% crypto market drop and extreme fear readings, yet also remarkable institutional breakthroughs. The Czech National Bank revealed a pilot Bitcoin portfolio as part of a broader digital-asset readiness strategy. Harvard University quietly tripled its Bitcoin exposure, while questions resurfaced about MicroStrategy’s long-term resilience during downturns.
On the infrastructure side, Clearstream launched its D7 DLT platform, Swiat received its BaFin license as a crypto securities registrar, and the Basel Committee signaled it may soften punitive capital rules for banks holding crypto assets—potentially a milestone for regulated adoption.
Stablecoins again dominated headlines: Visa and Mastercard rolled out stablecoin payout pilots; Western Union launched a USD-backed token on Solana; Klarna introduced its own stablecoin on Tempo; and Swiss payments giant TWINT started exploring a CHF stablecoin. The team breaks down why payouts, remittances and retail rails could become catalysts for real-world stablecoin usage.
JP Morgan accelerated the race in tokenized deposits with the live launch of its JPM Coin infrastructure on Base and new interoperability steps with USDC. Citi also expanded its token services and deepened collaboration with Coinbase.
Finally, the hosts unpack the European Parliament’s draft report on the digital euro, including the surprising push to prioritize the offline CBDC, new governance ideas, and looming questions for private-sector payment schemes such as Vero.
A packed episode full of market insights, policy shifts and infrastructure updates—perfect for anyone navigating the future of digital money.
Digital Euro Draft Report from European Parliament](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb/search/simpleSearchHome.htm?relations=NUPE%23%23778.136&sortAndOrder=DATEDOCUDESC)) Knowledge Bite Atakan: Paper “Regulatory responses to the financial stability implications of stablecoins” Knowledge Bite Manuel: European Banks & Stablecoin Report from Blockstories Knowledge Bite Jonas: ECB Enters Next Phase of Digital Euro Project Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock'n'Roll Website
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