DLT

A senior Bank of England official told Parliament that proposed rules would require “systemic” stablecoins to hold at least 40% of reserves in central bank deposits, announced as DLT projects proliferate. The move is aimed at strengthening safety and integrating stablecoins into the UK financial plumbing.

France’s Lise Lightning Stock Exchange will list aerospace supplier ST Group on April 9 in what regulators and market participants are calling Europe’s first fully on‑chain IPO under the EU DLT pilot regime.

Project Samara has successfully piloted real-time DLT bond settlement using central bank money in a live market environment, marking a milestone for Canada’s wholesale digital-asset infrastructure. The run demonstrates faster, final settlement and reduced counterparty risk for tokenized fixed-income transactions.

The ECB will accept certain DLT-issued securities as eligible collateral in Eurosystem credit operations from March 30, and Ripple has been granted a full EU license — a sign of growing regulatory acceptance for tokenized finance.