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Digital Asssets Industry Expert Outlooks for 2026 with Blockstories
Explore 2026 predictions for digital assets as BFRR, Zühlke, and Blockstories debate tokenized deposits vs stablecoins, tokenized equities, on-chain vaults, privacy, and what banks must build next.
Gold meets Code: Tokenizing Gold for the Digital Age
We open this episode with some housekeeping: BFRR (Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll) announces etonec, a Berlin boutique consultancy at the intersection of...
Our 2026 Predictions: A Year for Building
BFRR’s 2026 Predictions explore what’s next for stablecoins, the digital euro, tokenization, institutional blockchain, crypto ETFs, and Bitcoin—eight bold, measurable calls plus price targets for the year ahead.
EU Goes All-In, Stablecoins Scale, Equities Tokenize | News
Institutional blockchain crossed a turning point in 2025. From stablecoins and regulation to tokenization and public infrastructure, this article explores why December marked the moment crypto quietly became financial plumbing.
Selling Picks and Shovels in the Stablecoin Gold Rush
Explore how new Stablecoin rules are transforming Europe’s crypto landscape — and why Januar is emerging as a key infrastructure provider for compliant growth.
Institutional Digital Asset Adoption and Stablecoins Everywhere – While European Parliament Rethinks the Digital Euro | News
Explore how central banks, payment giants, and global financial institutions accelerated Institutional Digital Asset Adoption amid a volatile November.
Why 9 European Banks Are Launching Their Own Stablecoin
Discover how nine major European banks are developing a regulated euro stablecoin to power cross-border payments, tokenized assets, and 24/7 digital finance—marking one of Europe’s most ambitious moves toward the future of money.
The Architecture of Stablecoin Issuers with Galaxy’s Thomas Cowan
Discover how leading stablecoin issuers build trust, compliance, and technology architectures that define the future of digital money.
21X Journey: Transforming Capital Markets with Blockchain
Discover how 21X, Europe’s first regulated blockchain-based trading and settlement system, is transforming capital markets. From stablecoin settlements to tokenized securities, 21X pioneers instant, on-chain transactions that merge regulatory trust with blockchain efficiency — a glimpse into the future of global finance.
When Banks and Nations Enter the Digital Money Arena | News
A new era of Digital Money is unfolding as banks, market operators, and even governments move from blockchain experiments to full-scale adoption. Europe leads the charge with sovereign Bitcoin investments, cooperative blockchains, and stablecoin integration — signaling that traditional finance is now rebuilding itself on digital rails.
Building the Bridge: AMINA Bank’s Architecture for Crypto-TradFi Integration
In a year when stablecoins finally broke into the financial mainstream, most banks still can’t process a simple USDC transfer. One exception is AMINA Bank, a Switzerland-based institution that says it has spent six years learning to do something deceptively hard: speak the languages of both traditional finance and blockchains at the same time.
Germany’s Security Token Issuances & Deka’s Digital Asset Monitor
Explore the latest insights from the Deka Digital Asset Monitor — tracking Germany’s evolving tokenized securities market, key issuers, blockchain adoption trends, and regulatory developments.
Bullish sentiment: ETH, Coinbase, Genius, and more | News
July held a plethora of crypto news. One example: Once a straightforward crypto exchange, Coinbase is now signaling a platform ambition that could reshape how everyday users interact with digital assets.
Genius Act vs MiCAR and what it means for Europe
In a conversation between Alexander Bechtel and transatlantic legal expert Anja von Rosenstiel, a licensed attorney in both Germany and the U.S., the contrasts between the U.S. Genius Act and MiCAR were laid bare.
The Evolution of Digital Currencies
In a landmark 350th episode of the Bitcoin Fiat & Rock’n’Roll (BFRR) podcast, a panel of leading voices in institutional finance gathered at the London Blockchain Finance Summit to discuss one of the most pressing questions in global finance today: how digital currencies, assets, and decentralized technologies are reshaping the financial system.
CBDCs at the Crossroads with John Kiff
At the heart of this transformation are central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which are now being piloted, reconsidered, or quietly shelved by central banks around the world. One of the field’s foremost experts, John Kiff, formerly of the Bank of Canada and the International Monetary Fund, has been at the forefront of these developments.
Inside the ECB’s Digital Euro Project and Stablecoins with Ulrich Bindseil
In his final days at the ECB, Ulrich Bindseil finds himself at the center of a different kind of transformation: the digitization of money itself. We talked about the digital euro project and more.
US Senate Passes GENIUS Act | News Recap June
This month’s developments in the world of digital assets were shaped by a series of transformative events — from the passage of landmark U.S. regulation with the US Senate passing the GENIUS Act, to renewed momentum in tokenized deposits and corporate Bitcoin adoption.
Digital Fiat That Never Sleeps: Stablecoin Developments in Payment
Once relegated to the fringes of cryptocurrency markets, stablecoins are beginning to force a structural rethink of how digital money is defined, regulated, and used—particularly in the realm of cross-border payments and financial infrastructure. So let’s dive deeper in the stablecoin developments in payment.
Digital Freedom, Privacy & Innovation: A Conversation with Joachim Schwerin
In this episode of the Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll podcast, Joachim Schwerin, Principal Economist at the European Commission issued a clear call to action: preserve the core values of decentralisation. Schwerin supports a new initiative: the Digital Freedom Declaration.
Stablecoin and Real World Tokenization Adoption Accelerates | News
The month of May 2025 marked a pivotal shift in the evolution of digital money, as developments in stablecoins, institutional crypto adoption, real world tokenization and new technical standards suggested a deeper integration of blockchain infrastructure into the mainstream financial system.