Stablecoins in Europe: Consortia Bulls vs. Central Bank Bears | Monthly Briefing

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent developments in stablecoins in Europe, including bank expansions and regulatory perspectives.

Stablecoins took over May. We unpack Kivalis’ 25-bank expansion, AllUnity’s agentic payments, Lagarde’s bearish take, the MiCA review, and the Clarity Act’s path through the Senate.

People in this episode

Hosts: Alexander Bechtel, Michael Blaschke, Jonas Gross, Manuel Klein

Topics covered

• stablecoins
• bank expansion
• payments
• central banks
• regulation
• financial technology

Keywords

• stablecoins
• Kivalis
• AllUnity
• Lagarde
• MiCA
• Clarity Act
• banking
• payments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kivalis, AllUnity, MiCA, Clarity Act

Places: Europe

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