CBUAE and HKMA deepen financial cooperation and market connectivity, focusing on cross-border debt markets, digital assets, tokenisation, digital currencies, stablecoin oversight, and supply chain finance

A key outcome is the CBUAE’s formal membership in Hong Kong’s Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU), the city’s core debt securities depository, giving UAE investors direct and cost‑effective access to Chinese Mainland capital markets via Hong Kong’s infrastructure and...

U.S Treasury requests for comments on using AI, APIs, blockchain, and digital identity tools to help FIs detect illicit activity in stablecoins and digital assets under the GENIUS Act – by 17 Oct 2025

Treasury asks commenters about application program interfaces, artificial intelligence, digital identity verification, and use of blockchain technology and monitoring. Innovative tools are critical to advancing efforts to address illicit finance risks but can also...