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In its MiCAR consultation response the ESCB asks Brussels to delete the minimum bank-deposit share for stablecoin reserves. The anchor meant to make issuers safe turned out to be the wire that carries a run into the banking system.
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Crypto-funded property deals stall when the bank's question about source of funds arrives late and nobody prepared the answer. Who handles it, and when.
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HNWI wealth reached USD 98.3 trillion, yet alternatives fell to 12% of portfolios while two in three holders want more. Where that gap leads.
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We wrote about what that means for a family office. The piece is out in Private Wealth Voices, the Prestel & Partner magazine. The argument comes in three parts: 1. The routine has already moved to machines. Monitoring, reconciliation, routing, the compliance check that runs before the money leaves rather
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A contract is signed on a house. The price is agreed, the closing date is written into the deed, and the buyer's money is sitting in stablecoins. Both sides treat the financing question as settled. It is not settled. The difficult part of the transaction lives in the