Gilbert Verdian (@gverdian): Some shifts in finance are loud.

Some shifts in finance are loud. Others are quiet, but far more important. Today, Quant is announcing a partnership with @dentsusoken in Japan. Over recent years, our work done in the UK has shown that digital money doesn’t have to sit outside the financial system to innovate. Tokenised deposits and programmable settlement can be designed inside regulation, inside banks, and at institutional scale. What’s interesting now is what happens next. Japan is approaching these questions in its own way, within its own regulatory and market context. But the direction of travel is clear: major economies are beginning to think seriously about how programmable money fits into real-world financial infrastructure. This partnership is about building that foundation with institutions at the centre. #TokenisedDeposits #ProgrammableMoney #Stablecoins #Blockchain