The Daily Peg
Digital euro finally gets backing from the European parliament lawmaker in charge of assessing the project.
Industry news
Tether Engages KPMG For First Full Big Four Audit Amid US Expansion Push
https://decrypt.co/362556/tether-taps-kpmg-for-first-big-four-usdt-audit-amid-u-s-expansion-push
Stablecoin Giant Tether Expands Leading Gold-Backed Token to BNB Chain
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/stablecoin-giant-tether-expands-leading-145347192.html
Regulation
Australia’s RBA Signals Support for Tokenisation
https://www.investordaily.com.au/rba-has-seen-enough-to-back-tokenisation-in-australia
RBA Speech Outlines the Next Era of Financial System Innovation After Acacia
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2026/sp-ag-2026-03-25.html
Digital euro
Digital Euro’s Main Resistor, Fernando Navarrete, Moves To Back Project
https://www.ft.com/content/71f8f941-4102-4504-a0be-8fd21176ee4a?syn-25a6b1a6=1
“However, following a meeting of MEPs on Wednesday, Navarrete is working on a new draft report that removes his proposal that an online version of the digital euro should only be launched if European private sector alternatives fail. The draft report is due to be circulated in the coming days, according to people familiar with the situation.”
FT
ECB Warns Dollar Stablecoins Threaten European Monetary Sovereignty (again)
https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260327~51b0640c39.en.html
“In an increasingly digitalised world, our economies will only be as competitive, autonomous and resilient as the payment systems that underpin them. This is increasingly important in the current geopolitical environment, where we see the importance of European strategic autonomy in critical infrastructure growing by the day.
The digital euro is Europe’s best investment in strategic autonomy in payments, monetary sovereignty and societal inclusivity.”
Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, and Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB
Statecraft
China Signals Ongoing Crackdown And Policy Tension Around Stablecoins
