This week's RWA roundup highlights key developments in real-world asset tokenization and digital currency regulation. China moves to legislate digital yuan's legal tender status; Japan's SBI launches JPYSC, the country's first trust-custodied, compliant yen-pegged stablecoin. Multiple economies including the EU, UK, South Korea, Russia, and the US are advancing CBDC programs and stablecoin oversight. Meanwhile, institutions like Baillie Gifford, Anchorage, and Invesco have tokenized bonds, deposits, and money market funds, signaling deeper convergence between crypto and traditional finance.

Six Chinese state-owned banks have been approved to conduct offshore RMB business in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, while the PBOC signed agreements with 26 financial institutions to advance digital yuan cross-border payments. Digital yuan wallets will start accruing interest from January 1, 2026, and China continues to ban unauthorized RMB stablecoins.

The People’s Bank of China and several other authorities have issued an action plan for developing offshore finance at the Shanghai International Financial Center, including measures related to digital yuan cross-border, offshore and blockchain infrastructure.

Yiwu Pay and ICBC Zhejiang Branch have jointly launched a new digital yuan cross-border e-commerce payment solution. The solution relies on the CBETS cross-border settlement service system and is deeply integrated with the mBridge system.

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