John Kiff

Ex-IMF financial sector wonk passionate about fintech and digital assets, and alternative risk transfer (ART) markets. (See also @kiffmeister.bsky.social)

[John Kiff @Kiffmeister]

Kiffmeister's Digital Fiat Currency (DFC) Weekly Digest (week ending 07/08/2026). A weekly digest of my DFC-related posts for the convenience of those who don't follow my #Fintech Digest. (DFCs include central bank digital currency (#CBDC), #stablecoins and tokenized deposits.) https://t.co/jFDTmVIvFL

[John Kiff @Kiffmeister]

Kiffmeister's Alternative Risk Transfer (#ART) Digest (week ending 07/08/2026). The week's key developments in #longevity/ #pension and #catastrophe (CAT) risk transfer markets. https://t.co/45gEqtyLGf

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features the Bank of Korea establishing a dedicated asset #tokenization unit under its Digital Currency Office to lead efforts to tokenize assets, initially focusing on government bonds issued and distributed on a unified ledger integrating wholesale central bank digital currency (#CBDC), bank deposits, and tokenized assets. For more detail go to: https://t.co/Bq7iB8Y7b0

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye announcing that its open call for ecosystem participation in the digital Turkish lira #CBDC has advanced 23 shortlisted projects into a sandbox‑based third stage. For more detail go to: https://t.co/DYw99avy1o

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@Vikram__Iyer It certainly isn't real until that jump occurs!

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features the South Korean government launching a project to operationalize wholesale central bank digital currency (#CBDC)-based deposit tokens for retail and public-sector payments, extending the Bank of Korea’s Project Hangang pilot into commercial use. For more detail go to: https://t.co/14XSLPvB8B

Tokenisation of Money: From Fiat Currencies to Stablecoins has been officially published by Springer. This book brings together the expertise of more than 30 leading international authors from central banks, commercial banks, fintech companies, academia, technology providers, legal practice, and international organizations. Together, they provide diverse perspectives on the technological, economic, regulatory, legal, and operational dimensions of tokenized money. I contributed a chapter on retail #CBDC developments. https://t.co/oKYfQrrIF7

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features China completing its first outbound payment via the Cross‑Border e‑CNY Express Service (CBETS) to Malaysia, settling a 43,000 yuan shipment of fresh durian. For more detail go to: https://t.co/n2IdXskZtx

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features the Vietnam government assigning the State Bank of Vietnam to research, propose mechanisms, and conduct pilot implementations of a national digital currency in 2029 and 2030. For more detail go to: https://t.co/PKEUHl1Hm4

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[John Kiff @Kiffmeister]

Kiffmeister's Digital Fiat Currency (DFC) Weekly Digest (week ending 08/01/2026). A weekly digest of my DFC-related posts for the convenience of those who don't follow my #Fintech Digest. (DFCs include central bank digital currency (#CBDC), #stablecoins and tokenized deposits.) https://t.co/I7IZad1cuC

[John Kiff @Kiffmeister]

Kiffmeister's Alternative Risk Transfer (#ART) Digest (week ending 08/01/2026). The week's key developments in #longevity/ #pension and #catastrophe (CAT) risk transfer markets. https://t.co/l0YiLetxWL

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Institute of International Finance (IIF) completing real value testing of their Project Agorá multi‑currency programmable platform for atomically settled wholesale cross‑border payments using wholesale central bank digital currency (#CBDC) and tokenized commercial bank deposits. For more detail go to: https://t.co/XmZs76w6bU

[John Kiff @Kiffmeister]

Kiffmeister's Digital Fiat Currency (DFC) Weekly Digest (week ending 07/25/2026). A weekly digest of my DFC-related posts for the convenience of those who don't follow my #Fintech Digest. (DFCs include central bank digital currency (#CBDC), #stablecoins and tokenized deposits.) https://t.co/ksVH4uc0uC

[John Kiff @Kiffmeister]

Kiffmeister's Alternative Risk Transfer (#ART) Digest (week ending 07/25/2026). The week's key developments in #longevity/ #pension and #catastrophe (CAT) risk transfer markets. https://t.co/iYAgizJ9Bh

[Tokenisation of Money @TokenisationofM]

🚀 Proud to announce the publication of "Tokenisation of Money: From Fiat Currencies to Stablecoins" by Springer.

30+ global experts.
One comprehensive reference.

#TokenisationofMoney #CBDC #Stablecoins #Tokenisation #Tokenization
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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features a European Central Bank (ECB) description of how it will make digital euro functions available through a software development kit for banks to use and integrate into their existing apps. For more detail go to: https://t.co/xeZttuQYtK

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features the Bank of Korea (BOK) reportedly accelerating commercialization of tokenized deposits under Phase 2 of Project Hangang. For more detail go to: https://t.co/D6RDC1aSWn

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Kiffmeister's Digital Fiat Currency (DFC) Weekly Digest (week ending 07/18/2026). A weekly digest of my DFC-related posts for the convenience of those who don't follow my #Fintech Digest. (DFCs include central bank digital currency (#CBDC), #stablecoins and tokenized deposits.) https://t.co/qaSIlLz3oq

[John Kiff @Kiffmeister]

Kiffmeister's Alternative Risk Transfer (#ART) Digest (week ending 07/18/2026). The week's key developments in #longevity/ #pension and #catastrophe (CAT) risk transfer markets. https://t.co/VSy2VLj64E

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features Visa launching the Visa Stablecoin Platform (VSP), an enterprise environment for institutions to mint, move, and manage stablecoins, initially focused on Open USD (OUSD) issued via the Open Standard. For more detail go to: https://t.co/kW64n6iNUT

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Today's Kiffmeister #Fintech Digest features the European Central Bank (ECB) selecting 36 payment service providers (PSPs) from across the euro area to run a 12‑month digital euro pilot starting in the second half of 2027. For more detail go to: https://t.co/6gDYzYmWdU