President Emmanuel Macron’s planned address at Paris Blockchain Week underscores France’s bid to place euro stablecoins, the digital euro and digital-finance regulation at the center of Europe’s sovereignty agenda. The broader message is geopolitical: Europe wants greater control over the financial infrastructure that may shape future payments, capital markets and monetary influence.

USDXP is a 1:1 USD-backed stablecoin designed for on-platform FX exposure with zero platform fees; Clear plans to add additional currency-backed digital assets, including the euro and the pound.

OKX integrated Katana into its Earn product, embedding Katana’s onchain yield rails inside the OKX app so users can access DeFi-style yield without running a self-custody workflow.

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