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                    <title>BBVA Joins Banking Consortium to Issue European Stablecoin</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-joins-banking-consortium-to-issue-european-stablecoin/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Vanessa Pombo Nartallo]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has joined a consortium of eleven major European financial institutions that have formed a joint venture, Qivalis, to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin. The aim is to enable faster and cheaper payments, as well as the settlement of digital assets within a regulated environment backed by all the safeguards that a European bank can offer. The commercial launch is slated for the second half of 2026, once the technical and regulatory developments have been completed.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has joined a consortium of eleven major European financial institutions that have formed a joint venture, Qivalis, to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin. The aim is to enable faster and cheaper payments, as well as the settlement of digital assets within a regulated environment backed by all the safeguards that a European bank can offer. The commercial launch is slated for the second half of 2026, once the technical and regulatory developments have been completed.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA partners with SWIFT to embed blockchain technology in the global financial system</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-partners-with-swift-to-embed-blockchain-technology-in-the-global-financial-system/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Vanessa Pombo Nartallo]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                            <![CDATA[SWIFT, the global financial messaging network connecting more than 11,500 institutions in 200 countries, is set to develop a shared blockchain platform that will function as a common digital ledger for banks around the world. This infrastructure will enable seamless, real-time international payments and transfers and transactions with stablecoins and digital assets. BBVA has joined a consortium of more than 30 partner banks now starting work on a prototype.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[SWIFT, the global financial messaging network connecting more than 11,500 institutions in 200 countries, is set to develop a shared blockchain platform that will function as a common digital ledger for banks around the world. This infrastructure will enable seamless, real-time international payments and transfers and transactions with stablecoins and digital assets. BBVA has joined a consortium of more than 30 partner banks now starting work on a prototype.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA’s crypto asset portfolio now available on the app</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/innovation/garanti-bbvas-crypto-asset-portfolio-now-available-on-the-app/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has entered a new era in asset management in Türkiye by migrating its crypto asset portfolios to its app, Garanti BBVA Mobile. Garanti BBVA Crypto users can now easily view their crypto assets, along with price information in real time, gains and losses, and watchlists directly from the ‘Investments’ menu in the bank’s mobile app.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has entered a new era in asset management in Türkiye by migrating its crypto asset portfolios to its app, Garanti BBVA Mobile. Garanti BBVA Crypto users can now easily view their crypto assets, along with price information in real time, gains and losses, and watchlists directly from the ‘Investments’ menu in the bank’s mobile app.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Launches its Bitcoin and Ether Trading and Custody Service for All Retail Customers in Spain</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/es/innovation/bbva-launches-its-bitcoin-and-ether-trading-and-custody-service-for-all-retail-customers-in-spain/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has unveiled its cryptocurrency trading and custody service for bitcoin and ether, which is now available to all retail customers of legal age in Spain. After filing the relevant disclosure with the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the bank has been gradually rolling out the service in recent weeks. Customers can now use this service to trade in bitcoin and ether directly through the BBVA app, all within a fully integrated environment that also includes the bank’s other financial services.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has unveiled its cryptocurrency trading and custody service for bitcoin and ether, which is now available to all retail customers of legal age in Spain. After filing the relevant disclosure with the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the bank has been gradually rolling out the service in recent weeks. Customers can now use this service to trade in bitcoin and ether directly through the BBVA app, all within a fully integrated environment that also includes the bank’s other financial services.]]>
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                    <title>The Future is Hybrid: Why Traditional Banks Must Lead the Crypto Evolution</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/the-future-is-hybrid-why-traditional-banks-must-lead-the-crypto-evolution/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The digital revolution is transforming every economic sector—and financeis no exception. Cryptoassets, tokenization, and blockchain-basedtechnologies are accelerating an inevitable evolution. In this context,traditional banks face a historic opportunity: to lead this transformation bycombining their experience, credibility, and global reach with the agility andinnovation of the crypto ecosystem. The future isn’t about choosingbetween the old and the new—it’s about merging both worlds into aseamless experience.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The digital revolution is transforming every economic sector—and financeis no exception. Cryptoassets, tokenization, and blockchain-basedtechnologies are accelerating an inevitable evolution. In this context,traditional banks face a historic opportunity: to lead this transformation bycombining their experience, credibility, and global reach with the agility andinnovation of the crypto ecosystem. The future isn’t about choosingbetween the old and the new—it’s about merging both worlds into aseamless experience.]]>
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                    <title>The role of tokenization in the financial system of the future</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/the-role-of-tokenization-in-the-financial-system-of-the-future/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 07:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Javier Díaz Jiménez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy and Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The technological innovations underlying cryptocurrencies, such as cryptography and distributed ledger technology (DLT), can also be applied to traditional assets like financial instruments or fiat currencies. <strong><a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/what-is-payment-tokenization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tokenization</a> enables the "digitization" of these assets, representing them as tokens</strong> and granting them properties with significant potential to enhance and improve the financial system.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The technological innovations underlying cryptocurrencies, such as cryptography and distributed ledger technology (DLT), can also be applied to traditional assets like financial instruments or fiat currencies. <strong><a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/what-is-payment-tokenization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tokenization</a> enables the "digitization" of these assets, representing them as tokens</strong> and granting them properties with significant potential to enhance and improve the financial system.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Digital Assets now offers crypto custody to all customers on its Garanti BBVA Crypto mobile platform</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/garanti-bbva-digital-assets-now-offers-crypto-custody-to-all-customers-on-its-garanti-bbva-crypto-mobile-platform/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Digital Assets, the first initiative of Garanti BBVA Financial Technologies Inc., is now offering crypto wallet service on its mobile platform. This marks the first time in Turkey that a bank subsidiary has developed and implemented a crypto currencies wallet with its own resources. Garanti BBVA Digital Assets now allows customers to transfer and store bitcoin (BTC), Etherum (ETH) and USD coin (USDC) assets on its mobile platform, Garanti BBVA Crypto.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Digital Assets, the first initiative of Garanti BBVA Financial Technologies Inc., is now offering crypto wallet service on its mobile platform. This marks the first time in Turkey that a bank subsidiary has developed and implemented a crypto currencies wallet with its own resources. Garanti BBVA Digital Assets now allows customers to transfer and store bitcoin (BTC), Etherum (ETH) and USD coin (USDC) assets on its mobile platform, Garanti BBVA Crypto.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA’s crypto app now supports AVAX coins</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/innovation/garanti-bbvas-crypto-app-now-supports-avax-coins/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.garantibbva.com.tr/en">Garanti BBVA</a>’s mobile platform for cryptocurrencies now offers Avalanche c-chain support for AVAX coins, an asset in high demand in Türkiye.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.garantibbva.com.tr/en">Garanti BBVA</a>’s mobile platform for cryptocurrencies now offers Avalanche c-chain support for AVAX coins, an asset in high demand in Türkiye.]]>
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                    <title>Alfonso Gómez (BBVA Switzerland): "Banks bring strength and security to crypto asset services.”</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/alfonso-gomez-bbva-switzerland-banks-bring-strength-and-security-to-crypto-asset-services/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2022, <a href="https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2022-biggest-year-ever-for-crypto-hacking/">more than $3.8 billion</a> worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen. Traditional banks are therefore regaining ground to become service providers as custodians of crypto assets. This was the position advocated during the event hosted by El Confidencial by Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland. For more than two years now, BBVA Switzerland has enabled its customers to manage bitcoin, ether, and the rest of their investments from the online banking app.
<h6>Image: Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland, with Javier Molina, from El Confidencial, during a moment of his talk. /El Confidencial</h6>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2022, <a href="https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/2022-biggest-year-ever-for-crypto-hacking/">more than $3.8 billion</a> worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen. Traditional banks are therefore regaining ground to become service providers as custodians of crypto assets. This was the position advocated during the event hosted by El Confidencial by Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland. For more than two years now, BBVA Switzerland has enabled its customers to manage bitcoin, ether, and the rest of their investments from the online banking app.
<h6>Image: Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland, with Javier Molina, from El Confidencial, during a moment of his talk. /El Confidencial</h6>]]>
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                    <title>BBVA customers in Spain can now invest online and on the app in an ETN that tracks bitcoin</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-customers-in-spain-can-now-invest-online-and-on-the-app-in-an-etn-that-tracks-bitcoin/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 07:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has now added to its product offering an ETN issued by Fidelity Exchange Traded Products GmbH that tracks the performance of bitcoin. Customers who qualify under the MiFID suitability assessment can sign up for the new product via BBVA's website or smartphone app.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has now added to its product offering an ETN issued by Fidelity Exchange Traded Products GmbH that tracks the performance of bitcoin. Customers who qualify under the MiFID suitability assessment can sign up for the new product via BBVA's website or smartphone app.]]>
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