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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>Tokenization, Regulation and Partnerships: The New Roadmap for Scaling Up in the Crypto Industry</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/tokenisation-regulation-and-partnerships-the-new-roadmap-for-scaling-up-in-the-crypto-industry/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[At the 'Beyond Hype: crypto meets banking at BBVA' event, <a href="https://www.bbvaspark.com/en/">BBVA Spark</a> brought together leaders from the crypto industry such as Andrei Manuel, founder of Bit2Me, Catriona Wingate, head of banking at BVNK in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Kaushik Sthankiya, head of banking at Kraken. The experts analysed the factors driving the growth of crypto companies, the opportunities and challenges they face when coexisting with traditional financial infrastructures, and how collaboration with banks can make a difference.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[At the 'Beyond Hype: crypto meets banking at BBVA' event, <a href="https://www.bbvaspark.com/en/">BBVA Spark</a> brought together leaders from the crypto industry such as Andrei Manuel, founder of Bit2Me, Catriona Wingate, head of banking at BVNK in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Kaushik Sthankiya, head of banking at Kraken. The experts analysed the factors driving the growth of crypto companies, the opportunities and challenges they face when coexisting with traditional financial infrastructures, and how collaboration with banks can make a difference.]]>
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                    <title>Tokenized assets: how a share, a deposit, or even a building becomes digital</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/tokenized-assets-how-a-share-a-deposit-or-even-a-building-becomes-digital/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Vanessa Pombo Nartallo]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Shares, artwork, real estate… in fact pretty much any asset, can now have a digital twin. Tokenization is reshaping investments by making it possible to split tangible, real-world assets into tokens that can be bought or sold in a matter of seconds, with the utmost transparency and with no intermediaries. So what are the steps involved in turning tangible value from the physical world into its digital counterpart?]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Shares, artwork, real estate… in fact pretty much any asset, can now have a digital twin. Tokenization is reshaping investments by making it possible to split tangible, real-world assets into tokens that can be bought or sold in a matter of seconds, with the utmost transparency and with no intermediaries. So what are the steps involved in turning tangible value from the physical world into its digital counterpart?]]>
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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>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Vanessa Pombo Nartallo]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital coins]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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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>Alfonso Gómez (CEO BBVA Switzerland): “Banks are responsible for ensuring the security of crypto services”</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/alfonso-gomez-ceo-bbva-switzerland-banks-are-responsible-for-ensuring-the-security-of-crypto-services/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA once again attended the<a href="https://www.elconfidencial.com/mercados/2025-09-17/galeria-activos-digitales-bra_4209402/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> ‘Digital Assets’ Forum</a> organized by El Confidencial. For the eighth time, the event brought together the Spanish crypto ecosystem, which is starting to move beyond the experimentation phase and roll out real services following the entry into force of <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/mica-reaches-its-six-month-milestone-early-takeaways-and-challenges-ahead/">MiCA</a>. In this context, BBVA has established itself as an experienced player, as it was the first traditional European bank to offer a cryptoasset service in Switzerland in 2021, and<a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/es/innovation/bbva-launches-its-bitcoin-and-ether-trading-and-custody-service-for-all-retail-customers-in-spain/"> the first to offer it in Spain</a>. Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland, stressed the financial sector’s responsibility in supporting the consolidation of digital assets and the importance of offering customers safe, reliable solutions.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA once again attended the<a href="https://www.elconfidencial.com/mercados/2025-09-17/galeria-activos-digitales-bra_4209402/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> ‘Digital Assets’ Forum</a> organized by El Confidencial. For the eighth time, the event brought together the Spanish crypto ecosystem, which is starting to move beyond the experimentation phase and roll out real services following the entry into force of <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/mica-reaches-its-six-month-milestone-early-takeaways-and-challenges-ahead/">MiCA</a>. In this context, BBVA has established itself as an experienced player, as it was the first traditional European bank to offer a cryptoasset service in Switzerland in 2021, and<a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/es/innovation/bbva-launches-its-bitcoin-and-ether-trading-and-custody-service-for-all-retail-customers-in-spain/"> the first to offer it in Spain</a>. Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland, stressed the financial sector’s responsibility in supporting the consolidation of digital assets and the importance of offering customers safe, reliable solutions.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Crypto to add Tether trading</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/innovation/garanti-bbva-crypto-adds-tether-trading/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Crypto is now offering trading and transfers in Tether (USDT), allowing users to do business with the popular dollar-pegged stablecoin via the Ethereum network and trade USDT pairs.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Crypto is now offering trading and transfers in Tether (USDT), allowing users to do business with the popular dollar-pegged stablecoin via the Ethereum network and trade USDT pairs.]]>
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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>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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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 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>MiCA reaches its six-month milestone: early takeaways and challenges ahead</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/mica-reaches-its-six-month-milestone-early-takeaways-and-challenges-ahead/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy and Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Macroeconomics]]>
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                            <![CDATA[MiCA, the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, has been fully in force for just over six months. This milestone also marks the first complete year for its stablecoin rules. The law’s passage was hard‑won, and its rollout has been steady but measured.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[MiCA, the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, has been fully in force for just over six months. This milestone also marks the first complete year for its stablecoin rules. The law’s passage was hard‑won, and its rollout has been steady but measured.]]>
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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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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=innovation&#038;p=1097015</guid>
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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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