As central banks build digital currencies with tight control, they abandon the core innovation of blockchain—permissionless design. While CBDCs favor private ledgers, the U.S. turns to stablecoins running on public rails, balancing decentralization, oversight, and market-driven innovation.

Digital Asset’s “network of networks” allows normally siloed financial systems and institutional assets to interact and synchronize in previously impossible ways. Participants include BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Cboe Global Markets, Microsoft and many others.