The Bank of Japan’s governor has challenged the financial industry to prove that the next wave of tokenised finance can match the “singleness” and safety of central bank money, even as blockchain shifts from experimentation to deployment.
Speaking at the FIN/SUM 2026 conference in Tokyo, Kazuo Ueda said the combination of smart contracts and generative AI could enable new products that bundle transactions, automate collateral management and improve monitoring, such as anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing controls.
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