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</div><p class="has-drop-cap">SG Forge, a digital assets-focused subsidiary of the French bank Societe Generale said today it has rolled out a euro-backed stablecoin to reduce the gap between conventional capital markets and the crypto ecosystem. According to <a href="https://www.sgforge.com/societe-generale-forge-launches-coinvertible-the-first-institutional-stablecoin-deployed-on-a-public-blockchain/" class="deco-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the announcement</a>, this is the first euro-pegged stablecoin launched on a public blockchain.</p><h3 id="eurcv-aims-to-address-growing-number-of-institutional-client-needs">EURCV Aims to Address Growing Number of Institutional Client Needs</h3><p><a href="https://www.sgforge.com/about-us/" class="deco-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">SG Forge</a>, a digital assets arm of the Societe Generale, announced on Thursday the launch of a euro-pegged stablecoin, EUR CoinVertible (EURCV). Built on Ethereum, SG Forge claims EURCV is the first institutional euro-backed stablecoin deployed on a public blockchain.</p><p>The crypto subsidiary said EURCV is for institutional clients seeking “to bridge the gap between traditional capital markets and the digital assets ecosystem based on the CAST[1] open-source interoperability and securitization framework.”</p><p>SG Forge said the stablecoin is expected to tackle several growing client requirements, such as a reliable settlement asset for on-chain transactions, an innovative solution for cash management, cash pooling, and corporate treasury activities. In addition, the EURCV also aims to address client demand for on-chain liquidity financing and refinancing solutions.</p><p>Societe Generale’s digital assets subsidiary <a href="https://www.ledgerinsights.com/socgen-forge-digital-assets-license/" class="deco-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">obtained approval</a> from France’s stock market regulator AMF to offer crypto custody and trading services in October 2022. The unit, which provides crypto issuers and investors with the capability to issue and manage digital asset products built on the blockchain, began as one of the 60 startups launched through Societe Generale’s global intrapreneurial program.</p><div class="cta-referral"><img src="https://tokenist.com/wp-content/themes/thetokenist/assets/img/del/cta-referral-1.png" alt="" class="cta-referral__img"><div class="cta-referral__text"><p>Join our&nbsp;<a href="https://t.me/thetokenist" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Telegram group</a>&nbsp;and never miss a breaking digital asset story.</p></div></div><h3 id="growing-number-of-euro-backed-stablecoins">Growing Number of Euro-backed Stablecoins</h3><p>With its launch, EURCV joins the small lineup of euro-pegged stablecoins. Most major stablecoins – digital assets designed to maintain a 1:1 peg with a fiat currency – are pegged to the US dollar, the world’s reserve currency.</p><p>Last year, payments technology firm Circle, the company behind the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, rolled out Euro Coin (EUROC) – the first stablecoin backed by the euro. EUROC was <a href="https://tokenist.com/coinbase-to-enable-euro-backed-euroc-stablecoin-trading-on-feb-22nd/" class="deco-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">listed on Coinbase</a> earlier this year, launched under the exchange’s “experimental asset” label.</p><p>Considered a safe means of payment and store of value, stablecoins have come under scrutiny by global regulators over the past year, particularly after the <a href="https://tokenist.com/luna-drops-50-in-a-day-as-ust-peg-fails/" class="deco-link" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">disastrous collapse</a> of the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) in 2022. The US House Financial Services Committee published a 73-page draft bill on stablecoin regulation this week. According to the draft, the bill would require stablecoin issuers to fully back their digital assets with reserve assets on a “one-to-one basis.”</p><div class="cta-sub js__cta-sub"><div class="cta-sub__start"><div class="cta-sub__title"><strong>Finance is changing.</strong></div><div class="cta-sub__subtitle"> Learn how, with Five Minute Finance. </div><div class="cta-sub__excerpt"> A weekly newsletter that covers the big trends in FinTech and Decentralized Finance. </div> Try it out (for free) </div><div class="cta-sub__form"></div><div class="cta-sub__result"><div class="cta-sub__title"> Awesome </div><div class="cta-sub__caption"> You’ve subscribed. </div><div class="cta-sub__greeting"> You’re well on your way to being in the know. </div></div></div><p><em><strong>Do you think euro-backed stablecoins will become increasingly popular in the future? 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