A starting point for placing individual terms, projects and headlines within the wider financial system.
How existing finance records, transfers and settles money: deposits, clearing, settlement, central bank money, cross-border payments and ISO20022.
Stablecoins, tokenized deposits, CBDCs and tokenized assets compared through liabilities, backing, redemption rights and settlement.
Technology understood as infrastructure supporting financial rights, obligations and safe execution.
Legal characterization, issuance, redemption, AML/CFT, holder protection, governance and accountability.
Global projects compared through a common model: purpose, participants, money, assets, ledgers, settlement, outcomes and limitations.
The difference between a working pilot and durable financial infrastructure: demand, liquidity, economics, governance and transition.
A planned 110-term glossary connecting definitions with related concepts.
View prototype →Projects compared by purpose, participants, money, assets, technology and progress.
In developmentUse cases organized by the problem solved and the conditions required.
In development