Money & Capital
Programmable money and productive capital
How do money and trade help people?
Start with the big picture. Open the sections below to see the evidence and future goals.
Progress Scale progress
11 / 28 · FSB jurisdictions with finalised crypto frameworks
stablecoin frameworks: 5 / 28 (FSB peer review, Oct 2025)
Steps toward the future
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- doneBitcoin genesis block2009LEVEL 2
- doneEU MiCA fully in force; HK and UAE stablecoin regimes live2024–26LEVEL 2
- doneBasel SCO60 crypto capital standard in forceJan 2026LEVEL 2
- doneJoint SEC–CFTC crypto taxonomy and MOUMar 2026LEVEL 2
- nextUS stablecoin law with final rules (GENIUS: 0 of 5 final)effective Jan 2027LEVEL 2
- nextDTC tokenized settlement in full productionOct 2026LEVEL 2
- nextRemittance cost below 3% (SDG 10.c)6.36% todayLEVEL 2
- plannedEMDE clean-energy cost-of-capital gap halved> 2× todayLEVEL 3
- nextMajority of FSB jurisdictions with finalised frameworks (11 of 28)LEVEL 2
- plannedUS market-structure law enacted (CLARITY)Senate cloture failed Sep 2026LEVEL 3
- plannedAgentic payments at scale on stablecoin railsLEVEL 3
- plannedUnbanked adults below 500 million1.3B todayLEVEL 3
- farStablecoin volume passes card networks; tokenized RWA > $1TLEVEL 4
- farPatient-capital layer funds decade-horizon science at $1.6T/yr scale; cost-of-capital parityLEVEL 4
- farUnified ledger: atomic global settlement, programmable money by defaultLEVEL 4
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Level 2: final US rules; CSD tokenization in production; FSB majority; market-structure law
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Possible steps
- GENIUS rules final before Jan 18, 2027
- DTC tokenization full launch (Oct 2026)
- FSB count crosses 14 of 28 as MiCA, UK, Japan regimes bite
- CLARITY returns in a new Congress
- Stablecoin rails cut remittance cost toward 3% and bank the next 500M
- Blended and patient capital halves the EMDE cost-of-capital gap; the $1.6T/yr clean build-out gets financed
One settlement layer (a unified ledger) versus fragmented national tokenized systems
Without a US market-structure law, the EU and Asia set the template; US adoption routes through banks and ETPs
What to watch
Final rules count; tokenized RWA outstanding; agentic payment volume; remittance cost; unbanked adults
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