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Plans for a UK Digital Gilt Instrument, or DIGIT, hinge on one missing piece: onchain cash
Evidence tier: B1 Evidence type: Independent digital asset media report Source: CoinDesk Published: 2026-07-22 Captured: 2026-07-22T15:52:54.192Z
Source summary
debt.Progress is constrained by the absence of standardized onchain payment methods, robust sterling stablecoins and regulatory clarity.The success of Britain’s planned tokenized sovereign debt market relies entirely on resolving onchain cash settlement, an issue that has stalled institutional adoption of digital bonds for nearly seven years, industry experts told CoinDesk.While the U.K.
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This signal matters because stablecoin distribution, regulation and settlement are increasingly shaping cross-border treasury, merchant acceptance and programmable payment infrastructure.
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Topics and entities
- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: HSBC
- Web3 payments
- Cross-border payments
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Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-07-22T15:36:49.319Z
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