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Spreads between French and German government bonds are widening at a rate rivaling the early 2010s eurozone crisis

French bond yields have reached 25-plus-year highs

The Socialist candidate for France's 2027 presidential election argued for prosecuting the head of the French central bank

France is shifting towards more short-term debt issuance to finance its 120% debt-to-GDP ratio

France's finance minister stated that issuing 30-year debt has become "a bit trickier."

The Socialist candidate for France's 2027 presidential election proposed this action after the central bank head acknowledged France's fiscal situation is unsustainable

The Socialist candidate for France's 2027 presidential election has argued for canceling the debt held by the French central bank

Regulators should require central bank money for settling tokenized securities

Christine Lagarde has been actively conducting yield curve control at the European Central Bank for four years

The US-German 10-year bond spread widened from -1.5 to 1.8, indicating stress in the European bond sector

France has been identified as the weak link in the European debt situation

The bear flattener interest rate strategy puts upward pressure on European bond markets, which lack the fiscal capacity to manage it

The European Central Bank is choosing to protect European bond markets at the expense of devaluing European currencies

The Eurozone's ability to borrow from Japan is limited by rising Japanese interest rates, impacting its capacity to manage its bond markets

A privately managed tenge stablecoin is preferable to a state-run central bank digital currency

The National Bank of Kazakhstan should partner with Tether to develop its digital currency infrastructure

Private bank stablecoins are preferable to central bank digital currencies for tokenized settlement

Several economies are exploring their own alternatives to U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins

The ECB should proceed with launching a retail digital euro

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde worried that the proliferation of dollar-based stablecoins via Binance would undermine the central bank's digital euro project.