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      Olaf Ransome

      Founder, 3C Advisory

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      Image for: SoFiUSD, the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank. Good, Bad or Ugly?

      SoFi's SoFiUSD is the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank. But do holders actually have the protection they think?

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      Image for: Beyond Core Banking - the challenge of new digital assets

      As tokenisation and digital assets move from niche curiosity to mainstream expectation, banks and financial institutions face an uncomfortable truth: their legacy core banking systems were never built for this. From order execution and pre-funding to custody, portfolio management and gas fees, Olaf Ransome explores the key infrastructure challenges FIs must navigate and asks whether to re-use, buy or build their way to a solution that actually scales.

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      Image for: LSEG and DiSH cash. A tasty souffle or an Eton mess?

      LSEG's DiSH promises atomic settlement and 24/7 PvP and DvP capability using tokenised commercial bank deposits. But when the balances move and the banks don't, who actually owns what? Olaf Ransome examines the mechanics - and the risks.

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      Image for: What is Klarna up to with Stablecoins?

      Klarna is partnering with Coinbase, raising stablecoin-denominated funding and launching KlarnaUSD. We break down the treasury logic, merchant incentives and agentic AI payments angle — and what other CFOs should take from it.

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      Image for: Perpetual Overnight Treasuries (PORTS):A New Proposal to Bring High-Quality Liquid Assets On-Chain

      Olaf Ransome’s latest article on liquidity management explores PORTS (Perpetual Overnight Rate Treasury Securities) and how they could expand the supply of on-chain high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) for treasury and cash management. He explains why long cash balances create risk, how stablecoins and tokenised money market funds need safe short-duration assets, and what PORTS could mean for reverse repo, liquidity management and wholesale banking.

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      Image for: Might the Nostro era come to an end?

      Guest insight from Olaf Ransome on UNITE Global FMI and a “single pool of liquidity” vision to reduce nostro reliance, cut buffers and enable real-time PvP/DvP.

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