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Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the country’s central bank, said on Wednesday that its Digital Asset Innovation Hub (DAIH) is piloting three regulatory sandbox programs to research and develop stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits. BNM’s initiatives center on using ringgit stablecoins, the fiat currency of Malaysia, for cross-border settlement and developing tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), according to the announcement. The pilot also aims to test tokenized bank deposits, with all research potentially applicable to the development of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), onchain fiat currency issued and managed directly by a central bank. The benefits of asset tokenization, according to Bank Negara Malaysia. Source: BNM Partners for the trials include banking institutions Standard Chartered Bank, CIMB Group Holding, Maybank, and investment holding company Capital A. Malaysia’s central bank will also assess “Shariah-related considerations,” which refer to the Islamic code of law governing social, financial and political customs. The pilot programs will “inform our policy direction in these specified areas,” according to the BNM statement, highlighting the global race among nation-states to tokenize assets, including fiat currencies, for use in the digital economy. Related: China bans stablecoin and RWA issuance by foreign and domestic companies Roadmap to expand digital asset footprint In November 2025, officials in Kuala Lumpur published a three-year roadmap to test asset tokenization across several real-world sectors. Malaysia’s central bank outlines a three-year roadmap for digital assets. Source: BNM These real-world use cases included supply chain management, Shariah-compliant financial products, access to credit, programmable finance and 24/7 cross-border settlement, according to a BNM discussion paper. Ismail Ibrahim, the eldest son of Malaysia’s current king, launched a ringgit-pegged stablecoin in December under the ticker symbol RMJDT. The stablecoin was issued by Bullish Aim, a telecom company owned by Ibrahim, but is still in the regulatory sandbox testing phase…

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