Federal Reserve Digital Assets and CBDC
The Federal Reserve has conducted extensive CBDC research (Project Hamilton, Project Cedar) while explicitly stating it will not launch a retail CBDC without Congressional authorization — making the Fed's stance on digital money a critical variable for tokenized asset settlement infrastructure.
Hyperledger Besu
Hyperledger Besu is an enterprise-grade Ethereum client supporting both public Ethereum and private/permissioned networks — used by JPMorgan (Quorum fork), SWIFT, and multiple central banks for tokenized asset pilots.