Israel Just Put the Shekel Onchain đźđ±
Stablecoins are not only a dollar story anymore.
Israelâs Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority has approved BILS, the countryâs first regulated stablecoin directly pegged 1:1 to the Israeli shekel. The token will be issued by Bits of Gold after a two-year pilot on Solana.
The important part is the reserve model.
BILS reserves must be held in segregated accounts inside Israel under regulatory oversight, with a limited and controlled launch structure. That gives the token a local-currency backbone instead of relying only on dollar stablecoins for onchain payments.
This could matter for real-time payments, local crypto trading, and onchain finance tied directly to the shekel.
The bigger signal is simple: countries are starting to protect digital currency sovereignty before dollar stablecoins dominate everything.
Stablecoins are becoming national infrastructure now.
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Would you use a local-currency stablecoin, or do you still trust USD stablecoins more?
