# @themacrosift on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdjhAQrMo9L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70869908-themacrosift-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-21T15:51:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Macro Sift | Exponential Tech (@themacrosift) — https://gondola.cc/themacrosift

## Caption

🔎 TODAY’S DAILY SIFT: THE CHAIN

Bitcoin crossed $85,000 today.

But something more important happened underneath the price.

The European Central Bank went onchain.

Today the ECB launched Pontes, infrastructure allowing tokenized financial assets to settle using central bank money.

Deutsche Bank, Santander and Clearstream are among the first institutions onboarded. 

The ECB also plans to invest some of its own funds in tokenized securities.

Not study them.

Use them. 

That changes the signal.

Crypto began with an ambition to build finance outside the banking system.

Now the banking system is absorbing the technology.

The SEC recently opened a pathway for genuine tokenized US equities.

Europe has now connected central bank settlement to tokenized markets. 

And Bitcoin has climbed to an eight month high despite tighter monetary policy and the collapse of US market structure legislation last week. 

#Crypto #Blockchain #Tokenization #Bitcoin #MacroSift

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tokenization, crypto, bitcoin, macrosift, blockchain

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