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Regulatory Sandboxes

Regulator-supervised programmes where firms trial new products live, within limits on participants, scope and time, so regulators can observe the outcomes.

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investOne report1 publisher

Hong Kong regulators test blockchain IDs that tie AI agents' payments to verified customers

HKT Payment is testing, in a Hong Kong regulator's sandbox, a blockchain 'agentic ID' that ties an AI agent's payments to a verified person or company. The pilot brings the question of whom an agent acts for under supervisory review, though the report describes a test and no rule.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption12
Hype gap+20
Incentives55
Confidence40
leadershipOne report1 publisher

UK puts AI medical devices under lifetime monitoring ahead of December's draft guidance

UK ministers accepted all 44 recommendations of the AI health commission, moving device oversight from a one-off pre-market check to lifetime monitoring. Firms get an earlier NHS testbed in exchange for lifetime evidence duties the regulator has yet to define.

Publishers:cityam.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives70
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

The UN dialogue's co-leads build their AI safety baseline from six existing frameworks

The co-leads of July's Geneva dialogue want models tested independently before release and incidents reported after it. Their list of things due by May is an evidence assessment, an agenda item and one cross-border sandbox pilot.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence44
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+22
Incentives68
Confidence52
investOne report1 publisher

Twenty-three investors bought the whole Rs 1,025 crore of SEBI's first tokenized bond batch

Demat 2.0 settled REC, L&T and IIFL paper against the wholesale digital rupee on the day of bidding, with the same ISINs, coupons and ratings the bonds would have carried anyway.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption35
Hype gap+25
Incentives65
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Nine Swiss institutions give their franc stablecoin 114 days to produce a result

UBS, PostFinance, SIX and TWINT are now testing CHFD, but the technical backbone belongs to a subsidiary of Swiss Stablecoin AG, and the programme closes at the end of 2026 with no commitment to launch.

Reality

Evidence33
Adoption22
Hype gap+11
Incentives56
Confidence38