# BOE Phase 2 trial puts stablecoins and the digital pound inside one trade finance payment

The Bank of England has skipped past the question of whether stablecoins or a central bank digital currency comes out on top. What it wants to know is whether the two can sit inside the same payment, covering one invoice, at the same moment. That is the substance of the BOE's step into Phase 2 of it

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| Published | 12 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/boe-phase-2-trial-puts-stablecoins-and-the-digital-pound-inside-one-trade-finance-payment/