On 23 October 2026 MAS announced Bank Negara Malaysia and Bank of Thailand joined BLOOM as policymaker members. The initiative coordinates industry on cross-border acceptance, settlement, and interoperability for tokenised deposits and regulated stablecoins, plus programmable controls (identity, sanctions, transaction limits). New participants include Airwallex, Mastercard, Maybank, Ripple, Visa, and World Bank Group alongside existing members such as Circle, Stripe, and J.P. Morgan. No live three-country pilot or launch date was announced in the release.