4/4 Malaysia and Thailand’s central banks join Singapore’s cross-border stablecoin settlement project. Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand join the Monetary Authority of Singapore as policymaker members of BLOOM, whose participants include Ripple, Visa and Mastercard.

3/4 Franklin Templeton readies two ETFs that reinvest stock dividends into Bitcoin exposure, effective October 27. The first, FBEQ, starts at 95% large US stocks and 5% Bitcoin, with each dividend reinvested into the Bitcoin allocation.

2/4 DriveWealth, which powers investing for 100+ partners, is integrating Ripple’s RLUSD for European settlement. The integration runs on the XRP Ledger and will let clients fund collateral accounts with stablecoins, with plans to expand to the US.

THIS WEEK IN BITCOIN & CRYPTO ▶️ 1/4 J.P. Morgan’s tokenized money market funds MONY and JLTXX are now available on Solana. Both funds launched first on Ethereum and are now open to qualified US investors on Solana through J.P. Morgan’s Morgan Money platform.

Bitcoin has crashed 70–80% multiple times. In 2018, it fell about 84%. In 2022, nearly 78%. Yet many long-term investors still see it as one of the strongest assets. Fear, hype and headlines move it short term, while scarcity, adoption and recovery shape its long-term story.

6/6 US bank regulator OCC finalizes GENIUS Act stablecoin rules, which take effect January 18, 2027. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is the first regulator to finalize its GENIUS Act rule, covering stablecoin issuers, reserve backing, redemption and custody

5/6 Switzerland’s regulator approves the country’s first Bitcoin ETF, open to retail investors. The fund invests directly in Bitcoin, and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) exempted it from risk diversification rules.

4/6 Visa takes USDC stablecoin funding live on Visa Direct for cross-border payouts. Eligible businesses can now prefund Visa Direct payouts with USDC in near real time, as the service moves from pilot to commercial use.

3/6 Russia’s Moscow Exchange plans to launch Bitcoin trading for its clients from December 1. Testing with professional market participants is already underway, and the exchange says it needs no additional licenses to launch.

2/6 Mastercard opens Agent Pay for Machines to developers, letting AI agents pay within set budgets. Built on the open x402 protocol, its pilot used Coinbase for agent wallets and Base for on-chain settlement, with sellers paid in fiat or stablecoins.