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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.10.19 1️⃣ JPMorgan Brings Its JPM Coin Deposit Token to Ethereum Institutional clients can now move JPMorgan's USD deposit token peer-to-peer on Ethereum, not just Base. theblock.co/news/business/20… 2️⃣ Switzerland Approves Its First Retail Bitcoin ETF FINMA cleared the country's first retail fund that holds bitcoin directly, with more applications in line. decrypt.co/381446/swiss-regu… 3️⃣ Circle Plans an Emerging Markets Push and Agrees to Buy Tazapay for $400 Million The deal opens payment networks in 100+ markets as Circle scales USDC across Asia, Africa and Latin America. coindesk.com/business/2026/1… 4️⃣ German Savings Banks Open Crypto Trading Through DekaBank Sparkasse customers can buy BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL and POL in their banking app, with 230+ banks interested. beincrypto.com/sparkasse-cry… 5️⃣ Injective and BDACS Plan a Korean Won Stablecoin for Tokenized Assets KRW1 would let institutions settle real-world assets on Injective in Korean won. cointelegraph.com/news/injec… 🔗 Weekly Issue on Learning Center : learningcenter.grow3.io/post…
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.10.12 1️⃣ OKX and NYSE Owner ICE File for a 24/7 Tokenized Market for 63 US Stocks Nvidia, Tesla, Apple and more would trade around the clock against stablecoins, each token backed 1:1 by a real share. coindesk.com/markets/2026/10… 2️⃣ US Treasury Withdraws Its Self-Custody Wallet and Crypto Mixer Rules FinCEN dropped its 2020 wallet reporting proposal and its 2023 plan to target crypto mixing. decrypt.co/380120/treasury-k… 3️⃣ CFTC Opens a Federal Pathway for Leveraged Retail Crypto Trading New Regulation CTX and a "crypto asset market" exchange category would put leveraged crypto under uniform CFTC oversight. cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-… 4️⃣ Thailand Approves Locally Listed Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, Effective October 16 Thai asset managers can list BTC and ETH ETFs on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, and local funds can buy them. theblock.co/news/regulation/… 5️⃣ Kazakhstan's Central Bank Teams Up with Tether on a Tenge Stablecoin The MoU covers a tenge-pegged stablecoin pilot and real-world asset tokenization in Alatau. coindesk.com/business/2026/1…
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.09.21 1️⃣ Circle Launches Arc Mainnet, a Payments Layer-1 Where USDC Is the Gas Token Circle brought its Arc blockchain to mainnet on September 16, an EVM-compatible layer-1 built for stablecoin payments and capital markets where USDC itself pays for gas instead of a separate volatile token. Arc launched with sub-second settlement finality, support for more than 20 fiat-backed stablecoins and interoperability with over 20 chains, carrying tokenized assets including BlackRock's BUIDL, and minted 10 billion ARC tokens at genesis. More than 100 companies joined the testnet that opened in October 2025, and over 100 institutional participants — among them BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Mastercard and Visa — took part in the private mainnet phase. CEO Jeremy Allaire called it "the single most significant launch in Circle's history since USDC itself," marking Circle's move from issuing a stablecoin to owning the settlement layer it runs on. Cointelegraph 2️⃣ ECB Deploys Pontes, Letting Banks Settle Tokenized Assets in Central-Bank Money The European Central Bank rolled out Pontes on September 21, a wholesale platform that connects distributed-ledger market infrastructure to the Eurosystem's TARGET Services so banks and financial institutions can settle tokenized-asset transactions directly in central-bank money. The ECB also said it will invest its own funds in tokenized securities through the platform, putting the central bank on the buy side of the market it is building rails for. "Pontes is a digital euro made available for banks so that they can transact amongst themselves using tokenized assets and distributed ledger technology," said ECB President Christine Lagarde. Pontes is separate from the retail digital euro pilot — 36 banks and payment firms were selected for that track in July 2026, with the pilot set for the second half of 2027 and potential issuance in 2029 — and gives European institutions a settlement asset that is not a stablecoin. CoinDesk 3️⃣ Hana Bank Issues South Korea's First Digital Bond on Euroclear's Blockchain Hana Bank, South Korea's second-largest bank, issued a $100 million foreign-currency digital bond on Euroclear's Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI) platform, with Standard Chartered as sole lead manager. The deal settled T+0 — same day, against the three to five business days a conventional foreign-currency bond takes — and is the first time a Korean financial institution has used Euroclear's distributed ledger infrastructure directly. "The $100 million digital bond issuance and implementation of T+0 settlement represent a significant step beyond simply diversifying our funding channels, as they bring blockchain technology into the capital market," a Hana Bank official said. The issuance lands ahead of South Korea's tokenized securities framework, scheduled to take effect in February 2027. CoinDesk 4️⃣ Coinbase Opens IPO Allocations to US Retail Customers, Starting with Oura Coinbase began offering IPO share allocations to eligible US retail customers on September 21, letting them request shares at the offer price inside the Coinbase app before a stock starts trading publicly. Smart ring maker Oura is the first listing on the platform, debuting this week, with customers receiving full, partial or no allocation depending on demand. Coinbase Capital Markets handles the offering while Apex provides execution, clearing and custody. The company framed it as "yet another step toward growing the Everything Exchange, as our US customers now gain early exposure to high-interest companies before they hit public exchanges" — extending a push into traditional markets that began with pre-IPO perpetual futures for non-US users in June 2026. The Block 5️⃣ XRP Ledger's Batch V1.1 Enters Activation Countdown, Bundling Eight Transactions into One The XRP Ledger's Batch V1.1 amendment began its 14-day activation countdown on September 15 and is expected to go live shortly after September 29, provided validator support stays at or above 80%. The feature groups up to eight transactions into a single all-or-nothing operation, which makes delivery-versus-payment settlement possible on-chain — the asset transfer and the payment either both complete or neither does — and lets platforms bundle service fees with customer payments in one step. V1.1 is a redesign after a signature-validation flaw was found in the original version that could have permitted unauthorized transactions; the rewrite went through internal adversarial testing, AI-assisted analysis, a Sherlock attack contest and reviews by security firms Halborn and Common Prefix. "Batch allows multiple transactions to be grouped together so they either all execute or none do — particularly important for delivery-versus-payment scenarios," said RippleX Head of Engineering Ayo Akinyele, who added that asset managers are already building with it in mind. CoinDesk
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.09.14 1️⃣ Senate Republicans Unveil Revised 630-Page Clarity Act Ahead of First Procedural Vote Senate Republicans led by Sen. Cynthia Lummis released a revised 630-page version of the Clarity Act on September 10, setting up the bill's first procedural vote on September 15. The new draft adds rulemaking requirements for "non-DeFi trading protocols" that would have to register with the CFTC, narrows the DeFi provisions so they apply only to spot and cash digital commodity transactions, and clarifies how credit unions can conduct crypto activities. Republicans say they incorporated more than 114 provisions from Democratic colleagues, while the ethics section — which keeps Justice Department enforcement authority — is largely unchanged. "Unlike rulemaking, legislation gives this industry a lasting solution that shields it from the whiplash of changes in the White House," Lummis said, though the bill still needs Democratic votes to clear the floor. The Block 2️⃣ PayPal Opens PYUSDx, Letting Any Business Issue Its Own PYUSD-Backed Stablecoin PayPal went live in early September with PYUSDx, a developer platform that lets businesses launch custom stablecoins backed by PayPal USD, built with token infrastructure specialist M0 and crypto payments firm MoonPay handling issuance and distribution. First announced in February 2026, the platform launched with tokens from crypto-native issuers Saturn, Concrete and Cap, which together bring over $100 million in processed volume, with USD.AI and Fairblock also joining. "As more financial institutions are getting involved, this creates fragmentation — we abstract away the complexity and create a layer that facilitates integrations," said M0 CEO Luca Prosperi. The move turns PYUSD from a single product into issuance rails other companies build on, giving PayPal a distribution angle against Tether and Circle that it can extend through Venmo. CoinDesk 3️⃣ Circle Buys Singapore's Tazapay for $400 Million to Push USDC into Emerging Markets Circle is acquiring Singapore-based payments company Tazapay for $400 million, buying payout rails across more than 100 markets plus banking and fintech relationships spanning Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Tazapay holds local licenses and already performs regulated work Circle cannot do on its own in much of the world — customer verification, collecting funds and paying out recipients — which is what lets stablecoin settlement actually touch local currency on local rails. "Stablecoin settlement is becoming core infrastructure for global commerce," said Circle SVP of Payments Irfan Ganchi, who framed the deal as buying banking relationships that take years to build. With USDC at roughly $74 billion in circulation, the purchase targets exactly the emerging markets where USDT has long dominated. CoinDesk 4️⃣ Coinbase and Moov Bring Stablecoin Payments to More Than 1,000 Community Banks Coinbase and payments infrastructure provider Moov announced a partnership on September 10 that will give over 1,000 community banks and credit unions stablecoin payment acceptance, settlement, real-time funding and payouts. The integration embeds Coinbase's Payments API and custodial wallets directly into Moov's existing platform, so participating institutions — Citizens Bank of Edmond among them — can offer merchant acceptance and consumer payments without building crypto infrastructure themselves. "Modern tech should meet local institutions where they are, giving them tools to compete with largest players," said Coinbase head of corporate affairs Ryan VanGrack, while Citizens Bank of Edmond CEO Jill Castilla noted small business customers want lower interchange costs and faster settlement. It continues Coinbase's shift from bank custodian to embedded infrastructure provider, following earlier work with PNC, Citi and JPMorgan. The Block 5️⃣ Solana's Transaction V1 Goes Live, Tripling the Size of a Single Transaction Solana's Transaction V1 format activated on September 15 at roughly 01:00 UTC, raising the maximum data a single transaction can carry from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes. The bigger envelope lets developers pack multiple steps into one all-or-nothing transaction instead of splitting them across several, which matters for multisignature company wallet approvals and zero-knowledge proofs that previously did not fit under the old hard cap. Ethereum has no equivalent protocol-level size limit, relying on a flexible block gas limit instead, so the upgrade narrows a structural gap Solana had carried alongside its speed and cost advantages. Older transaction formats still work, but the Solana Foundation warned that "services that feed blockchain data to wallets, trading apps and analytics platforms must be able to recognize V1 transactions" or see requests fail. CoinDesk
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[Monthly Crypto] 2026.09.07 1️⃣ US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Post Their Strongest Three-Week Run of 2026 with $3.8 Billion in Inflows US spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $986.9 million in the week ending September 4, capping $3.8 billion over three weeks — the strongest stretch of 2026. BlackRock's IBIT took 67% of Friday's flows and the funds now hold $101.3 billion in assets. Ether and XRP ETF inflows fell 74% and 83% over the same week, leaving bitcoin funds as the clear destination for returning institutional money. cointelegraph.com/markets/bi… 2️⃣ Revolut and OpenReserve Win Preliminary US National Bank Approval with Crypto at the Center The OCC granted preliminary conditional approval on September 4 for Revolut to charter a national bank in Connecticut and OpenReserve one in Utah, both built around digital assets. Revolut plans custody, crypto and stablecoin cross-border transfers, and Revolut-branded stablecoins; a16z-backed OpenReserve plans tokenized deposits, custody and a US dollar stablecoin subsidiary. Final approval still pending. cointelegraph.com/news/revol… 3️⃣ Dubai's VARA and BlackRock-Backed Securitize Sign Tokenization MoU Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and Securitize signed an MoU on September 3 to advance tokenization and digital asset infrastructure across the UAE. VARA has issued 50 VASP licenses; Securitize is the world's largest tokenization platform with $4.9 billion in assets under management. RWA holders grew 103% in 30 days to 3.2 million, with total tokenized value at $38.5 billion. cointelegraph.com/news/vara-… 4️⃣ Polymarket Launches Perpetual Futures with Up to 20x Leverage Polymarket launched Perps on September 3, expanding from 10 markets to 67 within hours across bitcoin, ether, solana, gold, oil, the S&P 500 and individual stocks. Leverage runs up to 20x for crypto, indices and metals and 10x for single equities, with funding capped at 4% per hour. US traders are routed to the separate CFTC-regulated Polymarket US. decrypt.co/377483/polymarket… 5️⃣ UBS, Bank of Montreal and Jane Street Show Up in Hyperliquid ETF Holdings Bloomberg Intelligence found roughly $74.9 million in institutional positions across the three Hyperliquid ETFs launched in mid-2026 — 21Shares' HYPE, Bitwise's BHYP and Grayscale's HYPG. Brazil's Wealth High Governance leads at $23.9 million, with UBS at $7.5 million, Bank of Montreal at $6.7 million and Jane Street at $4.4 million. The funds hold $480.86 million in net assets. theblock.co/news/defi/2026-0…
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.08.31 1️⃣ 21 Global Financial Institutions Form Joint Venture to Issue G7 Stablecoins On September 1 a consortium of 21 major financial institutions — including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Santander, MUFG and Fidelity Investments — announced plans to establish a company that will develop and issue stablecoins. The group has more than doubled from the initial ten banks that began exploring a 1:1 reserve-backed digital dollar in October 2025, and now spans North America, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. A US dollar-denominated stablecoin is targeted for the first half of 2027, with a euro version identified as the next priority, and the venture is designed to serve wholesale, institutional and retail markets — cross-border payments and digital asset settlement among them — under both the US GENIUS Act and the EU's MiCA regime. [CoinTelegraph](cointelegraph.com/news/21-fi…) 2️⃣ Bitcoin Posts Best August Since 2017 with a 25% Monthly Gain Bitcoin closed August up roughly 25%, its strongest August since 2017 and its best month since November 2024, trading near $78,000 on September 1. The rally held even as US-Iran tensions pushed Brent crude above $90 and as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks raised the odds of a rate hike at the September 16 FOMC meeting. Traders are watching $75,000 and $82,000 as the key levels into that decision, with analysts noting that under-allocated investors are providing price support and that a sustained break above the $82,820 area could open the path toward $100,000. [The Block](theblock.co/news/markets/202…) 3️⃣ Kraken Parent Payward and London Stock Exchange to Tokenize 100 UK Blue Chips On September 1 Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced a partnership with the London Stock Exchange to tokenize the 100 largest LSE-listed companies as xStocks, 1:1-backed digital representations available to investors in more than 110 countries within the coming weeks. Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE's new LSE 24 venue will support xStocks trading from 5 p.m. to 7:50 a.m., Monday through Friday. xStocks have processed more than $40 billion in volume across 200,000-plus holders with roughly $20 billion settled on-chain, and LSE CEO Julia Hoggett said the two firms are "exploring how issuers and investors can benefit from new forms of access while maintaining standards," with native equity tokens issued through LSE infrastructure as a longer-term goal. [The Block](theblock.co/news/business/20…) 4️⃣ SBI Holdings Invests $270 Million in Indonesia's Ajaib to Push Its Yen Stablecoin into Southeast Asia Japan's SBI Holdings announced on August 28 that it has invested $270 million in Indonesian multi-asset investment platform Ajaib Group for an approximately 20% stake — Indonesia's largest tech funding round since 2022, bringing Ajaib's lifetime funding past $500 million. Ajaib offers equities, bonds, ETFs, crypto, stablecoins, commodities, forex and OTC settlement, giving SBI a direct retail foothold to extend its JPYSC yen stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure across the region under its "SBI APAC Digital Economic Zone" initiative, alongside its existing venues SBI VC Trade in Japan and Coinhako in Singapore. Chairman Yoshitaka Kitao said that "in this era of tokenization, the importance of global infrastructure for digital assets is greater than ever." [CoinDesk](coindesk.com/business/2026/0…) 5️⃣ SEC Proposes Rewriting Its 1970s-Era Transfer Agent Rules for the Blockchain Age The SEC on September 1 proposed a 421-page overhaul of its transfer agent regulations, which have not been meaningfully updated since the late 1970s, explicitly addressing blockchain, tokenized securities and artificial intelligence. Under the proposal transfer agents would need to manage risks around blockchain data integrity, protection of tokenized securities and distributed ledger operational models — rules that would apply to firms such as Injective, Securitize and tZERO, all already SEC-registered transfer agents. Chair Paul Atkins said the changes would "streamline and modernize" the rules to "reflect transfer agents' current processes," and Commissioner Hester Peirce said she was "pleased to support it" ahead of her departure. The proposal is open for public comment for 60 days. [The Block](theblock.co/news/regulation/…) 1️⃣ 21 Global Financial Institutions Form Joint Venture to Issue G7 Stablecoins On September 1 a consortium of 21 major financial institutions — including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Santander, MUFG and Fidelity Investments — announced plans to establish a company that will develop and issue stablecoins. The group has more than doubled from the initial ten banks that began exploring a 1:1 reserve-backed digital dollar in October 2025, and now spans North America, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. A US dollar-denominated stablecoin is targeted for the first half of 2027, with a euro version identified as the next priority, and the venture is designed to serve wholesale, institutional and retail markets — cross-border payments and digital asset settlement among them — under both the US GENIUS Act and the EU's MiCA regime. [CoinTelegraph](cointelegraph.com/news/21-fi…) 2️⃣ Bitcoin Posts Best August Since 2017 with a 25% Monthly Gain Bitcoin closed August up roughly 25%, its strongest August since 2017 and its best month since November 2024, trading near $78,000 on September 1. The rally held even as US-Iran tensions pushed Brent crude above $90 and as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks raised the odds of a rate hike at the September 16 FOMC meeting. Traders are watching $75,000 and $82,000 as the key levels into that decision, with analysts noting that under-allocated investors are providing price support and that a sustained break above the $82,820 area could open the path toward $100,000. [The Block](theblock.co/news/markets/202…) 3️⃣ Kraken Parent Payward and London Stock Exchange to Tokenize 100 UK Blue Chips On September 1 Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced a partnership with the London Stock Exchange to tokenize the 100 largest LSE-listed companies as xStocks, 1:1-backed digital representations available to investors in more than 110 countries within the coming weeks. Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE's new LSE 24 venue will support xStocks trading from 5 p.m. to 7:50 a.m., Monday through Friday. xStocks have processed more than $40 billion in volume across 200,000-plus holders with roughly $20 billion settled on-chain, and LSE CEO Julia Hoggett said the two firms are "exploring how issuers and investors can benefit from new forms of access while maintaining standards," with native equity tokens issued through LSE infrastructure as a longer-term goal. [The Block](theblock.co/news/business/20…) 4️⃣ SBI Holdings Invests $270 Million in Indonesia's Ajaib to Push Its Yen Stablecoin into Southeast Asia Japan's SBI Holdings announced on August 28 that it has invested $270 million in Indonesian multi-asset investment platform Ajaib Group for an approximately 20% stake — Indonesia's largest tech funding round since 2022, bringing Ajaib's lifetime funding past $500 million. Ajaib offers equities, bonds, ETFs, crypto, stablecoins, commodities, forex and OTC settlement, giving SBI a direct retail foothold to extend its JPYSC yen stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure across the region under its "SBI APAC Digital Economic Zone" initiative, alongside its existing venues SBI VC Trade in Japan and Coinhako in Singapore. Chairman Yoshitaka Kitao said that "in this era of tokenization, the importance of global infrastructure for digital assets is greater than ever." [CoinDesk](coindesk.com/business/2026/0…) 5️⃣ SEC Proposes Rewriting Its 1970s-Era Transfer Agent Rules for the Blockchain Age The SEC on September 1 proposed a 421-page overhaul of its transfer agent regulations, which have not been meaningfully updated since the late 1970s, explicitly addressing blockchain, tokenized securities and artificial intelligence. Under the proposal transfer agents would need to manage risks around blockchain data integrity, protection of tokenized securities and distributed ledger operational models — rules that would apply to firms such as Injective, Securitize and tZERO, all already SEC-registered transfer agents. Chair Paul Atkins said the changes would "streamline and modernize" the rules to "reflect transfer agents' current processes," and Commissioner Hester Peirce said she was "pleased to support it" ahead of her departure. The proposal is open for public comment for 60 days. [The Block](theblock.co/news/regulation/…)
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.08.10 1️⃣ BlackRock Launches Two Tokenized Money Market Funds for Stablecoin Reserves On August 3 BlackRock expanded its tokenized cash lineup with two new products built for stablecoin issuers: BSTBL, a tokenized share class of its Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund issued on Ethereum, and BRSRV, a daily-reinvestment reserve vehicle available across multiple blockchains. Both are designed to qualify as eligible reserve assets under the GENIUS Act, positioning the world's largest asset manager as the stablecoin reserve manager of choice. BlackRock already manages roughly $60 billion of Circle's reserves and its BUIDL fund has grown to about $2.5 billion, while its broader cash business oversees nearly $1.07 trillion. [CoinDesk](coindesk.com/business/2026/0…) 2️⃣ US Senate Opens First Stage of CLARITY Act Voting, Targeting September Early on August 8 Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a motion to proceed on the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, formally opening the cloture process the chamber uses for bills without unanimous support. The step means an initial procedural vote can be held almost immediately after the Senate returns in September, giving the market structure bill roughly three weeks of floor time. While the bill still needs 60 votes and open questions remain on ethics provisions and stablecoin rewards, the filing keeps crypto's landmark framework alive for 2026 — and it comes after BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs and SoFi publicly endorsed it. [CoinDesk](coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/…) 3️⃣ Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Draw $1.1 Billion in Best Inflow Week Since April US spot bitcoin and ether ETFs pulled in a combined $1.1 billion for the week ending August 7, the strongest week for either category since April. Bitcoin funds took in about $853.5 million — their largest weekly total since the week ending April 17 — with BlackRock's IBIT accounting for $693.7 million, more than 80% of the group. Spot ether ETFs added $244.9 million, extending their streak to five consecutive positive weeks, the longest run of 2026, even as trading volumes across both categories eased on the week. [The Block](theblock.co/news/markets/202…) 4️⃣ Tokenized Asset Deposits Triple to $7.4 Billion, CoinShares Reports A CoinShares and Token Terminal report published August 7 found that tokenized real-world asset deposits tripled year-over-year from $2.3 billion to $7.4 billion, while RWA spot trading volumes rose about 220%. Ethereum captured roughly 70% of RWA deposits and dominates on-chain RWA lending venues, with tokenized Treasuries, gold and equity indexes leading demand. CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti noted that "investors are not leaving traditional finance behind — look at what is actually being used on-chain: Treasuries, gold, the S&P 500," with the report likening RWA adoption today to where stablecoins stood in 2019. [Decrypt](decrypt.co/375099/tokenized-…) 5️⃣ Coinbase Brings 24/5 US Stock Trading to UK Users On August 6 Coinbase launched US equities trading for eligible UK users, opening access to nearly 4,000 US stocks with zero commissions, fractional shares from as little as £1, and 24/5 market hours. Trades can be funded instantly with GBP or USDC, with custody through Apex Clearing and execution via Coinbase Capital Markets, making it the first crypto-native app to offer US equities in the UK. The launch follows Coinbase's UK MiFID license and advances its "Everything Exchange" strategy of combining stocks, crypto, stablecoins, savings and borrowing on a single platform. [The Block](theblock.co/news/business/20…)
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.07.27 1️⃣ Ondo Finance Launches Ondo Network as Execution Layer for Tokenized Markets On July 28 Ondo Finance went live with Ondo Network, an off-chain execution layer that replaces its previously planned Ondo Chain layer-1. The network runs trading software inside Trusted Execution Environments to combine centralized-exchange speed with on-chain settlement, verifiability and self-custody, while keeping order flow private. It already powers Ondo Perps and is designed to expand into tokenized securities, lending markets and institutional settlement — marking Ondo's shift from issuing tokenized assets to building the infrastructure that supports them. [CoinDesk](coindesk.com/business/2026/0…) 2️⃣ Tether Signs Tokenization MoU with Nairobi Securities Exchange On July 28 Tether and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on tokenization, digital-asset education and blockchain-based market infrastructure in Kenya. The two plan to use Tether's Hadron platform to research on-chain issuance of securities, fractional investment access and instant settlement, alongside AML/KYC onboarding tailored to Kenyan rules. The deal deepens Tether's expansion across Africa and points toward turning traditional stocks and bonds into on-chain tokens. [Cointelegraph](cointelegraph.com/news/tethe…) 3️⃣ Tether's XAU₮ Gold Token Receives Shariah Certification On July 27 Tether announced that its gold-backed token XAU₮ received Shariah compliance certification from Amanah Advisors, a global Islamic finance advisory firm. The review found the token's structure aligns with key Islamic finance principles — full backing by physical gold, no interest or leverage, and transparent reserves — with each token representing one troy ounce stored in Swiss vaults. The certification opens a clearer path to Islamic institutions and investors across the Gulf, South Asia and Africa, for a token backed by more than $3.3 billion of gold. [Cointelegraph](cointelegraph.com/news/tethe…) 4️⃣ Senators Release Merged CLARITY Act Text Ahead of Recess Deadline As of late July, US senators released newly merged text for the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, combining separate Banking and Agriculture Committee drafts into a single bill with more than 70 pages of new language. The update addresses market-structure questions, SEC–CFTC jurisdiction and, for the first time, an ethics provision barring senior officials from issuing their own crypto. With the House already passed, lawmakers are pushing for a Senate floor vote before the August recess, keeping the industry's landmark framework on a tight but active timeline. [CoinDesk](coindesk.com/policy/2026/07/…) 5️⃣ Ether ETFs Lead Weekly Inflows, Tripling Bitcoin's Total US spot Ether ETFs drew about $103.9 million in net inflows for the week of July 20–24 — more than three times the bitcoin funds' total — outperforming spot Bitcoin ETFs for a second consecutive week. Ether products have now attracted roughly $337 million across July and pulled in nearly as much capital as bitcoin ETFs over the past three weeks, despite holding about one-eighth as much in net assets, underscoring rotating institutional demand toward Ethereum. [The Block](theblock.co/post/409660/bitc…)
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.07.13 1️⃣ Circle Wins Final OCC Approval to Open a National Trust Bank On July 10 Circle, the issuer of USDC, received final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a federally supervised national trust bank, to operate as Circle National Trust. The bank will provide fiduciary digital-asset custody for Circle and its affiliates and could later serve institutional clients, while opening a path for Circle to manage USDC reserves under OCC supervision. Circle's shares jumped roughly 14% in pre-market trading on the news. [Decrypt] 2️⃣ SBI Holdings and Solana Foundation Partner to Build Japan's On-Chain Financial Market On July 13 SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation announced a strategic collaboration to build a Japan-based on-chain financial market, with SBI R3 Japan set to rebrand as SBI Solana Global. Backed by SBI and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, the venture will support yen-pegged stablecoins such as JPYSC, tokenize real-world assets like corporate bonds and real estate, and develop payment infrastructure for AI agents — aiming to make Japan a core hub for on-chain finance in Asia. [BeInCrypto] 3️⃣ DTCC Moves Tokenized Securities Into Live Production Trading On July 15 DTCC processed live production trades of tokenized stocks, ETFs and U.S. Treasuries in its largest tokenization initiative to date, using assets already held at its central securities depository. JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and Citadel Securities took part — JPMorgan tokenized Invesco QQQ holdings to post collateral against CME margin — marking a milestone ahead of DTCC's broader tokenization service launch planned for October. [CoinDesk] 4️⃣ South Korea Advances Digital Asset Basic Act and Won-Pegged Stablecoin On July 15 South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance unveiled its economic strategy for the second half of 2026, reaffirming plans to expand the blockchain and digital-asset sector. Authorities are advancing the Digital Asset Basic Act — a comprehensive framework setting authorization, reserve and capital standards for won-pegged stablecoin issuers — while reviewing Capital Markets Act amendments to enable the country's first spot crypto ETFs. [The Block] 5️⃣ US Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Snap Eight-Week Outflow Streak US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $197 million of net inflows for the week, snapping an eight-week outflow streak dating back to May, led by BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust. Spot Ether ETFs likewise broke their eight-week losing run with roughly $84 million of inflows, led by BlackRock and Fidelity — a sign institutional demand is recovering amid growing optimism around the CLARITY Act. [Cointelegraph]
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[Monthly Crypto] 2026.07.06 1️⃣ Payments and Banking Giants Back "Open USD," a Neutral Shared Stablecoin On June 30 a group of payments, banking, tech and crypto heavyweights — including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, BlackRock, BNY, Coinbase and Ripple — unveiled Open USD (OUSD), a stablecoin run by an independent operator called Open Standard rather than any single issuer. The project promises fee-free minting and redemption with no volume caps, reserve earnings shared among partners and governance by a partner board, positioning itself as neutral payments infrastructure ahead of a launch later in 2026. [Decrypt] 2️⃣ Ethereum Institutional Nonprofit Launches to Court Wall Street On July 1 a new independent nonprofit called Ethereum Institutional launched to accelerate institutional adoption of Ethereum, backed by Standard Chartered, Bitwise, Etherealize, Aztec Labs and Spark. The group aims to close what Standard Chartered called a "longstanding communications gap" between Ethereum and the world's largest financial institutions through education, advocacy and strategic communications. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ Robinhood Chain Goes Live on Mainnet With 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading Around July 2 Robinhood launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer-2 built on Arbitrum's tech stack, with Uniswap among its day-one partners. The launch enables 24/7 trading of tokenized US stocks and adds Lighter-powered perpetuals, with agentic crypto trading planned to follow. [The Block] 4️⃣ Standard Chartered Becomes First Global Systemic Bank to Offer USDC Minting On July 2 Standard Chartered became the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer institutional clients direct USDC minting and redemption through a partnership with Circle, with no separate Circle accounts required. The service launches out of the Dubai International Financial Centre and brings onchain settlement, treasury and liquidity management inside the bank's existing risk and compliance frameworks, with global expansion planned. [Cointelegraph] 5️⃣ ESMA Adds 37 Firms to MiCA Register in First Wave After EU Deadline Following the close of MiCA's transitional period on July 1, EU regulator ESMA added 37 firms to its register of licensed crypto-asset service providers in the first major authorization wave under the fully enforced regime. The batch — which includes Standard Chartered securing MiCA and e-money licenses via its Luxembourg entity — signals Europe moving from grandfathered national rules into a single, bloc-wide licensing framework. [BeInCrypto]
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.29 1️⃣ New York Life's $807B Asset Manager Debuts First Tokenized Fund With Centrifuge On June 30 New York Life Investment Management, the $807 billion asset management arm of insurer New York Life, launched its first tokenized fund — the NYLIM Anemoy U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Segregated Portfolio (ticker HYB) — bringing a high-yield corporate bond strategy onchain with tokenization platform Centrifuge. Subscriptions and redemptions settle in USDC, marking one of the earliest efforts to put a high-yield bond fund on public blockchain infrastructure. [Decrypt] 2️⃣ BNY, the World's Largest Custody Bank, Adds USDC to Its Digital Asset Custody Platform On June 29 BNY — which oversees $59 trillion in assets — said Circle's USDC will be the first stablecoin supported on its Digital Asset Custody platform, letting institutional clients hold USDC in custody and instruct Circle to mint dollars into the stablecoin or redeem it back into dollars through the bank. BNY, already the primary custodian of USDC's reserves, plans to support additional stablecoin issuers over time. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ Tokenization Leader Securitize to Debut on NYSE as "SECZ" After Final Merger Approval Securitize won final shareholder approval for its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II — closing June 26 and raising roughly $400 million — and is set to begin trading on the NYSE on July 2 under the ticker SECZ. The firm, which manages BlackRock's multibillion-dollar BUIDL fund and is slated to serve as digital transfer agent for NYSE's planned tokenized securities platform, becomes one of the first pure-play tokenization firms to list publicly. [The Block] 4️⃣ Theo Becomes First Crypto-Native Firm to Back Fidelity International's Tokenized Money Market Fund On June 30 onchain platform Theo allocated $20 million to Fidelity International's USD Digital Liquidity Fund (FILQ), a Moody's Aaa-rated tokenized money market fund, becoming the first crypto-native platform to invest in the $1.06 trillion manager's tokenized product. The deal was executed via Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum, with Chainlink supplying onchain NAV data and JPMorgan approving daily valuations. [CoinTelegraph] 5️⃣ Coinbase Opens Luxembourg MiCA Hub, Unlocking a 27-State EU Passport Before July 1 Deadline On June 24 Coinbase opened its Luxembourg-based MiCA hub, with Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. now on ESMA's register and a single CASP license covering more than 450 million people across the EU. The move landed just ahead of the July 1 end of MiCA's transitional period, after which only fully licensed firms can serve EEA residents — giving early movers a bloc-wide passport. [BeInCrypto]
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.22 1️⃣ Morgan Stanley Files for ETH and SOL ETFs With the Market's Lowest Fees On June 18 Morgan Stanley filed amendments with the SEC for its spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs, setting a 0.14% sponsor fee — the lowest in both markets, undercutting Grayscale's 0.15% Mini Ether Trust and Franklin Templeton's 0.19% Solana fund. Both funds plan to stake a portion of their holdings to generate additional rewards, with Figment, Galaxy and Coinbase Canada serving as staking providers. [The Block] 2️⃣ State Street Launches GENIUS-Compliant Money Market Fund for Stablecoin Reserves On June 16 State Street introduced the State Street Stablecoin Reserves Money Market Fund (SSCXX), a government money market fund built to hold the reserves backing dollar stablecoins under the GENIUS Act. Backed by initial investment from State Street Bank and Anchorage Digital, the fund invests only in cash and short-term U.S. Treasuries to preserve a stable $1 share price, targeting the fast-growing stablecoin reserve market. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ CoinMENA Partners With Standard Chartered for Regulated UAE Banking Rails On June 17 Gulf-based crypto exchange CoinMENA secured a banking partnership with Standard Chartered to provide regulated fiat payment and settlement infrastructure in the UAE. The deal underscores how the UAE has become a leading regulatory hub for digital assets, with traditional banks increasingly collaborating with licensed crypto firms to support institutional participation. [CoinTelegraph] 4️⃣ BitMine, SharpLink and Joe Lubin Back New Ethereum R&D Lab "Ethlabs" Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, together with public ETH treasury firms BitMine and SharpLink, is funding Ethlabs, a new non-profit research lab founded by former Ethereum Foundation researchers. The lab's initial focus is preparing Ethereum for institutions to operate on-chain at scale, with funders explicitly holding no influence over the independent research agenda. [Decrypt] 5️⃣ Bank of England Scraps Strict Stablecoin Holding Caps in Major Policy Reversal On June 22 the Bank of England backed down from its proposed £20,000 individual and £10 million corporate stablecoin holding limits, replacing them with a temporary £40 billion (~$50B) issuance guardrail per systemic stablecoin. Regulators also cut required non-interest central-bank deposits to 30%, letting issuers invest up to 70% of reserves in short-term UK government debt — a win for industry competitiveness ahead of full UK crypto rules in 2027. [BeInCrypto] About GROW GROW offers top-notch reward rates so that clients can safely grow their wealth on a leading global platform
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.15 1️⃣ BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF Nears Launch On June 11 BlackRock filed its fourth amendment for the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (ticker "BITA" on Nasdaq), signaling an imminent launch as it races Goldman Sachs to market. The fund holds bitcoin and IBIT shares and sells call options on 25%–35% of its holdings each month to generate steady income, with a 0.65% fee that undercuts rival covered-call bitcoin ETFs. [CoinDesk] 2️⃣ Coinbase Launches "Coinbase for Agents" to Let AI Trade Crypto On June 11 Coinbase unveiled "Coinbase for Agents," a platform that lets AI assistants connect to user accounts to trade crypto, access data and eventually make payments autonomously. It integrates the x402 machine-to-machine payments protocol, enabling agents to make micro-payments for services like premium research, data APIs and compute without subscriptions or manual checkout. [BeInCrypto] 3️⃣ Digital Asset Raises $355M in a16z-Led Round at $2B Valuation Enterprise blockchain firm Digital Asset closed a $355 million round led by a16z crypto ($100M), with backing from Citadel Securities, Optiver, 7RIDGE and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing the company at roughly $2 billion. The capital will scale its Canton Network, which lets financial institutions tokenize and settle traditional securities while keeping commercially sensitive data private, as banks ramp up pilots. [CoinTelegraph] 4️⃣ Advisors Now Prioritize Stablecoins and Tokenization, Bitwise CIO Says Based on meetings with more than 40 financial advisors in early June, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said advisors are far more curious about stablecoins and tokenization than about bitcoin itself. The shift reflects growing interest in crypto's real-world applications across payments and capital markets, with figures from SEC Chair Paul Atkins to BlackRock's Larry Fink regularly spotlighting the themes. [TheBlock] 5️⃣ Big Banks Build Tokenized Cash Networks on Public Blockchains On June 11 reporting revealed major banks are shifting from private chains to "public-yet-permissioned" blockchains to build multi-asset tokenized money networks combining stablecoins, tokenized deposits and money market funds on unified platforms. Sygnum, UBS, PostFinance and a 37-bank EU consortium called Qivalis are leading the effort, with Switzerland already running a joint franc-backed stablecoin pilot. [CoinDesk] About GROW GROW offers top-notch reward rates so that clients can safely grow their wealth on a leading global platform
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.08 1️⃣ JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi Unveil Shared Tokenized Deposit Network The three banking giants announced on June 5 a plan to build a shared tokenized deposit network through The Clearing House, targeting a launch in the first half of 2027. The initiative aims to bring 24/7 blockchain-based settlement of bank deposits, keeping customer funds inside the regulated banking system while matching the speed of stablecoins. [TheBlock] 2️⃣ BlackRock-Backed Securitize Clears SEC Hurdle for NYSE Listing On June 5 the SEC approved tokenization firm Securitize's registration statement for its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, clearing the path to go public on the NYSE under the ticker "SECZ." A shareholder vote is set for June 29, with the firm providing the tokenization and transfer-agent infrastructure behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund and the NYSE's own tokenized securities platform. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ SWIFT Launches Blockchain Ledger for 24/7 Bank Payments SWIFT confirmed it is building a blockchain-based shared ledger that records, sequences and validates transactions between financial institutions using smart contracts. Developed with a global group of banks, the ledger will enable tokenized deposits, regulated stablecoins and CBDCs to move across institutions in real time, around the clock. [BeInCrypto] 4️⃣ Western Union Officially Launches USDPT Stablecoin on Solana Western Union rolled out its US dollar-backed USDPT stablecoin on the Solana blockchain, built in partnership with Anchorage Digital Bank, beginning in Bolivia and the Philippines. The remittance giant plans to expand the stablecoin and its digital asset network to more than 40 countries in 2026, marking its strategic pivot into blockchain-based payments. [CoinTelegraph] 5️⃣ Meta Launches USDC Creator Payouts on Solana and Polygon via Stripe Meta began offering select creators USDC stablecoin payouts directly to crypto wallets on the Solana and Polygon blockchains, with Stripe handling the payments infrastructure. Initially available to a limited group of creators in Colombia and the Philippines, the move brings stablecoin rails to one of the world's largest social platforms. [Decrypt]
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.01 1️⃣ CFTC Approves First U.S. Regulated Bitcoin Perpetual Futures The CFTC greenlit KalshiEX's BTCPERP contract on May 29, marking the first regulated bitcoin perpetual futures listing on a U.S. exchange and bringing a market segment historically dominated by offshore venues onshore under federal oversight. [CoinDeskCoinDesk] 2️⃣ Mastercard Granted NYDFS BitLicense for Stablecoin Settlement Mastercard's U.S. transaction services unit received a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services, clearing the way for the payments giant to build settlement infrastructure tied to stablecoins and tokenized deposits across its global network. [CoinTelegraph] 3️⃣ Banca Sella Becomes First Italian Bank Authorized Under MiCA The €34 billion Biella-based bank, serving roughly 1.4 million customers, completed its Bank of Italy notification under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, becoming the first Italian bank cleared to offer digital asset custody and transfer services to retail and institutional clients. [BeInCrypto] 4️⃣ United Texas Bank Completes OCC Charter, Launches UTB Atomic UTB satisfied the final conditions of its Office of the Comptroller of the Currency charter conversion and unveiled UTB Atomic, a 24/7 AI-driven payments network designed to fill the round-the-clock liquidity void left by the wind-downs of Silvergate and Signature. [TheBlock] 5️⃣ Tether and Georgian Government Launch GEL₮ Stablecoin Tether announced GEL₮ (GELT), a stablecoin pegged to the Georgian lari and issued in partnership with the Government of Georgia under a bespoke regulatory framework, designed to support digital payments, fintech development, and cross-border trade. [Decrypt] #MakeCryptoSimple #CRYPTO #NEWS $BTC $ETH
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.05.25 1️⃣ SEC Approves Nasdaq to List Bitcoin Index Options The SEC greenlit Nasdaq PHLX to list cash-settled options on the Nasdaq Bitcoin Index (QBTC), marking the first time a U.S. national securities exchange can trade options referencing a multi-venue Bitcoin index rather than a single spot ETF. [Ddecrypto] 2️⃣ SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals 18,712 BTC Worth $1.29 Billion Elon Musk's SpaceX disclosed a Bitcoin treasury of 18,712 BTC valued at roughly $1.29 billion in its IPO filing, placing the company among the largest corporate Bitcoin holders globally alongside MicroStrategy and Tesla. [Ddecrypto] 3️⃣ Blockchain.com Files Confidentially with SEC for U.S. IPO The 14-year-old crypto financial services firm — operating in 100+ countries with over 80 million wallets and $1.2 trillion in lifetime transaction volume — confidentially filed paperwork for a U.S. public offering, joining a growing pipeline of crypto IPOs. [Ddecrypto] 4️⃣ Bipartisan ARMA Bill Aims to Enshrine Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into Law Reps. Nick Begich (R-AK) and Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, which would codify a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve at Treasury with a 20-year holding mandate, quarterly Proof of Reserve reports, and protections for self-custody rights. [Ddecrypto] 5️⃣ NCA: 67 Million Americans Now Own Crypto as CLARITY Act Heads to Senate Floor The National Cryptocurrency Association revealed that 67 million Americans now hold crypto, framing the figure as proof that federal market structure rules should clear Congress as the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act advances toward a full Senate vote. [Ddecrypto] #MakeCryptoSimple #CRYPTO #NEWS $BTC $ETH
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.05.18 1️⃣ Clarity Act Clears U.S. Senate Committee in Landmark Crypto Vote The crypto market structure bill passed the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 with bipartisan support, advancing to the full Senate floor — a major step toward comprehensive U.S. crypto regulation. [Decrypto] 1️⃣ Clarity Act Clears U.S. Senate Committee in Landmark Crypto Vote The crypto market structure bill passed the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 with bipartisan support, advancing to the full Senate floor — a major step toward comprehensive U.S. crypto regulation. [Decrypto] 2️⃣ Bitcoin Funds Capture $700 Million as Institutions Place Their Bets Institutional investors poured $858 million into crypto funds last week, with over $700 million flowing into Bitcoin products alone, signaling sustained demand from large-scale investors. [Decrypto] 3️⃣ DTCC Taps Chainlink for Tokenized Collateral Platform Ahead of Q4 Launch Wall Street's clearinghouse DTCC selected Chainlink to power its upcoming tokenized collateral management platform, bridging traditional finance infrastructure with blockchain technology. [Decrypto] 4️⃣ Coinbase's Base Launches Azul Upgrade With Multiproofs for Stage 2 Decentralization Base rolled out its Azul mainnet upgrade introducing multiproofs that combine TEE and zero-knowledge proofs, reducing withdrawal finality to as little as one day and pushing closer to full decentralization. [Decrypto] 5️⃣ Saudi Arabia's droppRWA Secures $12.5 Billion in Tokenized Real Estate Mandates Faisal Monai, architect of Saudi Arabia's digital payments system, is leading a $12.5 billion push through droppRWA to tokenize real-world assets, starting with real estate — one of the largest RWA commitments to date. [Decrypto] #MakeCryptoSimple #CRYPTO #NEWS $BTC $ETH
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.04.13 1️⃣ Bitcoin ETFs Add $471M in Biggest One-Day Haul Since February U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $471 million in net inflows on April 6, their strongest daily intake since February, signaling renewed institutional appetite. [Decrypt] 2️⃣ Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Draws $33.9 Million on Day One Morgan Stanley launched its new spot Bitcoin ETF (MSBT), attracting $34 million in inflows and over 1.6 million shares traded on its debut. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ Charles Schwab Opens Waitlist for Direct Bitcoin and Ether Trading Charles Schwab, managing $11.9 trillion in client assets, opened a waitlist for spot BTC and ETH trading through its banking subsidiary, targeting a Q2 limited launch. [TheBlock] 4️⃣ Bitcoin Surges Past $72,000 as Ceasefire Boosts Markets Bitcoin jumped to $72,700 following the announcement of a two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire, triggering nearly $600 million in leveraged futures liquidations mostly from short sellers. [CoinDesk] 5️⃣ XRP Leads Crypto's $224 Million ETF Inflow Rebound Global crypto ETPs saw $224 million in inflows last week, with XRP products leading the rebound as institutional interest diversifies beyond Bitcoin. [CoinDesk] 🖋️ Real-time Curated NewsFeed by GROW on our App 👉 App Download : GROW | Make Crypto Simple About GROW GROW offers top-notch reward rates so that clients can safely grow their wealth on a leading global platform
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[Weekly Crypto] 2026.03.25 1️⃣ SEC and CFTC Declare Most Crypto Assets Are Not Securities The SEC and CFTC issued joint 68-page guidance establishing that most cryptocurrencies—including staking rewards, airdrops, and mined tokens—are not securities, creating clear regulatory categories for the first time. [Decrypt] 2️⃣ 73% of Institutional Investors Plan to Increase Crypto Allocations in 2026 A Coinbase and EY-Parthenon survey of 351 institutional decision-makers found that 73% plan to boost their digital asset allocations this year, with 74% expecting crypto prices to rise over the next 12 months. [Decrypt] 3️⃣ Coinbase Says the 'Second Wave' of Institutional Crypto Money Is Here Coinbase reports that a new wave of institutional investors is entering crypto, shifting focus from price speculation to yield-generating strategies and income-oriented products. [Decrypt] 4️⃣ Backpack Exchange Launches BP Token With 25% Airdrop and Equity-Tied Tokenomics Solana-based Backpack Exchange launched its BP token with 250 million tokens airdropped to users, no insider allocation, and a unique model offering long-term stakers the option to convert tokens into company equity. [Decrypt] 5️⃣ Institutional Crypto Adoption Has Passed the 'Point of Reversibility,' PwC Says PwC's Global Crypto Regulation Report argues that institutional involvement in crypto is now irreversible, with stablecoins, tokenized cash, and onchain settlement deeply embedded in payments, treasury, and balance-sheet operations. [Decrypt] 🔗 Weekly Issue on Learning Center : bit.ly/4sx8PST 🖋️ Real-time Curated NewsFeed by GROW on our App 👉 App Download : GROW | Make Crypto Simple #MakeCryptoSimple #CRYPTO #NEWS $BTC $ETH
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