Digital Assets archive
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- Custody & Infrastructure
Citi's Custody+ puts bitcoin on the bank's main institutional rail
Digital assets enter the same custody network as stocks and bonds, shrinking the case for separate crypto custodians.
- Regulation
Treasury proposes stablecoin definitions in first GENIUS Act rulemaking
Treasury's first rulemaking under the stablecoin law sets definitions and a comment schedule that will determine which issuers face U.S. rules.
- Tokenization
Securitize's tokenized assets reach a record $4.3B as revenue falls
The first public report since Securitize listed shows tokenized assets at a record even as tokenization fees shrink and the net loss widens.
- Regulation
Stablecoin yield deal revives Clarity Act with Coinbase on board
A Senate compromise on stablecoin interest payments restores Coinbase's backing and moves the Clarity Act toward markup.
- Tokenization
Standard Chartered's HKDAP stablecoin enters beta on licensed exchanges
Hong Kong's first regulated stablecoin moves into beta with institutions, testing an identity-first compliance model.
- Regulation
Stablecoin yield deal breaks the Clarity Act impasse
A Senate compromise on stablecoin interest and Coinbase's endorsement clear the way for a Clarity Act markup. The hardest fight moves to rulemaking, where "bona fide" gets defined.
- Regulation
Trump expected to meet crypto CEOs at White House before CFTC panel's first session
The White House meets crypto's chiefs the day before the CFTC innovation panel's first session. A stalled market-structure bill and an ethics standoff hang over both.
- Tokenization
JPMorgan adds euro payments to JPM Coin
Siemens is the first client to move euros on the bank's tokenized rail, which still settles only inside JPMorgan.
- Adoption
Jeonbuk Bank becomes first Korean regional bank to run Ripple Payments
Ripple's third Korean institutional deal of 2026 puts stablecoin settlement inside a traditional provincial lender.
- Tokenization
SEC delays tokenized-securities exemption after White House and SIFMA pushback
The canceled Friday meeting leaves tokenized equities without a compliance path; their near-term fate now rests with Congress.
- Regulation
Bank lobby's yield push helps knock over Clarity Act
The stablecoin yield argument may have fatally derailed the Senate's crypto-rule bill, with three weeks of action left.
- Regulation
Stablecoin flows spill into currency markets, BIS-IMF paper finds
A BIS-IMF working paper finds stablecoin purchases from non-dollar economies spill into traditional currency markets, raising dollar funding costs for banks and corporates that never touched crypto.
- Regulation
Treasury proposes GENIUS Act definitions for stablecoin issuers
The first formal GENIUS Act rule will decide who must license stablecoin issuance, with Tether's treatment and a congressional rewrite hanging over a January 18 deadline.
- Regulation
SEC postpones Regulation Crypto proposal without setting a new date
The agency's first major digital-asset rulemaking is deferred, and the sector is left waiting on a stalled Congress.
4 stories
- The Wrap
Franklin Templeton's tokenized money fund gets a custody green light
SEC staff no-action relief puts FOBXX under Rule 17f-2's cash and collateral framework, making onchain money funds a practical institutional cash tool.
- Crypto ETFs & funds
Bitcoin ETFs see largest weekly outflow in six weeks
A three-day selling streak and sliding Clarity Act odds accompanied the $390 million exit; Solana ETFs were the exception.
- Tokenization
SEC staff clears Franklin funds to run cash through an onchain money fund
A no-action letter puts a tokenized money fund inside Rule 17f-2's custody framework, opening FOBXX to cash and collateral duty.
- The Wrap
Independent broker-dealers lose three teams in one day
Commonwealth lost two teams to Cetera and Hightower added a $275 million team from Valley, all on Aug. 17