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- The Wrap
Cerebras objects to OKXICE plan to tokenize 63 U.S. stocks
The SEC exemption runs five years and gives issuers 30 days to object, putting Cerebras's refusal in the path of OKXICE's planned 24/7 stock venue.
- The Wrap
Plume opens a tokenized vault holding Fidelity's actively managed bond ETF
The nBND vault adds credit and duration to a tokenized fixed-income shelf built on short-dated Treasury products.
- Tokenization
Plume opens tokenized nBND vault holding Fidelity's Total Bond ETF
The vault holds Fidelity's actively managed Total Bond ETF, adding credit and duration to tokenized fixed income instead of short-dated Treasuries.
- Adoption
S&P Global publishes DeFi lending vault grading scale with no vaults assessed
The Vault Risk Assessment runs from AAA(v) to D(v), and the curator running a vault can cap its grade, The Defiant reported.
- Tokenization
OKXICE files with SEC to trade 63 tokenized stocks via Uniswap v4 pools
The OKX-ICE venture would route stock trading through permissioned pools on X Layer; Cerebras has filed an objection to being included.
- Adoption
Stripe plans stablecoin cards in more than 100 countries by year-end
The payments company tells CoinDesk it is also exploring tokenized deposits and DeFi, with Kraken, Ramp and Morse among current card customers.
- Adoption
Evernorth expects its Armada SPAC merger to close Wednesday with $48 million in trust
Armada Acquisition Corp. II closed Friday at $39.42, nearly four times the $10.49 redemption value of the cash left in the shell.
- The Wrap
Payward and Singapore Gulf Bank open 24/7 U.S. dollar settlement for institutional crypto clients
The service starts with U.S. dollar transactions for select clients in eligible Asian and Gulf jurisdictions.
- Crypto ETFs & funds
SEC approves Cboe BZX rule change for six Volatility Shares 3x ETFs
The two crypto ETFs would hold regulated bitcoin and ether futures; all six still need the SEC to declare the registration statement effective before trading.
- The Wrap
Brazil's CSD BR keeps the official fund register while mirroring ownership on the XRP Ledger
CSD BR keeps registration, deposit and settlement for BTG Pactual's funds, with the XRP Ledger copy described as a second record rather than the legal one.
- Adoption
Metaplanet sold 10,000 bitcoin and bought 11,000, ending the third quarter at 44,000
The Japanese treasury company held the sale proceeds in cash to show it could cover interest-bearing debt before repurchasing at higher prices, CoinDesk reported.
- Custody & Infrastructure
Payward and Singapore Gulf Bank launch 24/7 dollar settlement for institutional crypto
The service starts with U.S. dollar transactions for select clients in eligible Asian and Gulf jurisdictions.
- Tokenization
OKXICE venture tells SEC it plans 24/7 tokenized U.S. stock venue
The venue would open with more than 60 U.S.-listed companies, under an SEC exemption that gives issuers 30 days to object and runs five years.
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- Regulation
Nov. 3 midterms will decide SEC oversight and crypto's tax bills
CoinDesk's State of Crypto reads the House as likely to flip and the Senate as a tossup, with two tax bills and agency rulemaking the near-term tracks.
- Regulation
Senate rejects Clarity Act 49-50; KBW says crypto M&A trajectory holds
The market-structure bill was short of the 60 needed to advance on Sept. 15, leaving SEC exemptions and a custody proposal as the rulebook dealmakers are underwriting.
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- Custody & Infrastructure
BNY in talks with Kraken parent Payward over custody and trading infrastructure
Two people familiar with the discussions say an agreement is not assured and that elements could resemble the infrastructure component of Payward's deal with Nasdaq.
- Regulation
Illinois agrees to six-month crypto tax delay pending court approval
Draft rules would charge customers on asset value rather than gains and cover paid custody, transfers and stablecoin settlement.
- Tokenization
Ripple and CSD BR describe XRP Ledger mirror of Brazilian fund records as live-transaction work
CSD BR keeps official registration, deposit and settlement records while publishing a second copy of fund ownership onchain for BTG Pactual funds.
- Regulation
Circle urges EU to replace stablecoin bank-deposit mandates
The Defiant reports the USDC issuer also wants cross-border co-issuance kept in place and a path for foreign-issued stablecoins to be recognized.
- The Wrap
SEC custody proposal would make state trust companies qualified custodians
Adviser self-custody would require proving expertise and the absence of any willing qualified custodian, while state-chartered trusts would become eligible to hold client digital assets.
- The Wrap
Tether grants Utexo a license to issue USDT on Bitcoin, expected this month
Tether granted the 2025-founded startup a commercial license to issue USDT on Bitcoin using the USDT trademark.
- Adoption
Tether-backed Utexo plans to issue USDT on Bitcoin this month
The startup, which raised $7.5 million this year, plans private transfers, direct bitcoin swaps and bitcoin-backed loans, with most transaction data kept off the public ledger.
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- Regulation
SEC proposes crypto custody rule for advisers, funds and state trust companies
Adviser self-custody would require demonstrated expertise and no qualified custodian willing to take the mandate; state-chartered trusts could serve as custodians.
- Regulation
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce departs, leaving Crypto Task Force without a named successor
A joint SEC statement credits her with pressing for digital-asset rules before the agency made clarity a priority and does not name who leads the task force next.
- Tokenization
SF Fed study finds stablecoin Treasury demand only partly offsets China's retreat
Issuers favor short-term debt while the decline in Chinese holdings has landed mostly on longer-dated securities, the San Francisco Fed paper reports.
- Tokenization
OpenZeppelin and T-REX introduce OnchainID v3 for regulated tokens
The redesign adds modular smart accounts but requires fresh deployments, so existing 2.x identities cannot be upgraded in place, according to the project's changelog.
- Adoption
Hyperliquid order-book depth matches Binance, Bybit and OKX median on four of five assets, Castle Labs finds
The onchain venue also cost less to trade, but the unresolved gap is pricing stocks and commodities while their underlying markets are closed.
- The Wrap
Dune finds equity tokens drive tokenized-asset trading while Treasury funds sit still
The analytics platform puts tokenized real-world assets at $34.5 billion and says the value of individual-stock token holdings grew ninefold in a year.
- Regulation
SEC Division of Examinations publishes exam process handbook for registrants
The handbook replaces and expands on the division's examination brochure and covers each stage of an exam, from risk assessment to the disposition letter.
- Regulation
SEC tokenized-stock exemption and CFTC relief follow Senate's CLARITY rejection
The SEC allowed certain venues to trade tokenized U.S.-listed stocks onchain two days after the Senate declined to advance the comprehensive framework.
- The Wrap
Lloyds and Visa settle $750,000 in USDC in a seven-day cross-border pilot
The payment moved from Jersey to the United States in under an hour, with Lloyds on Canton and Visa on a second blockchain the coverage does not name.
- Regulation
Illinois agrees to six-month delay of 0.2% crypto tax
The Digital Chamber and Illinois Blockchain Association negotiated the six-month postponement, which a state judge must still approve and which leaves the legal challenge to be argued on the merits.
- Crypto ETFs & funds
Crypto ETFs drew billions in Q3 while hacks took $1.26 billion
September lost $768.5 million across 99 incidents; CoinGecko put on-chain insurance capacity at $130.2 million, 20.2% below last year.
- Custody & Infrastructure
MetaMask pulls Ethereum staking systems after a security incident
Lido said MetaMask-operated validators began leaving its pool Wednesday, with the last expected to stop staking by Oct. 7.
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- Regulation
FCA opens crypto authorization window; existing firms get Feb. 28, 2027 continuity deadline
Firms that apply by that date can keep taking new business while their applications are pending when the regime starts on Oct. 25, according to The Defiant.
- Regulation
Daines unveils ADAPT Act pairing stablecoin payment relief with wash-sale limits
The bill would exempt qualifying stablecoin purchases and crypto-paid transaction costs up to $10 from gain-or-loss recognition, while its wash-sale loss-harvesting restriction carries no stated ceiling.
- Tokenization
Base ships Cobalt with conditional transactions and three B20 token-standard changes
The Defiant reports Cobalt is Base's third upgrade of the year; the conditional-transaction method is documented as running on test networks.
- Regulation
SEC notices orders to let CPAs, Series 79 holders buy private offerings
A second notice would make passing a FINRA exam open to anyone over 18 an automatic qualifying route into unregistered offerings.
- Regulation
Crypto spent $8 million lobbying on the Clarity Act before the bill failed
Federal disclosures show more than $13 million in six months of crypto lobbying, with about $5.4 million of it never naming the bill.
- Adoption
Lloyds and Visa settle $750,000 in USDC across a seven-day cross-border pilot
The test sent funds from Jersey to the US in under an hour across a weekend, with Lloyds on Canton and Visa on a second blockchain the coverage does not name.