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BCB starts Hypernative crypto threat alerts
Brazil’s central bank is rolling out Hypernative real-time crypto threat alerts. ABToken says Mercado Bitcoin and Foxbit …
Banks
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BIS: stablecoins fail as money at scale
BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos told Jackson Hole on Aug 28 that today’s stablecoins fail as everyday money; …
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Jeonbuk Bank deploys Ripple Payments for remits
On Aug 18, 2026, Jeonbuk Bank became the first Korean regional bank to deploy Ripple Payments for near real-time cross-border …
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BCB fines Banco Genial R$21.6M over crypto FX, bars CEO
Brazil’s central bank fined Banco Genial R$21.56 million and barred CEO André Schwartz for four years over FX trades tied to …
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Itaú joins ANBIMA pilot to tokenize bonds and funds
Itaú Unibanco and OpenAssets joined ANBIMA’s Aug 11 pilot to test tokenized fixed-income and funds on DLT — issuance through …
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Wells Fargo launches tokenized deposits this fall
Wells Fargo will roll out tokenized bank deposits for corporate clients this fall, starting with USD–GBP on its proprietary …
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Augustus raises $180M for stablecoin clearing bank
Augustus closed a $180M Series B at a $1B valuation to build a U.S. federally chartered clearing bank that moves dollars across …
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Visa Stablecoin Platform beta opens with Open USD
Visa opened beta on its Visa Stablecoin Platform, an enterprise hub for banks and fintechs to mint, hold, and move Open USD (OUSD) …
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DTCC runs live trades with tokenized DTC securities
DTCC on July 15 converted DTC-held stocks, ETFs, and Treasuries into tokens used in real production trades for collateral, repo, …
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Circle wins OCC approval for national trust bank
Circle received final OCC approval on July 10 to establish Circle National Trust, a federally supervised national trust bank for …
Policy
GENIUS Act July 18 deadline: dollar stablecoin rules
July 18 is the one-year mark for GENIUS Act stablecoin rulemaking. Agencies have floated proposals; few final rules are out. …
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Global banks build stablecoin gateways as Standard Chartered launches USDC minting
Standard Chartered is the first G-SIB to offer integrated USDC minting and redemption for institutions, joining BNY and other …