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TOYOSA adds Bitcoin checkout for Toyota sales in Bolivia
TOYOSA, the official Toyota distributor in Bolivia, began taking Bitcoin for vehicle purchases at Expocruz 2026 on 18 September, …
Banks
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SEBI Demat 2.0 settles tokenized bonds in e₹
SEBI launched Demat 2.0 on Sept. 10, 2026: corporate bonds issued as tokens on a depository-owned ledger and settled atomically in …
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Nu launches U.S. banking and Nu Global
Nu Holdings started U.S. operations on Sept. 10 via FDIC-insured Lead Bank and launched Nu Global, converting deposits into Circle …
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U.S. Bank completes USBDC Stellar pilot
U.S. Bank completed a live intercompany USBDC payment between its North American and European entities on Stellar on Sept. 9, …
Projects
ikigii, Towerbank's Panama-licensed banking app, lets you borrow dollars or stablecoins against Bitcoin at a 50% loan-to-value with a margin call at 65%, so the liquidity arrives without selling the coins
ikigii is Towerbank’s SBP-supervised Panama app: borrow USD or stables against BTC at 50% LTV, margin call at 65%, dollar …
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SoFiUSD lists on Kraken; Payward joins SEN
On 3–4 September 2026, SoFi and Payward linked bank rails to Kraken: SoFiUSD (SOFID) listed, Payward joined SoFi’s 24/7 SEN …
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21 banks commit to USD stablecoin for H1 2027
Twenty-one banks and asset managers, including Citi, Goldman, Santander and BBVA, committed on 1 Sept 2026 to form a company for a …
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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 …
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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 …