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Singapore central bank will settle bills in CBDC
Chia Der Jiun said there may be limits to using stablecoins for large wholesale settlement. Singapore will next settle tokenised …
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Startale Japan opens digital bond paid in JPYSC
Startale Japan opened the Startale Bond, a one-year digital corporate bond that pays interest and principal in JPYSC, the yen …
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BND launches Roughrider Coin bank-to-bank pilot
Bank of North Dakota launched Roughrider Coin with four local banks and credit unions. The dollar-backed token is for bank-to-bank …
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Lloyds and Visa settle US$750,000 in USDC
Lloyds Banking Group and Visa settled US$750,000 of payment obligations with USDC in a seven-day live pilot. Funds reached Visa in …
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Open Standard launches Open USD stablecoin
Open Standard launched Open USD (OUSD) on September 30, 2026. Mint and burn are 1:1 with dollars at no cost; Coinbase business …
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Treasury sets forms for state stablecoin certification
Treasury’s September 30 interim final rule sets the forms and the approve-or-deny process for state payment-stablecoin …
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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, …
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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 …