News
Standard Chartered opens bitcoin and ether trading in UAE
Affluent Professional Investor clients in the UAE can buy and sell bitcoin and ether from their Standard Chartered accounts. The …
Institutional
News
FSB: Global stablecoins untested in severe stress, insolvency
Global stablecoins and national rules around them are still untested in a severe stress or an insolvency. One country may miss the …
News
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 …
News
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 …
News
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 …
Policy
SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets: what the $5M and $75M exemptions require
Release 33-11434, at 91 FR 54510, proposes a $5 million four-year startup exemption and fundraising tiers of $20 million and $75 …
News
CFTC registers Coinbase Clearing as a DCO
The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization on September 28, 2026, permitted to clear only …
News
Circle StableFX goes live on Arc
Circle switched on StableFX on Arc for vetted institutions: 24/7 RFQ FX with onchain payment-versus-payment settlement. Developer …
News
Consensys splits; MetaMask becomes its own company
Consensys Software Inc. is splitting its consumer and institutional businesses: the existing company becomes MetaMask, while a new …
News
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 …
News
Senate rejects Clarity Act cloture 49-50
The U.S. Senate rejected cloture on H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, 49-50 on Sept. 15, 2026. Sixty votes were …
News
Nasdaq Ventures agrees $100M Payward stake
On Sept. 10, 2026, Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, Kraken’s parent, deepening Nasdaq Equity Tokens …