[Weekly Crypto] 2026.10.19 1️⃣ JPMorgan Brings Its JPM Coin Deposit Token to Ethereum Institutional clients can now move JPMorgan's USD deposit token peer-to-peer on Ethereum, not just Base. https://t.co/u50ObTJovB 2️⃣ Switzerland Approves Its First Retail Bitcoin ETF FINMA cleared the country's first retail fund that holds bitcoin directly, with more applications in line. https://t.co/azpTl78NBO 3️⃣ Circle Plans an Emerging Markets Push and Agrees to Buy Tazapay for $400 Million The deal opens payment networks in 100+ markets as Circle scales USDC across Asia, Africa and Latin America. https://t.co/toPSrPTLwr 4️⃣ German Savings Banks Open Crypto Trading Through DekaBank Sparkasse customers can buy BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL and POL in their banking app, with 230+ banks interested. https://t.co/iVqebHWbYV 5️⃣ Injective and BDACS Plan a Korean Won Stablecoin for Tokenized Assets KRW1 would let institutions settle real-world assets on Injective in Korean won. https://t.co/ABlI3fMp4c 🔗 Weekly Issue on Learning Center : https://t.co/X7sBdvV7yq

[Weekly Crypto] 2026.07.27 1️⃣ Ondo Finance Launches Ondo Network as Execution Layer for Tokenized Markets On July 28 Ondo Finance went live with Ondo Network, an off-chain execution layer that replaces its previously planned Ondo Chain layer-1. The network runs trading software inside Trusted Execution Environments to combine centralized-exchange speed with on-chain settlement, verifiability and self-custody, while keeping order flow private. It already powers Ondo Perps and is designed to expand into tokenized securities, lending markets and institutional settlement — marking Ondo's shift from issuing tokenized assets to building the infrastructure that supports them. [CoinDesk](https://t.co/dOM8GxKGPV) 2️⃣ Tether Signs Tokenization MoU with Nairobi Securities Exchange On July 28 Tether and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on tokenization, digital-asset education and blockchain-based market infrastructure in Kenya. The two plan to use Tether's Hadron platform to research on-chain issuance of securities, fractional investment access and instant settlement, alongside AML/KYC onboarding tailored to Kenyan rules. The deal deepens Tether's expansion across Africa and points toward turning traditional stocks and bonds into on-chain tokens. [Cointelegraph](https://t.co/ZB0eKZ28qQ) 3️⃣ Tether's XAU₮ Gold Token Receives Shariah Certification On July 27 Tether announced that its gold-backed token XAU₮ received Shariah compliance certification from Amanah Advisors, a global Islamic finance advisory firm. The review found the token's structure aligns with key Islamic finance principles — full backing by physical gold, no interest or leverage, and transparent reserves — with each token representing one troy ounce stored in Swiss vaults. The certification opens a clearer path to Islamic institutions and investors across the Gulf, South Asia and Africa, for a token backed by more than $3.3 billion of gold. [Cointelegraph](https://t.co/cihYAqZfwR) 4️⃣ Senators Release Merged CLARITY Act Text Ahead of Recess Deadline As of late July, US senators released newly merged text for the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act, combining separate Banking and Agriculture Committee drafts into a single bill with more than 70 pages of new language. The update addresses market-structure questions, SEC–CFTC jurisdiction and, for the first time, an ethics provision barring senior officials from issuing their own crypto. With the House already passed, lawmakers are pushing for a Senate floor vote before the August recess, keeping the industry's landmark framework on a tight but active timeline. [CoinDesk](https://t.co/hHCZPQkh3c) 5️⃣ Ether ETFs Lead Weekly Inflows, Tripling Bitcoin's Total US spot Ether ETFs drew about $103.9 million in net inflows for the week of July 20–24 — more than three times the bitcoin funds' total — outperforming spot Bitcoin ETFs for a second consecutive week. Ether products have now attracted roughly $337 million across July and pulled in nearly as much capital as bitcoin ETFs over the past three weeks, despite holding about one-eighth as much in net assets, underscoring rotating institutional demand toward Ethereum. [The Block](https://t.co/xJHza7w8qR)

[Weekly Crypto] 2026.07.13 1️⃣ Circle Wins Final OCC Approval to Open a National Trust Bank On July 10 Circle, the issuer of USDC, received final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a federally supervised national trust bank, to operate as Circle National Trust. The bank will provide fiduciary digital-asset custody for Circle and its affiliates and could later serve institutional clients, while opening a path for Circle to manage USDC reserves under OCC supervision. Circle's shares jumped roughly 14% in pre-market trading on the news. [Decrypt] 2️⃣ SBI Holdings and Solana Foundation Partner to Build Japan's On-Chain Financial Market On July 13 SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation announced a strategic collaboration to build a Japan-based on-chain financial market, with SBI R3 Japan set to rebrand as SBI Solana Global. Backed by SBI and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, the venture will support yen-pegged stablecoins such as JPYSC, tokenize real-world assets like corporate bonds and real estate, and develop payment infrastructure for AI agents — aiming to make Japan a core hub for on-chain finance in Asia. [BeInCrypto] 3️⃣ DTCC Moves Tokenized Securities Into Live Production Trading On July 15 DTCC processed live production trades of tokenized stocks, ETFs and U.S. Treasuries in its largest tokenization initiative to date, using assets already held at its central securities depository. JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and Citadel Securities took part — JPMorgan tokenized Invesco QQQ holdings to post collateral against CME margin — marking a milestone ahead of DTCC's broader tokenization service launch planned for October. [CoinDesk] 4️⃣ South Korea Advances Digital Asset Basic Act and Won-Pegged Stablecoin On July 15 South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance unveiled its economic strategy for the second half of 2026, reaffirming plans to expand the blockchain and digital-asset sector. Authorities are advancing the Digital Asset Basic Act — a comprehensive framework setting authorization, reserve and capital standards for won-pegged stablecoin issuers — while reviewing Capital Markets Act amendments to enable the country's first spot crypto ETFs. [The Block] 5️⃣ US Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Snap Eight-Week Outflow Streak US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $197 million of net inflows for the week, snapping an eight-week outflow streak dating back to May, led by BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust. Spot Ether ETFs likewise broke their eight-week losing run with roughly $84 million of inflows, led by BlackRock and Fidelity — a sign institutional demand is recovering amid growing optimism around the CLARITY Act. [Cointelegraph]

[Monthly Crypto] 2026.07.06 1️⃣ Payments and Banking Giants Back "Open USD," a Neutral Shared Stablecoin On June 30 a group of payments, banking, tech and crypto heavyweights — including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, BlackRock, BNY, Coinbase and Ripple — unveiled Open USD (OUSD), a stablecoin run by an independent operator called Open Standard rather than any single issuer. The project promises fee-free minting and redemption with no volume caps, reserve earnings shared among partners and governance by a partner board, positioning itself as neutral payments infrastructure ahead of a launch later in 2026. [Decrypt] 2️⃣ Ethereum Institutional Nonprofit Launches to Court Wall Street On July 1 a new independent nonprofit called Ethereum Institutional launched to accelerate institutional adoption of Ethereum, backed by Standard Chartered, Bitwise, Etherealize, Aztec Labs and Spark. The group aims to close what Standard Chartered called a "longstanding communications gap" between Ethereum and the world's largest financial institutions through education, advocacy and strategic communications. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ Robinhood Chain Goes Live on Mainnet With 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading Around July 2 Robinhood launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer-2 built on Arbitrum's tech stack, with Uniswap among its day-one partners. The launch enables 24/7 trading of tokenized US stocks and adds Lighter-powered perpetuals, with agentic crypto trading planned to follow. [The Block] 4️⃣ Standard Chartered Becomes First Global Systemic Bank to Offer USDC Minting On July 2 Standard Chartered became the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer institutional clients direct USDC minting and redemption through a partnership with Circle, with no separate Circle accounts required. The service launches out of the Dubai International Financial Centre and brings onchain settlement, treasury and liquidity management inside the bank's existing risk and compliance frameworks, with global expansion planned. [Cointelegraph] 5️⃣ ESMA Adds 37 Firms to MiCA Register in First Wave After EU Deadline Following the close of MiCA's transitional period on July 1, EU regulator ESMA added 37 firms to its register of licensed crypto-asset service providers in the first major authorization wave under the fully enforced regime. The batch — which includes Standard Chartered securing MiCA and e-money licenses via its Luxembourg entity — signals Europe moving from grandfathered national rules into a single, bloc-wide licensing framework. [BeInCrypto]

[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.15 1️⃣ BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF Nears Launch On June 11 BlackRock filed its fourth amendment for the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (ticker "BITA" on Nasdaq), signaling an imminent launch as it races Goldman Sachs to market. The fund holds bitcoin and IBIT shares and sells call options on 25%–35% of its holdings each month to generate steady income, with a 0.65% fee that undercuts rival covered-call bitcoin ETFs. [CoinDesk] 2️⃣ Coinbase Launches "Coinbase for Agents" to Let AI Trade Crypto On June 11 Coinbase unveiled "Coinbase for Agents," a platform that lets AI assistants connect to user accounts to trade crypto, access data and eventually make payments autonomously. It integrates the x402 machine-to-machine payments protocol, enabling agents to make micro-payments for services like premium research, data APIs and compute without subscriptions or manual checkout. [BeInCrypto] 3️⃣ Digital Asset Raises $355M in a16z-Led Round at $2B Valuation Enterprise blockchain firm Digital Asset closed a $355 million round led by a16z crypto ($100M), with backing from Citadel Securities, Optiver, 7RIDGE and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing the company at roughly $2 billion. The capital will scale its Canton Network, which lets financial institutions tokenize and settle traditional securities while keeping commercially sensitive data private, as banks ramp up pilots. [CoinTelegraph] 4️⃣ Advisors Now Prioritize Stablecoins and Tokenization, Bitwise CIO Says Based on meetings with more than 40 financial advisors in early June, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said advisors are far more curious about stablecoins and tokenization than about bitcoin itself. The shift reflects growing interest in crypto's real-world applications across payments and capital markets, with figures from SEC Chair Paul Atkins to BlackRock's Larry Fink regularly spotlighting the themes. [TheBlock] 5️⃣ Big Banks Build Tokenized Cash Networks on Public Blockchains On June 11 reporting revealed major banks are shifting from private chains to "public-yet-permissioned" blockchains to build multi-asset tokenized money networks combining stablecoins, tokenized deposits and money market funds on unified platforms. Sygnum, UBS, PostFinance and a 37-bank EU consortium called Qivalis are leading the effort, with Switzerland already running a joint franc-backed stablecoin pilot. [CoinDesk] About GROW GROW offers top-notch reward rates so that clients can safely grow their wealth on a leading global platform

[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.22 1️⃣ Morgan Stanley Files for ETH and SOL ETFs With the Market's Lowest Fees On June 18 Morgan Stanley filed amendments with the SEC for its spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs, setting a 0.14% sponsor fee — the lowest in both markets, undercutting Grayscale's 0.15% Mini Ether Trust and Franklin Templeton's 0.19% Solana fund. Both funds plan to stake a portion of their holdings to generate additional rewards, with Figment, Galaxy and Coinbase Canada serving as staking providers. [The Block] 2️⃣ State Street Launches GENIUS-Compliant Money Market Fund for Stablecoin Reserves On June 16 State Street introduced the State Street Stablecoin Reserves Money Market Fund (SSCXX), a government money market fund built to hold the reserves backing dollar stablecoins under the GENIUS Act. Backed by initial investment from State Street Bank and Anchorage Digital, the fund invests only in cash and short-term U.S. Treasuries to preserve a stable $1 share price, targeting the fast-growing stablecoin reserve market. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ CoinMENA Partners With Standard Chartered for Regulated UAE Banking Rails On June 17 Gulf-based crypto exchange CoinMENA secured a banking partnership with Standard Chartered to provide regulated fiat payment and settlement infrastructure in the UAE. The deal underscores how the UAE has become a leading regulatory hub for digital assets, with traditional banks increasingly collaborating with licensed crypto firms to support institutional participation. [CoinTelegraph] 4️⃣ BitMine, SharpLink and Joe Lubin Back New Ethereum R&D Lab "Ethlabs" Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, together with public ETH treasury firms BitMine and SharpLink, is funding Ethlabs, a new non-profit research lab founded by former Ethereum Foundation researchers. The lab's initial focus is preparing Ethereum for institutions to operate on-chain at scale, with funders explicitly holding no influence over the independent research agenda. [Decrypt] 5️⃣ Bank of England Scraps Strict Stablecoin Holding Caps in Major Policy Reversal On June 22 the Bank of England backed down from its proposed £20,000 individual and £10 million corporate stablecoin holding limits, replacing them with a temporary £40 billion (~$50B) issuance guardrail per systemic stablecoin. Regulators also cut required non-interest central-bank deposits to 30%, letting issuers invest up to 70% of reserves in short-term UK government debt — a win for industry competitiveness ahead of full UK crypto rules in 2027. [BeInCrypto] About GROW GROW offers top-notch reward rates so that clients can safely grow their wealth on a leading global platform

[Weekly Crypto] 2026.06.08 1️⃣ JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi Unveil Shared Tokenized Deposit Network The three banking giants announced on June 5 a plan to build a shared tokenized deposit network through The Clearing House, targeting a launch in the first half of 2027. The initiative aims to bring 24/7 blockchain-based settlement of bank deposits, keeping customer funds inside the regulated banking system while matching the speed of stablecoins. [TheBlock] 2️⃣ BlackRock-Backed Securitize Clears SEC Hurdle for NYSE Listing On June 5 the SEC approved tokenization firm Securitize's registration statement for its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, clearing the path to go public on the NYSE under the ticker "SECZ." A shareholder vote is set for June 29, with the firm providing the tokenization and transfer-agent infrastructure behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund and the NYSE's own tokenized securities platform. [CoinDesk] 3️⃣ SWIFT Launches Blockchain Ledger for 24/7 Bank Payments SWIFT confirmed it is building a blockchain-based shared ledger that records, sequences and validates transactions between financial institutions using smart contracts. Developed with a global group of banks, the ledger will enable tokenized deposits, regulated stablecoins and CBDCs to move across institutions in real time, around the clock. [BeInCrypto] 4️⃣ Western Union Officially Launches USDPT Stablecoin on Solana Western Union rolled out its US dollar-backed USDPT stablecoin on the Solana blockchain, built in partnership with Anchorage Digital Bank, beginning in Bolivia and the Philippines. The remittance giant plans to expand the stablecoin and its digital asset network to more than 40 countries in 2026, marking its strategic pivot into blockchain-based payments. [CoinTelegraph] 5️⃣ Meta Launches USDC Creator Payouts on Solana and Polygon via Stripe Meta began offering select creators USDC stablecoin payouts directly to crypto wallets on the Solana and Polygon blockchains, with Stripe handling the payments infrastructure. Initially available to a limited group of creators in Colombia and the Philippines, the move brings stablecoin rails to one of the world's largest social platforms. [Decrypt]

[Weekly Crypto] 2026.05.18 1️⃣ Clarity Act Clears U.S. Senate Committee in Landmark Crypto Vote The crypto market structure bill passed the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 with bipartisan support, advancing to the full Senate floor — a major step toward comprehensive U.S. crypto regulation. [Decrypto] 1️⃣ Clarity Act Clears U.S. Senate Committee in Landmark Crypto Vote The crypto market structure bill passed the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 with bipartisan support, advancing to the full Senate floor — a major step toward comprehensive U.S. crypto regulation. [Decrypto] 2️⃣ Bitcoin Funds Capture $700 Million as Institutions Place Their Bets Institutional investors poured $858 million into crypto funds last week, with over $700 million flowing into Bitcoin products alone, signaling sustained demand from large-scale investors. [Decrypto] 3️⃣ DTCC Taps Chainlink for Tokenized Collateral Platform Ahead of Q4 Launch Wall Street's clearinghouse DTCC selected Chainlink to power its upcoming tokenized collateral management platform, bridging traditional finance infrastructure with blockchain technology. [Decrypto] 4️⃣ Coinbase's Base Launches Azul Upgrade With Multiproofs for Stage 2 Decentralization Base rolled out its Azul mainnet upgrade introducing multiproofs that combine TEE and zero-knowledge proofs, reducing withdrawal finality to as little as one day and pushing closer to full decentralization. [Decrypto] 5️⃣ Saudi Arabia's droppRWA Secures $12.5 Billion in Tokenized Real Estate Mandates Faisal Monai, architect of Saudi Arabia's digital payments system, is leading a $12.5 billion push through droppRWA to tokenize real-world assets, starting with real estate — one of the largest RWA commitments to date. [Decrypto] #MakeCryptoSimple #CRYPTO #NEWS $BTC $ETH

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