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Issuant's analysis of programmable, auditable assets, issuance, and capital markets - written for asset managers, banks, and issuers.
43 articles
2026-07-23
Carter Bray
The SEC will pay $150,000 and reform text-message preservation to settle a Coinbase-backed FOIA suit over Gary Gensler's lost records. Here is why it matters.
2026-07-22
Carter Bray
Yes. The CLARITY Act's proposed ethics rules would bar US officials, including the president, from issuing or sponsoring digital assets for pay until January 2029.
2026-07-17
Carter Bray
Canada's consumer-driven banking launches in phases from 2026, but read-only access and no payments mean institutions should expect measured change, not disruption.
2026-07-17
Carter Bray
Visa's new Stablecoin Platform lets institutions mint, move, and manage stablecoins, adding Open USD support alongside USDC and USDG as Circle faces competition.
2026-07-13
Ian Irizarry
Robinhood built Robinhood Chain to settle tokenized equities, but memecoin trading drove most of its launch-week volume. Here is what institutions should read into it.
2026-07-11
Ian Irizarry
AI agents flagged CVE-2026-34219, a remotely triggerable crash in Ethereum's networking layer, but human engineers had to confirm and prove the flaw before it counted.
2026-07-10
Carter Bray
Yes. Section 1101 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act bars the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency through December 2030, exempting private dollar assets.
2026-07-09
Ian Irizarry
Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger lets 17 banks pilot 24/7 programmable cross-border transfers, though final settlement still clears on traditional rails.
2026-07-08
Ian Irizarry
Dinari and tZERO have partnered to give U.S. broker-dealers a single-network route to launch, trade, custody, clear, settle, and service tokenized U.S. equities.
2026-06-16
Carter Bray
The programmable asset market has crossed $43 billion, driven by institutional adoption in private credit, government securities, and fund structures with regulatory clarity.
2026-06-16
Patrick Dyer
State Street launches GENIUS Act-aligned money market fund for stablecoin reserves. Explore what compliant reserve infrastructure looks like.
2026-04-25
Ian Irizarry
The U.S. Treasury and Tether's coordinated freeze of $344M in USDT linked to Iran sanctions evasion signals a new standard of compliance expectation for institutions issuing or transacting in programmable assets.