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85 articles
2026·10·16
Carter Bray
A federal judge rejected a joint CFTC and Gemini bid to vacate a $5 million settlement, a reminder that consent orders bind issuers even after a regulator reverses course.
2026·10·14
Carter Bray
Standard Chartered pushed its $2 trillion stablecoin market forecast from 2028 to 2030 as supply growth stalled near $309 billion, even as transaction volumes hit records.
2026·10·12
Carter Bray
Wall Street is reviving the case for scrapping the US 20-year Treasury bond, which trades cheap and lifts borrowing costs. Here is what institutions should watch.
2026·10·09
Carter Bray
Blockchain.com has applied for CFTC designated contract market and futures commission merchant licenses to offer event contracts and crypto derivatives in the US.
2026·10·08
Carter Bray
ESMA gave EU crypto platforms three months, until January 8, 2027, to stop servicing non-MiCA stablecoins such as USDT, a direct test of issuer compliance.
2026·10·02
Yonier Bellido
EU issuers argue MiCA-regulated dollar stablecoins are essential: with 90% of settlement demand in USD and euro tokens near $680M, the currency choice follows the customer.
2026·10·01
Juan Sanchez
The SEC's new Exam Handbook, published October 2026, replaces the EXAMS Brochure and gives registered firms a clear roadmap of what to expect during an examination.
2026·09·29
Carter Bray
The US 30-year Treasury yield rose to roughly 5.6% in September 2026, its highest since 2002, lifting borrowing costs for issuers and repricing long-duration risk.
2026·09·28
Carter Bray
The SEC's September 2026 staff statement is a critical reminder that funds must value hard-to-sell private assets rigorously and disclose the risks clearly.
2026·09·25
Carter Bray
Asset tokenization has grown past $30 billion while US rulemaking lags. Here is how the frameworks compare and what institutions should do now.
2026·09·24
Carter Bray
The UK's largest banks completed the world's first interbank customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, a milestone for programmable commercial bank money.
2026·09·22
Carter Bray
The ECB and EU central banks want to replace MiCA's minimum bank deposit rule for stablecoin reserves with liquidity thresholds, warning large deposits could strain banks.