Articles
Issuant's analysis of programmable, auditable assets, issuance, and capital markets - written for asset managers, banks, and issuers.
44 articles
2026-07-24
Carter Bray
Bond market volatility, measured by the MOVE index, fell to about 59 in late 2025, the calmest since 2021. History shows why institutions should not read that as safety.
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.