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Regulation & Politics
CFTC Seeks Comment on Crypto Rulebook That Leaves Spot Exchanges to the States
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking covering retail crypto trading on margin, leverage or financing, and a new exchange registration category built for it. Chairman Michael Selig called it a federal option rather than a mandate. The notice would also codify delivery to a user's own non-custodial wallet within 28 days as an exception to on-exchange trading

Regulation & Politics
Treasury Drops Crypto Wallet Surveillance Rules
FinCEN withdrew the 2020 unhosted wallet reporting proposal and its 2023 finding that crypto mixing is a primary money laundering concern. The agency said it will keep monitoring mixers and may act again
DeFi
Tim Draper's Firm Leads Strategic Round In Bitcoin Wallet Xverse
Trust Machines and Draper Dragon joined the round. Terms were not disclosed, and Xverse has not said what it raised or at what valuation.
TradFi & Fintech
OKX And NYSE Owner's Venture Files To Trade 63 Tokenized Stocks Onchain
OKXICE told the SEC it will run tokenized equity trading through permissioned Uniswap v4 pools on X Layer. Cerebras has already filed an objection to being included.

DeFi
S&P Global Puts A Letter Grade On DeFi Lending Vaults
The Vault Risk Assessment scores a vault from AAA(v) to D(v), and the curator running it can cap the result. S&P has not assessed a vault yet.

TradFi & Fintech
Plume Opens Tokenized Vault Backed By Fidelity's Bond ETF
The nBND vault holds shares of an actively managed ETF rather than short-dated Treasuries, pushing onchain fixed income into credit and duration.

TradFi & Fintech
ICBA Sues OCC Over Crypto Trust Charters
The complaint targets Protego’s conditional approval and seeks to stop the agency from granting charters under its disputed rule and guidance.

Regulation & Politics
Illinois Agrees to Six-Month Crypto Tax Delay, Subject to Court Approval
The levy would charge customers on asset value rather than gains, with draft rules covering paid custody, transfers and stablecoin settlement.

TradFi & Fintech
Ripple and CSD BR Partner to Mirror Brazil's BTG Fund Records on XRP Ledger
The companies describe a live-transaction phase, with CSD BR retaining the official records for registration, deposit and settlement.

DeFi
Centrifuge Confirms Three Tokenized Funds Are Live on Arc
JAAA, JTRSY and HYB span US Treasuries and credit, with direct fund access limited to non-US professional investors.





