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Regulation & Politics
Circle Urges EU to Replace Stablecoin Bank-Deposit Mandates
The USDC issuer also wants to preserve cross-border co-issuance and create a recognition route for foreign stablecoins, while central banks demand stronger safeguards.

TradFi & Fintech
Visa Says Business Programs Drive About 17% of Stablecoin Card Volume
Payment volume across Visa’s stablecoin-linked cards grew nearly 200% year over year in its fiscal second quarter.

DeFi
SMBC Nikko and Nethermind Plan Compliance Hooks for Uniswap Pools
An MOU with Uniswap Labs, Base and Nyx Foundation targets a Japan-focused DeFi gateway for completion by mid-2027.

TradFi & Fintech
Fiserv Launches Roughrider Coin Settlement on Solana
VersaBank issues the bank-only token, which Fiserv says serves a North Dakota network of more than 90 banks and credit unions.

Regulation & Politics
SEC Proposes Crypto Self-Custody Route for Investment Advisers
The proposal also sets conditions for state trust company custody, with public comments due 60 days after Federal Register publication.

Regulation & Politics
US Sanctions A7 Network, Proposes Ban on Sub-Agent Payments
FinCEN says A7’s sub-agents processed more than $17 billion in dollar-denominated transactions from January 2025 through June 2026.

TradFi & Fintech
Stablecoin Treasury Growth Partly Offsets China’s Retreat, SF Fed Study Finds
Issuers favor short-term debt, while China’s decline is mostly in longer-dated securities. The authors say additional demand depends on who buys stablecoins.

Infrastructure
OpenZeppelin and T-REX Network Introduce new Framework for Regulated Token Eligibility and Recovery
The redesign requires new deployments rather than in-place upgrades of existing 2.x identities, according to the project's changelog.
Blockchains
Base Ships Cobalt With Conditional Transactions And A Seize Function
The year's third Base upgrade lets traders submit transactions that stay dormant until price or block conditions are met, and adds three changes to the B20 token standard behind Coinbase's tokenized stocks. Base's documentation for the new transaction method lists it as running on test networks.

TradFi & Fintech
Chainlink Unveils Fulcrum for Cross-Chain Institutional Repo
Chainlink demonstrated the financing workflow with DTCC at Sibos, while integrations with financing venues remain under way.





