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DBS and Citi Complete Weekend Dollar Payment on Swift Ledger
The Singapore-US transfer took minutes, but Swift says final settlement still occurs through existing banking systems.
The AMC Fight Turned Into An Industry Argument Over Which Tokenized Stock Model Wins
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams compared Robinhood's and Ondo's stock tokens to early stablecoins on Friday, hours after Dinari co-founder Gabriel Otte called the same instruments "indisputably worse for the end investors than even common stocks." Three models are competing for $2.91 billion of tokenized equities, and the SEC has already sorted them into separate legal boxes.
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DBS and Citi Complete Weekend Dollar Payment on Swift Ledger
The Singapore-US transfer took minutes, but Swift says final settlement still occurs through existing banking systems.
The AMC Fight Turned Into An Industry Argument Over Which Tokenized Stock Model Wins
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams compared Robinhood's and Ondo's stock tokens to early stablecoins on Friday, hours after Dinari co-founder Gabriel Otte called the same instruments "indisputably worse for the end investors than even common stocks." Three models are competing for $2.91 billion of tokenized equities, and the SEC has already sorted them into separate legal boxes.
AMC's CEO Told Robinhood To Halt Its Stock Token. Robinhood Told Him To Send Lawyers
Adam Aron called on Robinhood to "CEASE AND DECIST" trading of AMC stock tokens and said the company's securities counsel is looking at whether it can force a halt. Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher answered "Send your lawyers and we'll educate them." The token's onchain supply grew from 157,844 to 1.5 million in the 18 hours between the two posts, and at least 23 memecoins whose names spell AMC launched against it.
Coinbase Files SEC Notices in Bid to Bring Single-Stock Perpetuals to US
The proposal would expand Coinbase’s U.S. equity-derivatives lineup beyond thematic stock indexes, while CFTC product approval remains the company’s stated next step.
Revolut Says OCC Conditionally Approved Proposed US National Bank
The fintech says it still needs FDIC, Federal Reserve and final OCC clearances before a planned 2027 launch offering insured deposits, credit and crypto access.
21 Financial Institutions Commit to Joint Stablecoin Venture
Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deutsche Bank and 16 other firms said Tuesday they will incorporate a company in the second half of 2026 to issue a dollar stablecoin, with a market launch targeted for the first half of 2027. The announcement did not name the company, its owners, its executives or the blockchain it will use.
Securitize Will Issue Socios' Tokenized Sports Team Equity
The Chiliz Group announced the equity token product on Aug. 27 without naming an issuer. The EU regime the companies say the first offering would run through admits shares only from issuers worth less than €500 million.
BitMine’s Staked ETH Holds at 5.07 Million as Treasury Grows
The $12.7 billion staked balance was unchanged in four weekly readings, while BitMine added 53,501 ETH and reported $335 million in annualized staking revenue.
Sberbank Plans Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether as Loan Collateral
The expansion is contingent on new crypto rules taking full effect and the Bank of Russia permitting the assets for public circulation.
Schwab Crypto to Add SOL, AVAX and LINK to Bitcoin-and-Ether Lineup
The retail platform began rolling out in May, while a separate advisor-channel crypto service is targeted for mid-2027.