CFTC Clarifies Tokenized Investments With Customer Funds
US futures brokers and derivatives clearing organizations may invest customer funds in tokenized versions of eligible assets, provided existing regulatory requirements are met.
Blockchain
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September
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By John Isige - 219
More and more tokenized assets are finding their way onto Solana. The blockchain recently recorded higher inflows than Ethereum. Government bonds, funds and other traditional assets are increasingly moving onto the blockchain.
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By John Isige
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Coinbase has filed registrations with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it seeks permission to offer perpetual contracts tracking publicly traded U.S. stocks.
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September
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By John Isige
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is advancing three initiatives that could reshape the relationship between traditional securities and digital assets: preparations for round-the-clock trading, modernization of transfer-agent rules to account for blockchain technology, and a review of how new investment products, including crypto-linked ETFs, should be regulated.
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September
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By Andrew Bennett - 322
Ethena has launched Ethena Pay, a self-custodial money app that brings digital-dollar balances, transfers and card spending into a neobank-style interface. Built on Avalanche, the product offers promotional annual rewards of up to 6% on eligible balances and up to 5% cashback in AVAX on qualifying purchases.
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August
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By John Isige
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management has issued a no-action position that clears a regulatory path for certain Franklin Templeton funds to hold shares of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), represented by BENJI tokens, for cash-management purposes.
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August
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By John Isige
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Sui is integrating two NIST-standardized post-quantum signature schemes designed to protect user accounts and high-value vaults from future quantum-computing threats without forcing users to move assets or replace their existing recovery phrases.
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August
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By Andrew Bennett
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Circle will launch the public mainnet of its Arc Layer-1 blockchain on September 16, bringing BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard and several other financial heavyweights into an unusually institution-led validator network.
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August
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By Andrew Bennett
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Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, gaining stablecoin infrastructure that connects traditional payment systems with blockchain networks on a global scale.