September 22, 2026 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s new virtual-asset licensing regime is already beginning to thin the field. With just over a month left in the transition window, local reporting indicates that only five virtual asset service providers have submitted authorization filings to the Banco Central do Brasil. Of those five,… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has widened access to one of its fastest-growing products, allowing a much larger group of traders to post tokenized US equities as collateral. The exchange said eligible users can now use bStocks in Cross Margin and Portfolio Margin accounts, ending an earlier limit that… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Argentina has formally pledged to take part in a worldwide system that will automatically circulate information on cryptocurrency traders and investors, with the first exchanges scheduled no later than September 2029. The commitment, recorded by the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sweden have dismantled a cross-border money-laundering network that investigators say moved millions in criminal proceeds through cash and cryptocurrency, with digital trails pointing toward organized crime and paid assassinations. In a coordinated operation announced this week, UAE security… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

President Donald Trump took the podium at the United Nations today to promote his administration’s success while addressing the audience. The presentation was broad, covering diverse issues such as the war with Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, the ICC, and the economy of the US. At one… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Valley Bank and Sphere Labs have jointly published a report, called Runaway Dollarization, on dollar-based payment stablecoins- effectively, regulated digital dollars. The thesis is that the growth of digital dollars will boost dollarization in a positive way while also reducing reliance on local currencies… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

ClearToken has been accepted into the Bank of England Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) to run a Digital Securities Depository (DSD). ClearToken CSD will be able to offer a tokenized version of existing securities under the program. This includes: Tokenized securities including debt and equity A… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danske Bank and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) have completed what both companies describe as Denmark’s first payment initiated and finished by an artificial intelligence agent. The pilot, announced on 21 September 2026, is an early live test of so-called agentic commerce inside a regulated Nordic bank… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) has opened a new path for institutions that want dollar liquidity without selling their bitcoin. Through Circle Mint, eligible clients can now pledge BTC as collateral and borrow USDC, keeping their long-term bitcoin exposure intact while tapping onchain credit markets. The product… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondo Finance has opened a new institutional pathway that lets approved firms turn conventional equity holdings into blockchain-based stock tokens without first selling those positions for cash. The update, announced on September 21, 2026, adds an in-kind conversion option to Ondo Stocks, the company’s tokenized… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Saudi Arabia has stepped back from Project mBridge, a multi-central-bank digital currency platform closely associated with China, after finishing a limited testing phase last year. The move became public this month when the Saudi central bank confirmed the details to the FT, more than a… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) (NYSE: ICE), parent of the New York Stock Exchange, is assessing Avalanche as a possible foundation for a regulated venue that would let tokenized US stocks and ETFs trade around the clock. The first public signal came from Avalanche’s official account, which… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 12:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Evernorth Holdings has arranged a $30 million convertible note facility intended to expand its XRP holdings and fund related work across the XRP Ledger ecosystem. The commitment was disclosed in a September 17, 2026 Form 8-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…. Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 11:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zcash (ZEC) price has cooled somewhat after a sharp September advance, slipping from a year-to-date peak near $1,590 to about $1,430. Buyers defended the area above $1,440, so the move looked more like a pause after a multi-day rally than a full reversal. Even after… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Four of the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence developers now face a federal antitrust complaint accusing them of working together to hold back the pace of model improvement. The proposed class action, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, names… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 9:19 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Hong Kong companies need to treat artificial intelligence governance as a board-level responsibility rather than an information technology project, with directors maintaining human accountability for AI-assisted decisions, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Chairman Kelvin Wong said. Speaking at the Corporate Governance Conference 2026, Wong said… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s central bank has begun testing a new around-the-clock settlement system designed to make the won easier for overseas investors to use. The Bank of Korea started the trial of its international won wire network on Monday morning, working with four major domestic lenders:… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bastion Platforms has taken a step toward federal banking oversight after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval for the conversion of its New York state trust company into a national trust bank. The decision, issued on September 18, 2026,… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A Hong Kong court has imposed a four-year prison sentence on a former retail banker who accepted more than US$470,000 in Tether (USDT) to lend the appearance of legitimacy to forged standby letters of credit and related documents with a combined face value exceeding US$1.6… Read More