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September 23, 2026 @ 1:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Blockchain.com are “exploring” 24/7 trading using tokenized shares. This would include US equities and ETFs. These securities would be made available to investors worldwide. The agreement is said to include deep market intelligence as the two sides share… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 40) was published last week, and according to their rankings, New York City continues to lead the way, something that should come as no surprise. Following NYC are London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai. The GFCI 40 is published… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Circle (NYSE:CRCL) says it has expanded its partnership with Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. In a post on X, Circle said it has committed to a five-year deal in which Binance will support and promote USDC, Circle’s popular dollar-backed stablecoin. The deal… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

NatWest has invested in its first outside venture capital fund. According to a company statement, NatWest Venture Banking has committed an undisclosed amount across Phoenix Court’s family of funds. Phoenix Court is a VC firm that supports private firms from pre-seed through to scale-up. The… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional demand for Bitcoin has reasserted itself with striking speed. U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds absorbed about $1.7 billion in net inflows across two trading sessions as the price of Bitcoin climbed above the estimated average cost basis of ETF holders. The move put the… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 6:47 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  What happens next Looking ahead, the FCA will continue to play our full part in a systemwide approach.  Our upcoming joint tokenisation roadmap with the Bank of England will set out a more comprehensive route from today’s testing… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 4:46 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  An FCA survey found firms have closed an increasing number of suspected mule accounts over the last 3 years: 238,396 suspected mules had their accounts closed in 2025, up from 184,935 in 2023 and 233,269 in 2024. An… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Eurosystem has taken a concrete step toward digital wholesale markets by launching Pontes, a service that lets tokenised asset trades settle in central bank money. The rollout is the first operational piece of a broader plan to keep official reserves at the centre of… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 9:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

xAI has introduced Grok 4.7, a new flagship model aimed at software development and professional knowledge work. The company frames the release as a practical upgrade over Grok 4.6 rather than a wholesale change in pricing or serving speed. According to the announcement, the model… Read More

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 @ 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 @ 4:34 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  Free debt advice is available to everyone. However, the FCA is concerned that some consumers are being steered towards fee-paying debt solutions that may not be suitable for their needs, sometimes through high pressure sales tactics, misleading information… 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 @ 1:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s financial regulator has stepped up pressure on unregistered digital-asset dealing in the capital, targeting premises suspected of running peer-to-peer cryptocurrency businesses without the approvals required under anti-money-laundering rules. On 10 September 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) joined HM Revenue & Customs and the… 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 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prediction market operator Polymarket came under fresh scrutiny after a reported wave of stolen-card activity on its US platform coincided with leadership pressure to keep expanding, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. In February 2026, shortly after the regulated U.S. venue began… Read More