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CFTC Moves to Build Federal Rulebook for Crypto Exchanges After Clarity Act Fails

October 06, 2026
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Tokenization’s Faster Markets Could Come With a Liquidity Squeeze
Digital Payments // October 06, 2026

Watch more: TechReg Talks With Beatrice Fares of DG FISMA and Peter Kerstens of European Commission Tokenization promises to eliminate financial market friction, but it may take new friction to get there. The transition introduces a consequential trade-off. Removing intermediaries and settlement delays could also...

Binance Debuts AI Tool to Boost Customer Crypto IQ
Artificial Intelligence // October 05, 2026

Binance introduced Binance Intelligence, an artificial intelligence product stack designed to bridge the gap in digital asset knowledge between market professionals and day-to-day customers, according to a Monday (Oct. 5) press release. “For nine years, Binance has used blockchain to make finance more open, global...

Payment Giants Launch Open USD Stablecoin to Kill Conversion Fees
Cryptocurrency // September 30, 2026

The Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin is live, OUSD creator Open Standard said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) blog post. Businesses can get started with OUSD through four integration paths, including Stripe, Coinbase, Mastercardand Visa, according to the post. “Each integration path offers APIs and tools...

Ripple Expands in Brazil as Coinbase Pushes Back on Stablecoin Taxes
Cryptocurrency // September 30, 2026

Brazilian financial market infrastructure firm CSD BR partnered with blockchain solution provider Ripple to use the XRP Ledger blockchain as an additional layer for recording and auditing financial assets, Ripple said in a Tuesday (Jan. 29) press release. The project marks the first phase of...

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Tokenization’s Faster Markets Could Come With a Liquidity Squeeze

October 06, 2026
Watch more: TechReg Talks With Beatrice Fares of DG FISMA and Peter Kerstens of European Commission Tokenization promises to eliminate financial market friction, but it may take new friction to get there. The transition introduces a consequential trade-off. Removing intermediaries and settlement delays could also eliminate mechanisms that financial institutions rely on to manage liquidity, […]

Crypto Lost Its Clarity. Here’s How Industry and Government Are Rebuilding.

September 28, 2026
There’s a changing of the guard taking place across crypto. The Sept. 15 failure of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to advance in the Senate has coincided with a...

Stablecoins Changed the Rails but Haven’t Captured the Economics

September 24, 2026
Stablecoins spent years trying to prove they could move money better than banks, and they have succeeded. Announcements this week from banks, card networks, cryptocurrency exchanges and central banks show...

Visa Tests Stablecoin Loans to Fund Card Program Growth

September 09, 2026
The payments industry has traditionally talked about transaction data as something companies can analyze after money moves. But card networks are now beginning to test using payment data to determine how much...

Quick Reads
Binance Debuts AI Tool to Boost Customer Crypto IQ

October 05, 2026
Binance introduced Binance Intelligence, an artificial intelligence product stack designed to bridge the gap in digital asset knowledge between market professionals and day-to-day customers, according to a Monday (Oct. 5) press release. “For nine years, Binance has used blockchain to make finance more open, global and always on,” the release said. “But access to markets […]

Payment Giants Launch Open USD Stablecoin to Kill Conversion Fees

September 30, 2026
The Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin is live, OUSD creator Open Standard said in a Wednesday (Sept. 30) blog post. Businesses can get started with OUSD through four integration paths, including...

Ripple Expands in Brazil as Coinbase Pushes Back on Stablecoin Taxes

September 30, 2026
Brazilian financial market infrastructure firm CSD BR partnered with blockchain solution provider Ripple to use the XRP Ledger blockchain as an additional layer for recording and auditing financial assets, Ripple...

Citi and Coinbase Pair Stablecoin Payments With Fiat Settlement

September 28, 2026
Coinbase deepened its collaboration with Citi to enable businesses to convert incoming fiat into stablecoins and to accept stablecoin payments, Coinbase said in a Monday (Sept. 28) blog post. Coinbase...