Tokenization news and trends

Ripple Wins Wall Street Business With Brevan Howard Deal
Blockchain // October 07, 2026

Ripple Prime will provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to Brevan Howard funds, Ripple said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. This agreement represents a deepening of the relationship between Ripple, a provider of blockchain solutions across traditional and digital finance, and...

North Dakota Lenders Report Faster Settlement With State Bank’s Stablecoin
Blockchain // October 07, 2026

Financial institutions that are using the Bank of North Dakota’s (BND) new stablecoin, Roughrider Coin, are finding that it delivers practical benefits, BND said in a Monday (Oct. 5) press release. The stablecoin went live Oct. 1, according to a press release issued at the...

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...

Fiserv Digital Asset Platform Goes Live With Bank of North Dakota Stablecoin
Blockchain // October 01, 2026

Fiserv’s digital asset platform is now live with financial institution clients, the global provider of payments and financial services said in a Thursday (Oct. 1) press release. The platform’s first live use case Bank of North Dakota’s Roughrider Coin, a dollar-backed stablecoin designed to enable...

Interviews & Exclusives
SAP and Samsung Shift Stablecoin Competition From Issuance to Distribution

October 08, 2026
The stablecoin industry has traditionally measured progress through issuance, transaction volume and blockchain activity. The headlines this week, however, point to another metric that may matter just as much: access to existing customers. SAP is bringing stablecoin settlement into enterprise software. Samsung is expanding access to USDC through mobile wallets. FinTechs are seeking federal banking […]

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...

Banks’ Blockchain Bet Comes Down to Moving the Money

October 01, 2026
Wall Street’s embrace of digital assets has reached the point where saying a bank is “doing blockchain” reveals almost nothing about what it can actually do on-chain. One bank may...

Stablecoins Court CFOs as Crypto Loses Washington

September 17, 2026
Washington’s attempt to advance comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation stalled out on Tuesday (Sept. 15). That, in effect, leaves stablecoins as the presumptive standalone regulated U.S. digital asset. And it makes...

Quick Reads
Ripple Wins Wall Street Business With Brevan Howard Deal

October 07, 2026
Ripple Prime will provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to Brevan Howard funds, Ripple said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. This agreement represents a deepening of the relationship between Ripple, a provider of blockchain solutions across traditional and digital finance, and Brevan Howard, a global alternative investment manager specializing in global […]

North Dakota Lenders Report Faster Settlement With State Bank’s Stablecoin

October 07, 2026
Financial institutions that are using the Bank of North Dakota’s (BND) new stablecoin, Roughrider Coin, are finding that it delivers practical benefits, BND said in a Monday (Oct. 5) press...

Fiserv Digital Asset Platform Goes Live With Bank of North Dakota Stablecoin

October 01, 2026
Fiserv’s digital asset platform is now live with financial institution clients, the global provider of payments and financial services said in a Thursday (Oct. 1) press release. The platform’s first...

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...