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According to The Block, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is encouraging community banks in the United States to consider applying to become authorized stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act to expand their role in digital payments.

According to an update from Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto in America, four more stock issuers have opposed OKXICE's tokenization of its shares based on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) innovation exemption, namely IBM, Oracle, Intel, and quantum computing company IonQ. The total number of issuers publicly opposing has now increased to 26.It is understood that OKXICE is a joint venture funded by OKX and ICE, each holding 50% of the shares, operating its own business independently.

According to the official announcement from JPYC, the yen stablecoin issuer JPYC has signed a memorandum of cooperation with South Korea's Shinhan Bank's Japan SBJ Bank and LINE NEXT, planning to conduct a proof of concept for direct top-ups of yen stablecoins to bank accounts and digital wallets.According to the division of labor, SBJ Bank provides bank accounts and payment infrastructure, LINE NEXT provides technology such as its Unifi wallet and Unifi Pay, and JPYC provides support for the issuance and redemption of yen stablecoins. JPYC is a regulated yen stablecoin issuer in Japan, with its tokens pegged 1:1 to the yen, supported by bank deposits and Japanese government bonds.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has approved the country's first Bitcoin ETF aimed at retail investors. This product falls under "other alternative investment funds" according to Swiss law and is labeled as having special risks. FINMA did not disclose the issuer of the fund, but multiple media outlets have indicated that signs suggest it may come from BIT Asset Management (formerly Matrixport Asset Management), and FINMA did not deny this claim in response to inquiries. Additionally, several fund providers have submitted or announced plans to submit Bitcoin ETF applications.The fund is a single-asset product, with all funds directed towards Bitcoin. To this end, FINMA needed to grant an exemption regarding its risk diversification rules, citing that Bitcoin has a long trading history and extremely high trading volume. In terms of asset custody, participating institutions must take measures to prevent operational and custody risks, with standards referenced from the regulatory announcement issued by FINMA on January 12, 2026, which requires that customer crypto assets are not included in bankruptcy assets in the event of the custodian's bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the sales process must comply with Fidleg's conduct rules to provide higher investor protection than direct purchases of cryptocurrencies, and the fund documents must clearly indicate the associated risks.While approving the ETF, FINMA emphasized that even investing in Bitcoin through an approved ETF carries high risks, with severe volatility potentially leading to significant depreciation of the principal invested, and required the issuer to provide clear warnings about volatility and loss risks. The United States has approved Bitcoin spot ETFs starting January 2024, with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust launching on January 11, 2024, currently managing approximately $65 billion. The Swiss Exchange has been able to trade Bitcoin products for years, but they have existed in the form of ETPs and do not have fund status; this approved ETF is the first to incorporate Bitcoin into the approved public fund framework.

The tokenized U.S. stock issuer EQX Labs announced the launch of EQX, which will issue tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs natively in the form of HIP-1 tokens on Hyperliquid's HyperCore. The first 11 markets will soon open for 24/7 trading on Hyperliquid's public order book, and the tokens can be traded without permission.The EQX token is issued by the independent portfolio company EQX SPC Ltd. in the British Virgin Islands and is classified as a limited recourse note backed by stocks, with each code corresponding to an independent portfolio. Authorized participants can exchange between shares and tokens, and the issuer does not charge any related fees. The supported assets are held 1:1 by custodians connected to DTC, currently including Alpaca, StoneX, and Clear Street. Shares pending delivery will be displayed separately as in transit and should be settled on the next U.S. business day. The issuer is held by the Cayman purpose trust EQX STAR Trust, and EQX Labs does not hold this issuing entity.Holders can submit voting instructions via on-chain signatures, and dividends will be automatically reinvested in the same stock after withholding. Stock splits will be reflected in the supported shares. Once Hyperliquid's proposed HIP-1 expansion goes live, EQX plans to directly allocate dividends to holders' accounts. There are no issuer fees for creation, redemption, and holding, and trading is subject only to Hyperliquid's standard spot trading fees, with related business supported by trading fees shared by Hyperliquid with HIP-1 deployers.

Hong Kong digital asset company FDUSD issuer First Digital has reached a final merger agreement with Nasdaq-listed CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, with a pre-transaction valuation of $250 million. After the transaction is completed, both parties expect to establish a new holding company and list on Nasdaq, anticipated to be completed in the first half of 2027, but still subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions.As of June 30, 2026, FDUSD's cumulative trading volume has exceeded $4.7 trillion. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the company achieved revenue of approximately $87 million. First Digital stated that the FDUSD reserve assets consist of cash and cash equivalents, held in segregated accounts, and are independently verified monthly. The company's Finance District platform has currently launched four products but has not yet generated significant revenue.

According to The Block, the tokenized currency fund issuer Spiko announced the completion of a $90 million Series B financing round, led by the venture capital firm NEA. After this round of financing, Spiko's total financing amount has reached $120 million.Currently, Spiko's assets under management (AUM) have reached $2.7 billion, with operations covering over 25 jurisdictions. The company plans to use the funds raised in this round of financing to launch new fund products, expand into more markets, and grow its team size.

Base has completed the Cobalt upgrade, adding conditional trading and issuer control tools for tokenized assets. This upgrade expands the B20 token standard, allowing issuers to set multiple compliance checks for the same asset, including identity verification, accredited investor status, and sanctions list screening.Issuers can pre-set adjustments for corporate actions such as stock splits, updating the number of shares displayed in wallets and applications without issuing new tokens, burning tokens, or changing the underlying balance. Issuers can also authorize administrators to transfer tokens without the approval of holders and attach public explanations; Base cannot initiate such transfers.Cobalt introduces Validity Transactions, allowing users to set on-chain conditions before submitting transactions, for example, allowing exchanges only if the asset reaches a target price before a specified block deadline. Such transactions can remain private before being included in a block. Base enabled B20 as the native standard for stablecoins and homogenized tokens representing tokenized real-world assets on July 8; Coinbase issued B20 tokens representing stocks of Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Alphabet on Base on August 25.

Cryptocurrency exchange operators Bullish, Equiniti, Alpaca, Apex Fintech Solutions, and Drivewealth established the Issuer Sponsored Token Coalition on September 24, promoting a direct link between on-chain tokens and the official shareholder register of listed companies.The coalition aims to grant token holders voting rights, dividends, stock splits, and other corporate action rights, and will study the interoperability of technical standards, settlement, custody, and traditional market infrastructure with blockchain. Members plan to meet with listed company issuers at the New York Stock Exchange on October 27.

Stablecoin issuer Agora posted on X that it has received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank.Agora stated that this is an early milestone on its path toward a full license and regulated stablecoin infrastructure.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated that the company should not have veto power over tokenized stock products, provided that these products do not alter shareholder rights, issuer obligations, or the company's official stock register.Tenev posted on the X platform that whether the issuer should participate depends on whether the tokenized product changes the rights associated with the underlying stock or creates new obligations for the company and its transfer agents. If so, the issuer should participate; however, if the product creates an independent financial instrument that holds or references freely transferable shares and does not change the issuer's rights, obligations, or shareholder register, then issuer consent is not required.Tenev mentioned that Robinhood Stock Tokens use a third-party structure, with independently issued instruments backed by the underlying stock on a 1:1 basis, providing users with economic exposure to stocks and ETFs without altering the issuer's equity structure or the rights attached to the stock. He said, "Going on-chain should not grant the issuer veto power that they never had off-chain." Previously, AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron criticized Robinhood's tokenized stock products on September 4, stating that AMC has no association with these products and will require securities legal counsel to review them.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that the recent lawsuit against Tether for freezing $42.4 million in USDT highlights the regulatory gaps in the current crackdown on illegal financial activities in the cryptocurrency industry. She pointed out that stablecoin issuers and trading platforms may face civil litigation risks if they freeze related assets due to suspicions of illegal activities.Lummis indicated that Section 305 of the "Digital Asset Market Structure Clear Act" would grant stablecoin issuers and trading platforms the necessary authority to promptly freeze stablecoins suspected of being involved in illegal activities while avoiding civil liability as a result.She believes that this provision can help the cryptocurrency industry more effectively prevent the flow of illegal funds and address the legal risks faced by issuers and trading platforms when taking compliance measures.

According to Strategy's latest 8-K filing, Strategy has raised approximately $20.9 billion this year through the issuance of common and preferred stock, ranking fourth in the scale of stock issuance in the United States, only behind SpaceX, Alphabet, and Intel.Recently, Strategy obtained a net gain of $602.8 million by selling MSTR common stock, of which $369.7 million was used to purchase 4,603 BTC, with an average purchase price of approximately $80,318. As of August 30, the company's total holdings of BTC increased to 845,050, with a cumulative purchase cost of approximately $63.73 billion and an average cost of approximately $75,412.In addition, MSCI's consultation regarding financial reserves for digital asset companies will conclude on September 30, and the market is paying attention to whether there will be adjustments to the inclusion criteria for related indices thereafter.

According to Cointelegraph, Strategy has raised $20.9 billion this year through stock issuance to support its Bitcoin accumulation strategy, becoming the fourth largest stock issuer in the United States this year.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the stablecoin issuer Circle has issued a total of 5 billion USDC in the past week.

Goldman Sachs announced the acquisition of NEOS Investments, which is an ETF issuer managing assets totaling $30 billion, including the Bitcoin High Income ETF (BTCI), which manages assets of $1.1 billion.

ChianCatcher news, Circle's Senior Director of Strategy and Policy for the EU, Patrick Hansen, pointed out in a tweet that among the approximately 23 authorized electronic money token (EMT) issuers in the EU, only 9 have been granted permission to provide crypto asset services (CASP). This means that only these 9 can offer custody and transfer services for the stablecoins they issue, while the remaining 14 can only mint or burn tokens directly to customer wallets and cannot hold or send stablecoins on behalf of customers. This greatly limits the range of services that issuers can provide.Hansen stated that Circle has obtained the necessary CASP approval through the MiCA Article 60 notification procedure to provide custody or payment services related to USDC and EURC for institutional clients. He expressed surprise that more EMT issuers have not taken this step. The 9 that can currently offer some crypto asset services include Circle, Société Générale - Forge, CACEIS Bank, Banking Circle, Bridge, Fiat Republic, Newrails, Blue EMI, and Stable Mint.