POST // 2026.07.16
BNY has expanded its relationship with Circle and will support USDC on its Digital Asset Custody platform. Institutional clients will be able to store and transfer USDC and instruct minting or redemption between dollars and the stablecoin.
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POST // 2026.07.16
The European Commission is reportedly examining whether MiCA should expand to address tokenized securities and stablecoins issued outside the EU. Stakeholder feedback is expected as regulators assess how quickly the market has evolved since the original framework was drafted.
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POST // 2026.07.16
Binance has moved to close its centralized NFT marketplace and gave users a deadline to withdraw assets. The decision arrives during a prolonged contraction in NFT trading compared with the market’s 2021-2022 peak.
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POST // 2026.07.16
DTCC said it successfully converted securities held at DTC into tokens and used them in real production trades on July 15. The test covered multiple asset classes and market participants, moving tokenization beyond a laboratory demonstration.
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POST // 2026.07.16
A joint US-UK taskforce has outlined recommendations for closer cooperation on tokenized securities, cross-border stablecoins and digital money. The proposal points toward an industry-led working group and coordinated pilots rather than immediate binding rules.
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POST // 2026.07.16
The UK government has brought BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley into a taskforce focused on tokenized markets. The group links public policy directly with firms that already operate at global institutional scale.
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POST // 2026.07.16
The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team has described how coordinated AI agents are being run against real protocol code. The work focuses on triage: organizing findings, testing whether they survive scrutiny and routing useful signals to client teams and researchers.
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POST // 2026.07.16
Tickets for Devcon 8 are live, with the Ethereum community scheduled to gather in Mumbai in November 2026. The four-day event is positioned around builders, researchers, maintainers and people exploring open technology.
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POST // 2026.07.16
Marex is accepting USDC as collateral in regulated derivatives clearing through infrastructure provided by Coinbase. The arrangement includes fiat-to-USDC conversion and reporting designed for institutional margin workflows.
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POST // 2026.07.16
Coinbase says it has secured UK investment-services authorization under MiFID. The approval is intended to let UK users access derivatives and equities alongside crypto through a single platform and login.
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