Block has applied for a federal bank charter to custody bitcoin
A national trust charter would put Block's bitcoin custody under one federal supervisor. It brings no deposits, no lending and no FDIC insurance.
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Wyoming adds near-live reserve checks to its state-issued dollar token
Wyoming's FRNT token will show its reserves onchain via Chainlink. The feed proves assets existed when checked, not who can claim them.
Citi, Goldman and 19 other institutions commit to a joint stablecoin
Twenty-one banks and asset managers plan a dollar stablecoin. The issuing company doesn't exist yet and the token is targeted for 2027.
LSE and Kraken’s owner plan to tokenise 100 London-listed stocks
Payward and the London Stock Exchange plan to tokenise 100 UK-listed stocks. It needs regulatory approval, and no retail launch date has been set.
Revolut’s euro stablecoin is live in three countries, and Britain isn’t one
EURR is going to selected Revolut users in Denmark, Poland and Portugal. Bridge Building S.A. is the legal issuer, and UK customers are not included.
Deribit is switching off the daily reserves check its customers could run
Deribit is retiring the daily proof-of-reserves check its customers could run themselves, after moving about 90% of client assets to Coinbase.
NoOnes tells users to withdraw everything by Sunday
The platform now has two withdrawal routes left, bitcoin and USDT on Tron, weeks after saying an EU sanctions listing named a different company.
Schwab plans to add Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink to its crypto platform
The broker named three tokens and one timeframe: 'coming months'. Nothing is tradeable yet, and Schwab Crypto remains a US-only retail product.
Coinbase debuts tokenised Apple and Nvidia shares on Base
Coinbase starts with Apple, Nvidia, Meta and Alphabet, issued under an Abu Dhabi framework that carries no UK permission and no FSCS protection.