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The Vault partners with Halborn over joint digital asset advisory programme

21 July 2026 Switzerland
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The programme will guide institutions through the scope of their current position and goals; map their existing organisational and technical setup; design a target architecture; and validate the resulting plan

Marex makes USDC available as IM collateral

16 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Circle’s US dollar-denominated stablecoin can be used by Marex clients as initial margin collateral, designed to assist in implementing digital asset portfolios while benefiting from blockchain-native rails

HSBC first company to pass BoE’s Gate 2

15 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Theodore Law

HSBC Orion, HSBC’s digital assets platform, will be able to operate within the DSS as a DSD native bond issuance

Ownera and Vantage Bank sign MoU

09 July 2026 UK, US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The memorandum of understanding outlines plans to explore the integration of their respective platforms, establishing a framework to assess technical integration and conduct pilot transactions

Fisher joins IRACE Digital

09 July 2026 Ireland
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Jennifer Fisher joins the bank as global head of custody and trading, following four years with Zodia Custody, where she most recently served as director of client services

DLA Piper chooses Gens as Senior Associate

09 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Evgeny Gens joins the law firm as a senior associate, advising on derivatives, structured products, and digital assets, with prior stints at Barclays, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley, among others

Robinhood announces series of new crypto and blockchain initiatives

03 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The company unveiled the public mainnet launch of Robinhood Chain designed to support DeFi applications and tokenised real-world assets

EIB issues the first DLT native commercial paper on Clearstream’s D7

29 June 2026 Germany
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Citi facilitated the issuance acting as sole dealer and issuing and paying agent, and BIL, DekaBank, DZ BANK, Eurex Clearing, Union Investment, and Volksbank Mittlerer Schwarzwald participated as primary investors in the tokenised commercial paper