27 October 2026Lithuania Reporter: Matthew Challis
The firms aim to help electronic money institutions balance asset quality and diversification while maintaining access to liquidity and mitigating safeguarding challenges resulting from cut-off times
Ripple National Trust Bank has received authorisation from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to manage Ripple USD stablecoin reserves and provide fiduciary digital asset custody services
Apex will leverage EDX’s trading and clearing solutions to support its digital markets offering, with the firms planning to further expand their partnership in support of broader market participation
Pardeep Cassells has been appointed deputy chair of the Resilience Action Group, which is tasked with stress testing infrastructure to safeguard the UK’s tokenised financial markets
26 October 2026Hong Kong Reporter: Matthew Challis
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has approved 24/7 secondary trading of tokenised public funds on licensed virtual asset trading platforms, starting with two authorised money market funds
In partnership with Ripple, a tokenised share class of the Ireland-domiciled Sterling Liquidity Fund is available on the XRP Ledger, backed by BNY Mellon and a £50 million investment
Temple will integrate tZERO’s client onboarding, transaction services, and alternative trading system capabilities to bring tokenised securities trading to its clients
The trade was executed on the Stellar network, using USDM1 as collateral through Ascend’s institutional credit facility and priced at SOFR plus 10 basis points
