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S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kaiko launch combined offering

01 September 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

S&P Kaiko Digital Asset Indices will cover over 4,000 digital asset rates and indices, and existing financial products appraised to Kaiko’s evaluation metrics can leverage the rebranded offering

Komainu adds custody support for Figure’s YLDS

01 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Through Komainu, YLDS gives clients the opportunity to hold a SEC-registered security which earns daily yield, says the firm

21 financial institutions to establish stablecoin firm

01 September 2026 UK, US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Bank of America, BBVA, MUFG Bank, and Standard Bank are among the group which aims to support the issuance of a stablecoin solution, initially focused on US dollars, with plans to expand into G7 currencies

Ripple and SettleMint to offer tokenisation for APAC institutions

01 September 2026 APAC
Reporter: Matthew Challis

As part of the collaboration, Ripple Custody will be integrated with SettleMint’s Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform, which is already in use across North America, Europe, and the Middle East

Bitfinex lists five new tokenised bitcoin treasury company products

01 September 2026 El Salvador
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The offering is designed to enable investors to access securities issued by global bitcoin treasury firms, including Strategy, Metaplanet, H100, and Capital B

Coincheck Group and DFNS form Japan-based partnership

01 September 2026 Japan
Reporter: Matthew Challis

DFNS’s wallet-as-a-service capabilities will be deployed to support Coincheck’s Japanese subsidiary across transaction lifecycle management, workflow orchestration, and governance controls, among others

D’Souza joins Kaleido as head of business development for MENA

01 September 2026 MENA
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Bryan D’Souza leaves R3 after seven years, where he most recently served as institutional growth lead with the Middle East and North Africa

London Stock Exchange to launch UK tokenised equity structures

01 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Aiming to broaden access to capital markets, the LSEG also forms a partnership with Payward, a unified financial infrastructure platform, to explore how LSEG’s Digital Securities Depository could support settlement and asset servicing