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World Liberty Financial makes USD1 available on Canton Network

25 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The US dollar-backed stablecoin is natively issued on Canton and can be configured as a settlement option for institutions seeking to bring tokenised real-world assets onto the network

Zand expands stablecoin infrastructure through USDC support

25 August 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis

By integrating Circle’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin, Zand aims to support payments, settlement, treasury operations, trading, cross-border transactions, and other use cases

Caplight to provide independent pricing for Citi DDR product

25 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

According to Citi, it is the first major bank to apply the digital depositary receipt model to private company shares, which will receive ongoing pricing through Caplight’s MarketPrice data feed

HashKey Holdings and Franklin Templeton distribute onchain fund in Asia

25 August 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The Franklin OnChain US Government Liquidity Fund will be available to Asian institutional and professional investors on the HashKey Exchange Earn channel

Judge and Umer join MENA FINTECH ASSOCIATION digital assets working group

24 August 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Meera Judge is currently global head of policy and regulatory affairs at Elliptic, and Zain Umer is managing director at CFC MENA, and they will be responsible for setting the group’s digital asset agenda

SWIAT appoints Brenner as collateral product commercialisation manager

24 August 2026 Germany
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Johannes Brenner joins the firm following over three decades in banking and financial services and will be responsible for strengthening its collateral product capabilities

The Responsible Fintech Institute launches post-quantum cryptographic pilot

24 August 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

In collaboration with Safeheron, the programme will bring banks and regulators from multiple jurisdictions to examine cross-border interoperability, operational resilience, governance considerations, and technical evaluation

FalconX launches SPV lending facility with Ethena

21 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The special purpose vehicle seeks to bridge Ethena’s crypto-native liquidity with the institutional borrowing demand of FalconX to integrate onchain capital into global credit markets

BSTR terminates business combination with Cantor Equity Partners I

21 August 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis

According to BSTR, Bitcoin treasury vehicles continue to face pressure stemming from difficult market conditions, resulting in displacements in capital markets and limiting the use of key amplification strategies

Standard Chartered issues DNNs on Euroclear’s D-FMI

21 August 2026 UK, Singapore
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The US$200 million three-year floating-rate digitally native notes transaction makes Standard Chartered the first G-SIB to issue on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure

STS Digital launches cross-asset portfolio margining

20 August 2026 Bermuda
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The offering will be available across the firm’s OTC business in spot, options, and structured products, and will allow institutions to post tokens already held as margin against positions in other assets

CAD Digital welcomes Wilkins as board advisor

20 August 2026 Canada
Reporter: Matthew Challis

Carolyn Wilkins has over two decades of experience spanning central banking, financial regulation, and economic policy, previously serving as senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada

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