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Bybit appoints Ballard as head of derivatives and institutional business

Following over 25 years in global financial markets, Sean Ballard joins from Jump Trading and will work on Bybit’s trading infrastructure, risk frameworks, and institutional capabilities
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Parent to lead policy at Ondo Finance

Allison Parent joins Ondo as chief policy officer from the Global Financial Markets Association, where she served as executive director for nine years
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Mirae, Citi, and OSL launch tokenised covered call ETF

The Global X HSCEI Covered Call Active ETF, which references the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, is the first instance of a Hong Kong call ETF introducing a tokenised unit class
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Finloop joins HKDAP beta access as distributor

Finloop has completed the Hong Kong Dollar At Par integration process and will be providing services to eligible institutions, corporate users, and professional investors
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Gold-i improves MatrixNET’s Hyperliquid connectivity

The firm has integrated non-validating Hyperliquid node connectivity into its multi-asset liquidity bridge, giving clients access to full order book depth and faster real-time market data
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Bitget upgrades yield-bearing Bitcoin asset

The firm has adopted Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol for BGBTC and introduced daily BTC-denominated rewards, large-volume, fast redemption, and institutional-grade risk oversight
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Tether and Nairobi Securities Exchange sign MoU

The Memorandum of Understanding outlines intentions to support the development and implementation of a blockchain-based market infrastructure for the tokenisation and settlement of securities within the NSE
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Marex makes USDC available as IM collateral

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