Stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had granted it preliminary conditional approval for a US trust bank charter. The charter adds federal supervision from the OCC to the state licenses Bastion already holds, according to a news release on Friday. Still, the proposed bank could not accept
Matt Hougan says tokenization is entering a longer phase of financial adoption, comparing its early trajectory with NVIDIA’s AI rise. His view comes as the SEC opens a regulated route for tokenized stocks and S&P Global agrees to acquire OpenZeppelin. Together, the developments show how blockchain infrastructure is moving deeper into traditional markets while DeFi
Strategy stock (MSTR) closed at $153.92 during the September 18, 2026 session, with a daily increase of 16.39%. The US House Financial Services Committee approved bill H.R. 8957 with a 28 to 21 vote on September 16, 2026. Strategy’s corporate treasury maintains a confirmed total holding of 840,050 $BTC on its corporate balance sheet. The
Anthropic is moving ahead with plans for a November initial public offering that could value the Claude developer at about $2 trillion and raise as much as $100 billion, according to recent reports. The preparations are ongoing, with chief executive Dario Amodei requesting stronger protection and more cautious speed for the development of advanced AI.
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs are reportedly enhancing their support for cryptocurrencies, as surfaced in a recent tweet from Coinbase. This development could signify a meaningful shift in how traditional financial institutions view and interact with digital assets. Enhanced support from these major banks may drive further adoption and innovation in the crypto space. What
The SEC has opened permissioned onchain trading to fully backed U.S. stock tokens, but the 32.5-hour trading week on NYSE and Nasdaq leaves automated markets without a live reference price for most of each 168-hour week. The SEC’s temporary exemption allows qualifying venues to bring buyers and sellers together through permissioned automated market maker pools
The Federal Reserve’s Treasury bill schedule has stirred optimism among crypto traders, although the operations remain routine reinvestments rather than a new monetary easing program. Under the schedule, the Fed plans about $15.6 billion in Treasury bill reinvestment purchases between September 15 and October 14. Specifically, five operations carry maximum sizes of roughly $3.891 billion,
In a somewhat unexpected turn of events, the former hedge fund manager and energetic TV personality, Jim Cramer, issued a ‘Buy’ rating for the most famous meme stock, GameStop (NYSE: GME), on Thursday, September 17. Specifically, the ‘Mad Money’ host explained that the battered video game retailer has turned into a profitable company that is
Hong Kong has set plans to bring 24/7 central bank digital currency settlement to its tokenized deposit market by around the end of 2026, while preparing real value CBDC transactions for after hours derivatives trading and tests involving more than HK$1.3 trillion in Exchange Fund Bills. According to Hong Kong’s 2026 Policy Address, the Hong