Mirae Asset Securities Issues Tokenized Notes on Solana
Former Swift CEO Lazaro Campos Joins OpenTrade as Chairman
Utah Files 14 Criminal Charges Against Kalshi and Its Two Founders
Sony Opens Soneium Incubation Program for Entertainment Startups
Moody's Rates Ripple RLUSD A2 in What Ripple Calls a Stablecoin First
Securitize Buys WSJ Ad to Rebut Mystery Campaign Against Tokenized Stocks
XRP Ledger Foundation Adds Flare to Recommended Validators, Drops Anodos
Thailand Supreme Court Rules Bitcoin Is Property in Robbery Case
Fed Holds Rates at 3.75% to 4% in 10 to 2 Vote, Bitcoin Nears $81K
Coinbase Lists Ripple RLUSD Across Prime, Exchange and Retail App
SpaceX Stock Falls 3% to $143 as Russia and India Unveil Starlink Rivals
Jupiter and BitGo Launch Institutional SOL Validator in Custody
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Former Swift CEO Lazaro Campos Joins OpenTrade as Chairman
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Moody's Rates Ripple RLUSD A2 in What Ripple Calls a Stablecoin First
Sony Opens Soneium Incubation Program for Entertainment Startups
Securitize Buys WSJ Ad to Rebut Mystery Campaign Against Tokenized Stocks
XRP Ledger Foundation Adds Flare to Recommended Validators, Drops Anodos
Thailand Supreme Court Rules Bitcoin Is Property in Robbery Case
Fed Holds Rates at 3.75% to 4% in 10 to 2 Vote, Bitcoin Nears $81K
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Mirae Asset Securities Issues Tokenized Notes on Solana
Mirae Asset Securities' Hong Kong unit has issued six-month, US dollar floating-rate notes in tokenized form on Solana under its $3 billion Guaranteed Structured Note Programme, with Singapore's Marketnode acting as authorized distributor.
Former Swift CEO Lazaro Campos Joins OpenTrade as Chairman
Lazaro Campos, former CEO of Swift, has joined London-based OpenTrade as chairman. The stablecoin yield infrastructure firm reports $300 million in total value locked and $32 million in total funding, nearly six months after a $17 million raise.
Moody's Rates Ripple RLUSD A2 in What Ripple Calls a Stablecoin First
Moody's Ratings assigned RLUSD A2 long-term and P-1 short-term deposit ratings on Oct. 27. Ripple calls it the first investment-grade Moody's rating for a stablecoin, though the agency flagged that holders lack direct reserve ownership and the issuer is not bankruptcy-remote.
Securitize Buys WSJ Ad to Rebut Mystery Campaign Against Tokenized Stocks
A weekend WSJ ad from Common Sense Leadership Fund warned CEOs off tokenized stocks. Securitize replied with its own full-page ad, while Nasdaq disowned the FAQ the original linked to and questions grow over who paid for it.
Regulation
Utah Files 14 Criminal Charges Against Kalshi and Its Two Founders
Utah filed 14 criminal charges against Kalshi and its two founders on October 28, built on 12 undercover sports wagers totaling $114.87. The case lands a week after Utah's civil suit and a day after the CFTC sued the state over jurisdiction.
Thailand Supreme Court Rules Bitcoin Is Property in Robbery Case
Thailand's Supreme Court has ruled that Bitcoin qualifies as property under criminal law, rejecting a defendant's claim that it has no intrinsic value and upholding a 10-year sentence for a 2022 Koh Samui robbery.
Polymarket Probes Dozens of Midterm Bets, Refers Two Cases to CFTC
Polymarket's investigations chief Shana Bautista told NPR the platform has probed dozens of midterm election bets, with at least two cases referred to the CFTC, as its surveillance system flags hundreds of alerts a day ahead of the Nov. 3 vote.
Binance Files for Brazil Crypto License, Delists 22 Tokens for Local Users
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DeFi
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CF Benchmarks Launches CFB Oracle to Push Regulated Indices Onchain
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