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J.P. Morgan brings tokenised funds to Solana – Institutional demand for tokenised cash products is accelerating the migration of traditional finance onto blockchain networks.
FCA: UK faces ‘dangerous innovation delta’ – FCA chief Nikhil Rathi warns AI and digital finance are outpacing regulation
BIS compares stablecoins and traditional payments – A new BIS study finds fintech money transfer operators can significantly reduce cross-border payment costs, while stablecoins continue to face challenges around liquidity, conversion fees and fiat access.
Euroclear Nordics joins initiative focused on digital markets – Euroclear Nordics has joined Nordic Compass, supporting efforts to strengthen capital market connectivity as digital and tokenised financial markets evolve.
Boerse Stuttgart secures DLT licence for Seturion – Boerse Stuttgart Group secures Europe's first DLT TSS licence for an exchange group, paving the way for its pan-European digital settlement platform, Seturion.
CME expands crypto futures with BCH, UNI launch – FalconX and GSR executed the first block trade in CME Group's Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures.
UK, Singapore deepen ties on digital assets and capital markets – The United Kingdom and Singapore have reaffirmed their commitment to closer financial cooperation, using the 11th UK-Singapore Financial Dialogue to advance joint work on digital finance, artificial intelligence, capital markets and sustainable finance.
Franklin Templeton-backed product launches on BingX – A Franklin Templeton-backed money market fund is underpinning a new yield product launched on trading platform BingX.
JPMorgan puts JPMD live on Ethereum – JPMorgan Chase has launched its USD deposit token, JPM Coin (JPMD), on the Ethereum mainnet, according to Bloombergand posts from Ethereum Institutional.
DriveWealth and Ripple partner on digital asset infrastructure – DriveWealth and Ripple are integrating stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments, custody and equity financing capabilities to support global investing.
Federated Hermes to launch tokenised funds – Prometheum and Federated Hermes plan to launch tokenised securities funds in Q1 2027, combining active investment management with regulated digital asset infrastructure.
Settlement, standards and rules: tokenisation’s next test – A newly published survey of 22 EU and UK financial institutions suggests tokenisation is entering a more serious phase of development — but the industry’s progress is uneven.