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Stories 1–24 of 65 · 27 Aug 2026 – 4 Nov 2026
Consensys launched Sovereign Network Interoperability at DevCon in Mumbai on 2 November 2026, a stack that lets financial institutions settle transactions across separate blockchain ledgers.
BitGo Bank & Trust will offer the WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund directly through its BitGo Mint platform.
Uber completed a pilot using HSBC tokenized deposits to buy a Franklin Templeton tokenized money market fund, traded via Tradeweb on the Canton Network.
Standard Chartered has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100% of Zodia Custody.
Deutsche Bank is weeks away from launching crypto custody for institutional clients in Germany, its corporate bank co-head told Reuters.
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lithuania-based Saldo Bank.
Jeonbuk Bank has issued South Korea's first bitcoin-backed loan from a traditional domestic bank, lending Korean won to corporate clients against bitcoin collateral.
Rain filed an application with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on 5 October 2026 to launch Rain National Trust Bank.
Payward, the financial infrastructure company behind Kraken, has integrated Singapore Gulf Bank's SGB Net clearing network to enable 24/7 settlement for institutional clients.
The Independent Community Bankers of America sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on October 2, challenging its national trust bank charters for crypto firms.
Chainlink introduced Fulcrum, an end-to-end platform for institutional financing and collateral management across public and private blockchains.
Tether said its funds at EQIBank represent less than 0.034% of group assets, about $64 million, after U.S. authorities seized roughly $89 million tied to the bank.
Seven of the UK's largest banks completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits on a shared platform built by Quant.
IBM connected its Digital Asset Haven platform to Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger on 24 September 2026, using a new messaging adapter now in beta.
Infosys has entered a strategic partnership with Chainlink to standardise blockchain infrastructure for financial institutions.
The Bank of Korea launched a pilot of its first 24-hour won settlement network on Monday, starting with four domestic banks.
Bastion received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter on 18 September 2026.
UniCredit is selecting a technology provider to build crypto custody and brokerage infrastructure for clients, Bloomberg reported.
Block has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured national trust bank.
OpenReserve secured preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national bank.
Revolut received preliminary conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on 3 September 2026 to form a national bank.
SoFi and Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, agreed to connect their financial infrastructure.
Standard Chartered has launched spot Bitcoin and Ether trading for institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates.
Two Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas economists estimate tokenized deposits could cut the U.S. banking system's capacity to absorb long-term interest-rate risk by about $700 billion.
