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The more than 160-year-old banking institution has become the first bank-authorised distributor of HKDAP, a regulated stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar and backed by reserve assets. Its use is intended to enable continuous on-chain transaction settlement and reduce the timing mismatch between tokenised assets and traditional payment systems.

The U.S. Senate is facing a decisive procedural vote on the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), which is intended to deliver the most comprehensive reform of digital asset regulation in the United States to date. The bill successfully passed the House of Representatives in July 2025 and also secured support in a Senate committee in May 2026. However, the path toward its final approval remains complicated. Securing the required 60 votes in a divided Senate is being hindered by ethical disputes surrounding crypto-related income linked to the presidential office, concerns within the banking sector over stablecoins, and an exceptionally tight legislative calendar.

Hyperliquid Strategies is expanding its equity financing agreement with Chardan Capital Markets by USD 1.5 billion. The capital raised is intended to strengthen its treasury strategy focused on purchasing the HYPE token, with the move coming during a period of increased market interest triggered by statements from U.S. President Donald Trump regarding regulation of the platform.

Russia is preparing to introduce a regulated framework for cryptocurrency trading, and Sberbank estimates that trading on regulated exchanges could reach up to USD 46 billion during the first year. It is estimated that only around 20% of the country’s currently estimated cryptocurrency transaction volume could move to regulated exchanges, suggesting that the new system is more likely to formalise part of existing activity than to create an entirely new market.

The sharp approximately 40-percent increase in the price of the SOL token is not only the result of record transaction volumes and the expansion of tokenized assets, but is also related to a change in macroeconomic sentiment.

Stablecoins are increasingly moving beyond cryptocurrency exchanges and blockchain transfers into ordinary consumer payments. Spending through tracked crypto payment cards reached approximately USD 1.04 billion in July, more than tripling over the past year. Dollar-backed stablecoins were responsible for most of this activity, with users increasingly paying for groceries, transportation, restaurants, and online subscriptions directly from their digital asset balances.

American investment bank Goldman Sachs continues its massive expansion in the actively managed funds segment. It has agreed to acquire NEOS Investments, with the maximum value of the transaction reaching USD 2.25 billion. This acquisition will bring Goldman Sachs Asset Management not only USD 30 billion in assets under management, but also specialized options strategies and funds with exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum.

A pilot project within the Digital Pound Lab environment is testing the interconnection of crypto-assets and state digital money. At the same time, the United Kingdom is adjusting rules for systemic stablecoins and preparing its payment infrastructure for continuous operation.

Analysts at international bank Standard Chartered have presented a bold outlook that has stirred discussion about the future of digital finance. According to their latest study, the market for tokenized real-world assets is expected to reach USD 4 trillion by the end of 2028. The Chainlink network is expected to become a key infrastructure for this massive shift of capital, with the bank projecting as much as a 25-fold increase in the price of its LINK token – from the current approximately USD 8 to as much as USD 200 by 2030.

Can stablecoins become the new standard for global trade if their development in practice encounters complex verification and regulatory obstacles? This is precisely the challenge that payments giant Mastercard is attempting to address in a new pilot project in cooperation with Borderless. Together, they are connecting the world of traditional payments with blockchain infrastructure and demonstrating what the future of international transfers could look like.

A survey by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) showed a significant increase in cryptocurrency ownership since 2023. However, many investors still misunderstand the scope of client protection or regulation, while the government has proposed a ban on digital asset ATMs.

A new tool designed for companies and financial institutions significantly simplifies the creation, management and redemption of the RLUSD stablecoin within a single integrated platform. This technological shift comes at a crucial time, when Ripple’s cryptocurrency, less than a year after its launch, is firmly establishing itself among the ten largest US dollar stablecoins and expanding its use across the market.