Standard Chartered debuts tokenized deposits in Hong Kong for corporate clients
The bank uses Hong Kong's EnsembleTX system to move deposits between participating banks around the clock, settling in central bank money. Source：CoinDesk
Why stealing billions from a crypto exchange can be harder to stop than a bank theft
The $6.3 billion Binance breach has revived a debate over whether crypto exchanges are less secure than banks or simply harder to protect once hackers get…
From rivals to partners: Polygon and Solana team to bring stablecoin payments to banks
The two networks are setting aside their rivalry to connect Solana's stablecoin activity with Polygon's banking, wallet and payment infrastructure.…
Why Switzerland’s first genuine spot bitcoin ETF could soon attract overseas banks and brokers
SIX Swiss Exchange confirms international access, while FINMA explains why it approved the fund and whether ether and solana ETFs could follow. Source：CoinDesk
Wall Street backbone DTCC brings $30 trillion securities closer to blockchain with major banks
DTCC's tokenization service went live on Canton Network and private chain Besu, with JPMorgan, Citi and Morgan Stanley among 20 firms signed up. Source：CoinDesk
Customers are chasing higher-rate products. That’s bad news for banks like HSBC.
Shares of banking giant HSBC Holdings fell as much as 7% on Tuesday as the lender revealed that customers are increasingly turning to higherrate products.…
US OCC calls on community banks to become payment stablecoin issuers
The announcement followed the banking regulator finalizing its rules for the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin law to be implemented in January Source：Cointelegraph
OCC calls on community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market
The U.S. banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to develop stablecoin services as new federal licensing requirements approach. Source：CoinDesk
UK banks face 10,000 complaints in 3 months over crypto restrictions
The U.K. claims to aspire to become a global cryptocurrency hub, an ambition that would appear to be at odds with the attitude to crypto purchases of its major…
Stablecoin transfers quadruple to $891B as US banks expand adoption: Report
Coinbase reports growing adoption by banks and businesses, even as stablecoin market capitalization remains largely unchanged over the past year.…
Lloyds and Barclays among UK banks named in crypto transfer complaints, advocacy group says
UK banks are facing scrutiny over crypto transfer limits and bans as Stand With Crypto reports thousands of complaints ahead of the country’s 2027 regulatory…
What happens to Wall Street if CoreWeave defaults? JPMorgan checked the math.
Call it a sign of the times: A JPMorgan analyst is looking into the exposure banks will have if CoreWeave defaults on its debts. Source：MarketWatch