LSE hands tokenised equity distribution to Kraken until 2027
LSE will list xStocks on LSE 24 in 2027 while Kraken parent Payward distributes them now, and LSEG's own depository still sits at Gate 1 of the BoE sandbox.
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September 2026
South Korea dates only stage one of its securities tokenisation
South Korea's securities tokenisation roadmap dates only stage one, February 4, 2027. The all-securities and stablecoin settlement stages have no date.
CFTC turns CME’s own volume data against it in perpetuals suit
The CFTC's motion to dismiss CME's perpetual futures suit leans on the exchange's own volume reports and earnings script to argue it has no standing to sue.
Coinbase files for equity perps in a channel CME reopened in July
Coinbase filed SEC Forms 1-N and BD-N on September 1 to list 24/7 single-stock perpetual futures, entering the security-futures channel CME reopened in July.
Hyperliquid Strategies stakes 72.5% of its HYPE to its own validator
Hyperliquid Strategies' first 10-K puts 21.3m HYPE — 72.5% of its staked position — on its own validator, leaving just 27.5% with custodian Anchorage.
CME CF’s 12-asset crypto index caps ETF-ineligible tokens at 10%
CME CF's new 12-asset crypto index puts HYPE, UNI and AAVE beside Bitcoin, but a US listing-standards screen caps non-GLS names at 10% of index weight.
Teucrium’s BTCK hits its 50,000-share floor and gates redemptions
Teucrium told the SEC its BTCK spot-bitcoin ETP hit its 50,000-share floor and will reject redemptions. Its median 30-day bid-ask spread was already 9.80%.
August 2026
Stablecoin takes the interbank leg in Japan’s tokenised deposit test
Japan's FSA has 43 firms testing interbank settlement of tokenised deposits, and one of the two designs puts a private stablecoin where central bank money sits.
Coinbase’s B20 stocks trade 24/7 on a Chainlink feed that runs 24/5
Coinbase's B20 tokenised stocks are live on Base for non-US users, but the Chainlink feed DeFi lenders read runs 24/5 and freezes on corporate actions.
Hong Kong’s first tokenised covered-call ETF has no bridge to 3416
Global X, Citi and OSL opened Hong Kong's first tokenised covered-call ETF class on August 27. Switching into listed 3416 is barred, and no chain is named.
Revolut ships EURR stablecoin five days before its USDT delisting
Revolut rolls out Bridge-issued EURR in Denmark, Poland and Portugal days before its USDT conversion — and the ticker already belongs to a Tether-backed rival.
Pontes goes live September 21 as Cipollone warns on fragmented law
The ECB's Pontes DLT settlement service launches September 21 with one-off fees, but Cipollone says fragmented securities law, not technology, is the real limit.
Dallas Fed puts a $700bn price on the tokenised deposit push
The Dallas Fed's $700bn tokenised deposit figure is duration capacity, not lending, and not additive to the $580bn beside it. What the number really measures.
Only two of the OCC’s five crypto trust charters have opened
Eight months after the OCC conditionally approved five crypto trust banks, only BitGo and Circle hold final charters. Paxos, Fidelity and Ripple still wait.
Interactive Brokers’ stablecoin rail leaves out $183bn of USDT
Interactive Brokers' stablecoin rail now runs both ways on USDC, PYUSD and RLUSD across three chains - but excludes Tether, the market's biggest coin.
Standard Chartered issues $200m digitally native notes on Euroclear
Standard Chartered has priced $200m of three-year digitally native notes on Euroclear's D-FMI, the first G-SIB to do so. A live deal, not a pilot.
HSBC and Standard Chartered net deposit tokens on Swift’s ledger
The first live interbank transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger did not settle on the ledger.
Shinhan signs Solana for the same won fund it gave Plume
Shinhan Asset Management signed a Solana, Etherfuse and Orca MOU for a won-denominated tokenised fund seven days after an identical Plume deal. It is a bake-off.
FASB sets three tests for stablecoins as cash equivalents
FASB's proposed Topic 230 update sets three tests for stablecoins to count as cash equivalents, and adds a disclosure rule for every filer.
