Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has registered its US affiliate as a broker-dealer with the SEC and FINRA, enabling the firm to trade traditional financial instruments including stocks, options, commodities, and crypto ETFs alongside its digital asset operations.
XRP traded near $1.03 after the U.S. Senate delayed the CLARITY Act vote from August to September, with AI models forecasting both significant upside potential and downside risk depending on the bill's passage. The cryptocurrency faces technical pressure with analysts warning of a potential 35% decline if key support levels fail.
Payward, parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, is enabling holders of its xStocks tokenized equities to participate in corporate governance through proxy voting, partnering with Broadridge to facilitate the integration. The move marks a significant shift from the platform's previous policy where xStocks holders had no voting rights.
Federal prosecutors charged Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha with securities fraud and wire fraud, alleging he misappropriated over $10 million raised from investors for an NFT marketplace and instead spent the funds on gambling, cryptocurrency trading, a Miami condominium, and DJ equipment.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha with securities and wire fraud, alleging he misused over $10 million from investors on gambling, trading, and personal expenses including a DJ hobby.
Dinari became the first company to offer eligible U.S. investors access to over 700 tokenized stocks, including the entire S&P 500, through self-custody wallets using USDC stablecoin. The platform, launched in partnership with Circle, allows trading of blockchain-based shares backed one-to-one by underlying securities.
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act faces likely failure to advance before the Senate's August recess, with the White House reviewing the latest draft but procedural deadlines passing. Analysts are split on whether missing the deadline would hurt or help crypto markets.
Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal have formally requested the Securities and Exchange Commission investigate President Donald Trump's memecoin, which he launched days before his 2025 inauguration, alleging it may constitute fraud or an illegal 'rug pull' scheme. The inquiry comes amid polling showing 55% of voters disapprove of Trump's billion-dollar cryptocurrency earnings.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced on July 31, 2026, that it will allow users to pledge six tokenized stocks (xStocks) as collateral across its margin trading, crypto loans, and institutional lending services. The tokenized equities include shares of Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Robinhood, Circle, and Google.
A court dismissed the majority of a lawsuit accusing Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, of illegally selling securities without proper registration as an exchange or broker-dealer. The ruling represents a significant legal victory for the company in ongoing disputes over cryptocurrency regulation.
Binance's bStocks, a tokenized securities platform offering 24/7 trading access to stocks, has crossed $500 million in assets under management just seven weeks after its launch, driven primarily by demand from Gen Z investors seeking round-the-clock market access through blockchain technology.
FINMA-regulated Swiss digital-asset bank AMINA is evaluating multiple paths to go public, including an IPO, SPAC merger, or reverse merger, with financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald providing advisory services. The bank states its immediate priority remains securing strategic capital for growth.
Alpaca, a custody provider, now holds over $1.5 billion in shares backing tokenized equities, representing approximately 94% of the tokenized stock market. This concentration emerges as crypto exchanges increasingly offer tokenized securities products that allow traders to access traditional assets without opening conventional brokerage accounts.
Oasis Pro Markets, a subsidiary of Ondo Finance, has secured regulatory authorization from the SEC and FINRA to offer tokenized equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and IPO securities to U.S. investors. The approval marks a significant regulatory milestone for tokenized securities in the United States.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce issued a public statement saying that crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies may fall under federal securities laws depending on their specific structure and activities. She cautioned that moving activities already within the scope of federal securities laws onchain does not remove them from those laws.
Brazil's Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) has launched a working group to develop an experimental regulatory framework for tokenized securities based on distributed ledger technology, with a primary proposal due within 60 days and a comprehensive framework expected within 120 days.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation processed live production trades involving tokenized stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasurys with nearly 40 financial firms including JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Vanguard, marking Wall Street's largest tokenization initiative to date.
Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has announced a collaboration with Securitize to create a pathway for companies to conduct initial public offerings and follow-on equity offerings using blockchain tokenization technology. Cantor will provide equity capital markets and trading expertise while Securitize supplies regulated tokenization infrastructure.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, which processes virtually all U.S. securities transactions and custodies over $114 trillion in assets, announced it will begin limited production trades of tokenized securities in July 2026, with full service launch planned for October 2026. The initiative has backing from over 50 financial firms and follows SEC no-action relief granted in December 2025.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse disclosed that the company seriously considered shutting down after the SEC sued in 2020, spending $150 million on legal defense. The revelation comes as the XRP community celebrates the third anniversary of Judge Analisa Torres's July 13, 2023 split summary judgment ruling.
The CFTC and SEC issued a joint request for comment on clarifying definitions of 'swaps' and 'security-based swaps,' including for perpetual futures and event contracts, the same day CME Group announced plans to sue the CFTC over approval of perpetual futures for Kalshi and Coinbase.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is developing an 'innovation exemption' policy that would permit crypto companies to offer blockchain-based versions of publicly traded stocks without full traditional broker licensing requirements. The move could enable 24/7 trading of tokenized equities and represents a potential major shift in U.S. equity markets.
Binance and Coinbase announced plans to offer 1:1 backed tokenized versions of U.S. stocks with 24/7 trading, while the DTCC prepares its first live demonstration of asset tokenization and the SEC proposes regulatory changes that could facilitate tokenized securities markets.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed eliminating Rules 611 and 610(e) of Regulation NMS, which could remove major legal barriers preventing tokenized US stocks from trading on blockchain platforms. Analysts say this represents a significant regulatory shift for digital securities.
Japan's parliament passed legislation bringing cryptocurrencies under the same regulatory framework as stocks, potentially opening a path to exchange-traded funds and lower capital gains taxes. The new rules are expected to come into effect in 2027.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched IPO Express, a platform offering tokenized access to U.S. stock IPOs starting with SpaceX, which is set to go public on June 12 in what's expected to be the largest IPO in history with a $135 per share valuation. The service allows eligible retail investors to subscribe at official offering prices, bypassing traditional Wall Street pre-IPO access restrictions.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released its strategic plan for 2026-2030 highlighting digital assets and blockchain as key regulatory priorities, while the Senate prepares to vote on the CLARITY Act this month amid warnings that delays could push comprehensive crypto regulation to 2030.
Paxos Securities Settlement Company received SEC registration as a clearing agency under Section 17A, marking the first blockchain-native firm to achieve this status after seven years of engagement with regulators beginning with a 2019 no-action letter.
Prometheum has opened Ethereum trading using an SEC- and FINRA-approved special-purpose broker-dealer license after nearly 10 years of regulatory preparation, marking a milestone in regulated crypto trading infrastructure.
