Minnesota's new virtual-currency custody law is now in force, allowing state-chartered banks and credit unions to hold crypto for customers after a 60-day notice and safety review process.
Tesla reported a $112 million Q2 unrealized digital-assets loss while holding 11,509 BTC, carried at $674 million on June 30.
Natixis CIB has joined 10 founding institutions behind Europe’s RL1 blockchain cooperative, a tokenized-assets ledger built on SWIAT technology that has settled more than €700 million.
Vietnam's Decree 284 sets fines of up to VND 200 million for unlicensed crypto services and account-data misuse, tightening the country's pilot market before Sept. 1.
Brazil's securities regulator has created a 14-unit tokenization task force and given it 60 days to propose an experimental framework for tokenized securities.
Galaxy Digital will rename Texas Tech's football stadium Galaxy Stadium from the 2026 season in a 15-year agreement that also makes it the program's data center and digital assets partner.
Bank of America named Sonali Theisen to lead its global digital-assets platform, putting tokenized deposits, stablecoins, custody and crypto settlement under a dedicated markets mandate.
The U.S. and UK issued five digital-asset recommendations and a 10-point stablecoin statement, seeking cross-border rules for tokenized securities, collateral and private digital money.
HSBC completed its first blockchain-native structured-note placement in Hong Kong, with Marketnode handling tokenization and payment flows.
Vanguard posted a Head of Digital Assets role for Personal Wealth, putting stablecoins, tokenization, custody and blockchain settlement on its roadmap.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins' 2026 agenda puts crypto asset offerings, broker-dealer custody and exchange trading rules on a July proposal track.
SEC's FY26-FY30 draft strategic plan names digital assets, DLT, custody, trading and staking as priorities, with comments due July 2.
Kazakhstan looks to convert $350 million from gold reserves into Bitcoin and other crypto assets, joining the global shift toward digital sovereign reserves.