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According to BeInCrypto, Chainalysis data shows that over the year ending June 2026, the South African crypto economy expanded by 52% to $39.3 billion, with increases across all tracked activity categories. Commercial payments, including those from South African merchants and P2P traders, reached $8.34 billion, outpacing institutional activity ($1.29 billion in inflows); stablecoin inflows through Sub-Saharan African P2P channels totaled $14.6 billion, on par with Bitcoin. A draft regulatory framework for crypto asset management released by the South African Treasury and Reserve Bank (SARB) on August 3 would stipulate that individuals may only transfer crypto assets abroad through authorized local service providers within existing foreign exchange limits, while businesses are prohibited from cross-border transfers of crypto assets. As of March 31, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) had issued licenses to 310 crypto asset service providers, though these entities must still secure separate authorization from the SARB. On October 21, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana stated that after receiving thousands of public submissions, the Treasury will aim to release a revised second draft, with no timeline currently announced.
The Federal Reserve is about to announce its interest rate decision, after which Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will hold a press conference. Markets expect the Fed to keep the benchmark rate unchanged in the 3.75%–4% range, with investors focused on three key signals: first, whether three or more voting members dissent from holding rates steady and advocate for a hike; second, how Warsh assesses the recent easing of financial conditions and the pullback in U.S. Treasury yields; third, what he says about two consecutive months of above-expectation inflation data, oil prices near $100, and record-high U.S. diesel prices.If more officials signal a hawkish tilt, or if Warsh views looser financial conditions as exacerbating inflationary pressure, market expectations for future rate hikes could intensify, potentially lending support to the dollar index while weighing on risk assets such as Bitcoin. Ahead of the decision, Bitcoin stood at $81,411, up more than 2% over 24 hours; Ethereum, SOL, and XRP also posted gains of over 2% over the same period. (CoinDesk)
Ducat announced that the team has decided to gradually shut down the protocol. Ducat was originally designed to maintain a price floor through a related mechanism, but many participants never fully understood this mechanism. During the protocol shutdown period, the team will prove that Ducat is fully backed by treasury assets, with each DUCAT corresponding to a pro-rata right to share in the protocol's treasury assets. All rights involving DUCAT treasury assets, including vested bonds, vested Pass rewards, pDUCAT in staking, pDUCAT in the cooldown period, and circulating DUCAT in wallets, can be redeemed without waiting for the cooldown period to end. Ducat stated that the team has taken a snapshot of DUCAT holders, and holders included in the snapshot can redeem the fair value of their corresponding DUCAT from the protocol treasury; DUCAT purchased through liquidity pools after the snapshot was completed is not eligible for redemption. The team has also updated the front-end interface to allow users to complete the redemption.
Odaily reports: The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has finalized implementation rules for the GENIUS Act, applicable to permitted payment stablecoin issuers, foreign issuers under OCC jurisdiction, and certain custodial activities of regulated entities, covering reserve backing, redemption, and risk management. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called the legislation a "watershed moment for American finance," likening it to the National Currency Act of 1863. The final rules did not incorporate Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering, or OFAC sanctions provisions; these matters will be addressed through subsequent rules coordinated with the Treasury Department. The GENIUS Act was signed into law in July 2025, and regulators failed to finalize rules before the July 18, 2026 deadline; the Federal Reserve proposed two related rules in September 2026. Both the GENIUS Act and the OCC's final rules are set to take effect on January 18, 2027, and the OCC has not yet announced a timeline for accepting issuer applications and exemption requests.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed rules to implement the COINS Act, aiming to further expand U.S. outbound investment restrictions in certain sensitive technology sectors targeting "countries of concern." The existing regime primarily targets entities related to China, while the proposed rules seek to further tighten restrictions on AI and semiconductors on that basis, extending the regulatory framework to encompass additional sensitive technologies and jurisdictions. In the AI sector, certain investments that remain permissible post-filing under current rules will be converted to outright prohibitions; regarding semiconductors, high bandwidth memory, photonic chips, and radiation-hardened chips will also be subject to stricter restrictions. Meanwhile, biotechnology has been added as a priority regulatory domain, covering areas such as brain-computer interfaces and automated laboratory software.
Odaily reports: The GENIUS Act took effect on July 18, 2025, with the general applicability date being 18 months after enactment, or 120 days after the primary federal payment stablecoin regulator issues final implementing rules, whichever is earlier. The U.S. Treasury Department expects the general effective date to be January 18, 2027, with certain issuance and sales restrictions taking effect on July 18, 2028.The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published its primary implementation proposal in February 2026, and the Federal Reserve proposed rules on September 24, 2026 covering regulated issuers, reserves, capital, risk management, custody, and application procedures. An interim final rule effective September 30, 2026 has established the forms and procedures for certification of state regulatory regimes.Stablecoin issuers need to assess approval, prudential supervision, reserve, and redemption requirements; distributors and intermediaries need to analyze exchange, transfer, custody, and related financial services obligations. Companies holding stablecoins also need to review redemption channels, reserve arrangements, custody, freezing, and counterparty risks, and those accepting stablecoin payments need to distinguish between receiving payments for their own goods or services and transferring funds on behalf of others.Prospective issuers may choose the path of an approved subsidiary of an insured depository institution, a federal qualified issuer, or a state qualified issuer; state qualified issuers that meet the conditions and have outstanding issuance of no more than $10 billion may opt for state supervision. Payment stablecoin reserves must cover outstanding tokens at least one-to-one, and companies also need to map out fund flows, customer rights, compliance responsibilities, and product yield arrangements. Relevant issuers may not pay interest or yield solely by virtue of holding, using, or retaining payment stablecoins. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Real-world asset platform tx has launched the USD stablecoin USTX for use in its wallet and its planned tokenized stock market. Users can mint USTX using USDC from 8 blockchains and redeem it back to USDC, with supported networks including Ethereum, Solana, and Base.Fintech platform Brale is responsible for issuing USTX, managing reserve assets, and executing minting and redemption. tx co-founder and Chief Legal Officer Ashley Ebersole stated that USTX is not a USDC-backed wrapped asset or a synthetic representation of USDC; it uses an independent 1:1 reserve structure through Brale.According to tx's disclosure, each USTX is backed by $1 in assets, with reserves including cash, bank deposits, government money market funds, and short-term U.S. Treasury bills. Eligible USTX users can also earn rewards through the tx wallet program, and Ashley Ebersole said the reward program was designed based on legal advice to comply with the relevant provisions of the GENIUS Act. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily reports: The Blockchain Association has submitted comments on the U.S. Treasury Department's proposed implementation rules for Section 3 of the GENIUS Act. This provision primarily governs the eligibility of entities issuing and selling payment stablecoins within the United States.The Blockchain Association stated that it supports the core regulatory framework proposed by the Treasury Department in principle, but calls for further clarification of the definition of digital asset service providers, the criteria for determining "knowing participation" conduct, and the compliance requirements for foreign stablecoin issuers, in order to reduce uncertainty during the rule implementation process. (The Block)
QCP's latest market analysis indicates that Bitcoin has maintained resilience within a narrow $80,000–$83,000 range throughout the past week, establishing firm support at the $80,000 level, which contrasts with tech stocks remaining under persistent pressure. From a macro perspective, despite robust inflation data, safe-haven demand has driven long-dated US Treasuries higher, while comments from Federal Reserve officials have tempered rate hike expectations. The subsequent pullback in Treasury yields has provided support for risk assets, including Bitcoin. Capital flows are showing signs of rotation from crowded artificial intelligence segments, such as semiconductors, into defensive sectors like healthcare and banking; however, there remains no clear evidence of large-scale direct inflows into cryptocurrency markets.
Decentralized stablecoin USDD released its Q3 2026 treasury report. The data shows that USDD's total treasury revenue for the quarter was $9.7 million, up 26.7% quarter-over-quarter; expenditures totaled $7,601; net profit reached approximately $9.7 million; the treasury balance climbed to $31.24 million, surpassing the $30 million milestone for the first time and setting a new all-time high.
According to information released by DTCC regarding its tokenization service, the platform will initially support 25 categories of tokenizable securities, backed by DTC-custodied securities worth approximately $30 trillion. Tokens maintain a strict 1:1 peg with their underlying securities, utilize the same CUSIP identifiers, and carry identical rights and investor protections as traditional book-entry instruments, with the official ledger remaining under DTC custody. Peer-to-peer transfers between DTC-registered wallets operate 24/7, subject to built-in compliance restrictions on token transfers. Participants may submit conversion orders via the UI and API during Eastern Time business hours from 2:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with a target processing window of under 15 minutes. U.S. Treasury coupon distributions and maturity redemptions will be processed on-chain, with fiat proceeds disbursed directly to participants’ traditional banking accounts. The inaugural asset lineup comprises Russell 1000 constituents (initiating with select large-cap equities), select ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries. Initial network integrations feature Canton Network (CIP-56) and DTCC’s private Besu network (ERC-20), with Stellar (SEP-41) and Circle’s Arc (ERC-20) targeted for 2027 deployment. The extended roadmap encompasses broadening the universe of tokenizable securities, deploying governance controls such as single sign-on and maker-checker approvals, scaling corporate action capabilities for equities and ETFs, merging book-entry and on-chain position records, and enabling on-chain netting, collateral management, and number
According to a post by Fidelity Digital Assets (@DigitalAssets) on the X platform, for most of BTC's history, US real interest rates and BTC price action have moved largely independently, but the relationship between the two has now reached an unprecedented degree of alignment: the correlation between BTC's market cap and the 10-year US real Treasury yield has climbed to its highest level on record. The firm also noted that on Oct. 14, its tracked BTC momentum signal turned positive, with trend and volatility indicators simultaneously supporting the recent price strength, a combination that has historically typically been associated with more sustained rallies. Fidelity added that it will further analyze the drivers behind this shift and monitor whether capital flows can sustain the trend.
Odaily News: Decentralized perpetual contract exchange Deepsigma has launched a real-time simulated trading platform covering 77 traditional financial markets, including U.S. stocks, stock indices, commodities, and U.S. Treasury yields. The platform is built on the Cypherium blockchain and is being advanced by a team of alumni from Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities, Google, and Uber, supporting long and short exposure trading for the relevant assets.Deepsigma's perpetual contracts do not tokenize, custody, or physically deliver the underlying assets; instead, they track prices through external market data sources. The platform currently supports contracts on the S&P 500 Index, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite Index, Russell 2000 Index, Cboe Volatility Index, as well as crude oil, gold, silver, natural gas, and copper.The platform's risk engine employs multiple external price sources, mark prices, circuit breakers, partial liquidations, and an insurance fund, and uses a central limit order book and a clearing layer to handle margin, collateral, and settlement. Deepsigma is also developing a zero-knowledge proof-based decentralized identity framework and configuring off-chain AI analytics tools with unfunded execution permissions; the underlying Cypherium adopts a hybrid PoW and HotStuff Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus mechanism and holds 4 U.S. patents. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to the market briefing released by QCP Capital (QCP Market Colour), US September CPI rose 3.7% year-over-year and 0.6% month-over-month, with market expectations at 3.6% and 0.6%, respectively. Core CPI increased 2.6% year-over-year and 0.3% month-over-month, exceeding forecasts on both metrics. Despite the resilient inflation data, US Treasury yields retreated significantly. During the prior week, yields on 10-year and 30-year US Treasuries briefly spiked to 5.35% and 5.73%, respectively, before capital flowed into long-dated Treasuries as a safe haven, reversing the reflation trade that had previously dominated the market. QCP noted that this risk-off sentiment was primarily driven by credit stress in the AI infrastructure sector. AI compute provider CoreWeave closed down 15.5% on the day, and its five-year credit default swap (CDS) spread widened to 60%, prompting declines in the NASDAQ and South Korea’s KOSPI indices. Separately, MSCI introduced a new “non-operating company” classification framework this week, which may impact whether certain securities retain their place in the index and trigger forced redemptions from passive funds. Consequently, the index inclusion status of Strategy (MSTR) remains uncertain. QCP argued that credit quality within the technology sector is now displacing inflation and fiscal concerns as the primary constraint on risk appetite. With the tech earnings season commencing in approximately two weeks, the upcoming period will serve as a critical benchmark for determining whether AI-related credit risks could spill over into broader asset classes.
Australia has released the draft Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2026: Tax Information Reporting, with a public consultation period ending on October 28. The draft seeks to incorporate the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) into Australia's legal system and introduce a domestic crypto-asset reporting regime. The Australian government expects to commence international exchange of cryptocurrency tax information in 2028.
Odaily reports: Patrick Collison posted on X that more than a year after Privy joined Stripe, its wallet asset scale has grown to about 25 times its previous level, its number of monthly active developers has grown about 3 times, and its revenue has grown about 9 times. It currently facilitates nearly $25 billion in transactions per month. Companies such as Ramp, Deel, Klarna, and Hyperliquid are building embedded banking features based on Privy. Stripe is integrating Privy into Treasury, Link, and Connect, and plans to launch a Link balance feature. Privy's wallet infrastructure already supports AI agents in conducting transactions and earning income. Stripe, together with Privy, Bridge, and other businesses, is building a unified API to support holding stablecoin balances and earning yield, fiat funding inflows and outflows, and arranging spending through bank cards.
Odaily News: Ondo Finance has announced that its platform's total value locked (TVL) has surpassed $4 billion, marking a new milestone. Among this, tokenized stocks and ETF assets exceed $1.3 billion, with cumulative holders across its various products surpassing 1 million. Ondo claims it is currently the largest tokenized U.S. Treasury platform.Ondo stated that the platform is expanding from tokenized U.S. Treasuries into asset classes such as stocks, ETFs, portfolios, and private markets. Its Ondo Stocks connects to traditional financial exchange liquidity through a request-for-quote (RFQ) mechanism, and with the support of its wallet and app, enables permissionless transfers of related tokenized assets across Solana, Ethereum, and BNB Chain.
According to The Block, XRP treasury company Evernorth (Nasdaq: XRPN) has announced partnerships with Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo, with plans to launch an institutional-grade XRP deployment strategy in Q4 2026. The firm currently holds 473 million XRP, valued at approximately $648 million, and aims to boost per-share ownership through active treasury management rather than passive accumulation. Spearheaded by Hugo Jeandesboz, former co-head of investment at Coinbase Asset Management, the initiative will later expand to lending and on-chain DeFi strategies on the XRP Ledger.
Odaily News: Citadel Securities and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) have completed a tokenized U.S. Treasury repurchase transaction. Citadel Securities used tokenized two-year U.S. Treasury notes as collateral for an overnight repo transaction, with BNY providing cash.BNY stated that this is the first time tokenized assets have been used on a major tri-party repo platform. The relevant Treasuries were purchased through the Tradeweb platform, and the tokenized version settled within minutes, significantly shorter than the traditional T+1 settlement cycle. (Coin Bureau)
According to an official announcement, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) and Citadel Securities have completed a tri-party repo process using tokenized U.S. Treasuries, marking the first use of tokenized assets on a major tri-party platform. In the transaction, a two-year U.S. Treasury bond purchased by Citadel Securities was recorded as a tokenized security on BNY’s private distributed ledger and settled within minutes, breaking the traditional T+1 settlement cycle. Subsequently, the tokenized Treasury was used as collateral for an overnight tri-party repo, with BNY providing the corresponding funding. BNY stated that it plans to launch digital cash and tokenized deposit features in the future to support institutional clients in conducting on-chain settlement and financing activities, and intends to extend operating hours for its traditional settlement platforms.