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NEW: @MorganStanley confirms it is among the first banks using @DTCC’s new tokenization service, joining @JPMorgan, @Citi, @BankofAmerica, @Fidelity and @citsecurities in tokenizing US stocks, ETFs and Treasuries on blockchain.
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Uber earned an extra 1.5 days of yield by keeping corporate cash invested through part of the weekend, per @business.
@HSBC tokenized deposits funded the purchase, @FTI_US supplied the money market fund and @CantonNetwork handled liquidity and settlement.
Treasury that works on Saturdays.
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18 years of the bitcoin whitepaper today -- so revisiting Chris Dixon on other software-related forum posts over the years (originally posted October 31 2018):
1/ There have been many great software-related forum posts over the years. Some favorites…
2/ Tim Berners Lee, proposing the World Wide Web in 1991. “The project started with the philosophy that much academic information should be freely available to anyone.”
groups.google.com/forum/m/#!…
3/ Linus Torvalds proposing Linux, also in 1991. “I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.”
web.archive.org/web/20100104…
4/ Marc Andreessen proposing images for web browsers, in 1993. “I’d like to propose a new, optional HTML tag: IMG”
1997.webhistory.org/www.list…
5/ And, of course, Satoshi proposing Bitcoin, [18] years ago today. “A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without the burdens of going through a financial institution“
article.gmane.org/gmane.comp…
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.@Uber completed a first-ever pilot of an onchain liquidity and settlement solution on Canton, a public network.
Working with @HSBC, @FranklnTempletn, @Tradeweb and @FireblocksHQ, Uber liquidated part of its holdings, even on a weekend, while earning yield until disbursement.
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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and trade[XYZ] have announced their plan to use Hyperliquid as the infrastructure layer to deploy perpetual futures markets for US traders across crypto, equities, commodities, foreign exchange, and other real-world assets, subject to regulatory approvals. ICE operates NYSE and some of the largest exchanges and clearing houses globally.
In this structure:
+ Hyperliquid serves as the underlying technology infrastructure via HIP-3*
+ trade[XYZ] designs and implements the markets
+ ICE operates the regulated market and clearing structure
Existing trade[XYZ] HIP-3 markets will remain unchanged.
Hyperliquid is a neutral infrastructure layer with the goal of supporting large parts of the financial system. As with HIP-3, HIP-3* deployers are independent operators who use Hyperliquid as the onchain infrastructure layer for their own markets, while retaining control and responsibility over their deployment.
trade[XYZ] and ICE, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, are joining forces to bring 24/7 perpetual futures on Hyperliquid to the United States.
In just over a year, our markets on Hyperliquid have surpassed $650 billion in volume. They provide continuous price discovery for stocks, indices, and commodities, and have become trusted reference points for retail and institutions alike when traditional markets are closed. Much of the world trades them. Until now, Americans could only watch.
We intend to change that. Subject to CFTC approval, trade[XYZ] and ICE plan to establish a new, dedicated U.S. market, with novel exchange and clearing infrastructure built on Hyperliquid. Planned contracts span equities, indices, commodities, FX, and crypto, with access through participating brokers and platforms. We’ll share more on products, eligibility, and timing as approvals progress.
ICE brings more than 25 years of experience operating regulated markets, clearing, and managing risk. trade[XYZ] brings the product development, market design, and technology behind the most liquid and robust markets on Hyperliquid.
Innovation and the protections of U.S. regulation shouldn’t be a trade-off. Together, we plan to prove it.
ICE is making a strategic investment in trade[XYZ] and joins us in building towards the future of Hyperliquid. A small group of market luminaries is joining as well, beginning with Stan Druckenmiller. For more than four decades, few investors have anticipated the great turns in markets as often as Stan. We’re proud to have him with us for the next one.
We’re building the U.S. market in parallel with our existing HIP-3 markets, which we’ll continue to expand and innovate on. We expect both to flourish. They each have a long road map ahead, from new asset classes to new ways to trade them.
To the Hyperliquid community, whether you were here before us or came because of us, thank you. You took a chance on new markets and you made them matter. You’ll forever be a part of this story.
Anything. Anytime. On ICE[XYZ].
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I am excited to be an investor in trade(xyz) as they partner with ICE to bring 24/7 perpetual futures on Hyperliquid to the United States. As a market participant, I am looking forward to to using their innovative product to enhance my investment process.
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Every transaction in digital assets begins and ends with custody. And we’re excited to extend our work to the most critical part of the stack - trust.
coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/28…
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This morning Galaxy (Nasdaq: $GLXY) reported third quarter 2026 results. See below for Q3 highlights.
Read the full release: galaxy.visitlink.me/ywCFGD
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Repo is foundational to global capital markets - and the next era of capital markets is onchain.
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🚨PayPal's Steve Everett reveals the company could move $1 BILLION in dividend payments using its PYUSD stablecoin in just 2 HOURS, compared to 6–10 business days! 🤯
And remember, PayPal launched PYUSD on @StellarOrg!
This is the HUGE financial transformation for PayPal which was ORIGINALLY BUILT on $XLM!
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🚨 BREAKING: $4.8 TRILLION asset manager J.P. Morgan is bringing its tokenized money market funds, MONY and JLTXX, to @solana.
Both funds are now available to qualified U.S. investors through Morgan Money.
Another major milestone for institutional adoption and real-world asset tokenization on Solana.
TradFi is moving on-chain. solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112
10 NOTABLE AI PROJECTS IN THE SOLANA ECOSYSTEM
AI x Solana is gaining momentum.
10 projects worth keeping on your radar:
• AI4 - @SingulantChain
• DREAMS - @daydreamsagents
• ACE - @acedatacloud
• LSM - @elisymlabs
• CODEC - @codecopenflow
• EMBLEM - @EmblemVault
• PIE - @169Pi_ai
• NC - @nodepay_ai
• KLED - @useKled
• YNE - @yesnoerror
The AI narrative on Solana is one to watch.
Which project has the biggest potential? 👀
#Solana #AI
Sadia Halim retweeted
🚨HUGE NEWS FOR THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY!
The US OCC has reportedly finalised GENIUS Act rules covering stablecoin reserves, redemptions and custody, effective January 2027!
This could be a MASSIVE step towards institutional adoption as clearer rules mean greater confidence for banks, businesses and financial institutions to embrace stablecoins and blockchain payments.
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U.S. Bank Just Moved Real Dollars Across Borders on Stellar
U.S. Bank successfully executed a live cross-border treasury transfer over @StellarOrg using its native dollar-denominated asset, USBDC.
The institutional deployment routes liquidity between the depository institution’s corporate entities in North America and Europe.
The fifth-largest commercial lender in the United States achieved immediate transatlantic settlement finality while bypassing legacy SWIFT correspondent banking rails.
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Today, a16z Crypto is becoming a16z Frontier.
Since joining a16z in 2013, @cdixon has focused on technologies that look futuristic well before they reach the mainstream. Those themes led to investments in Oculus, Skydio, Zipline, Coinbase, Solana, and Uniswap.
Frontier expands that mandate beyond crypto to back "outer planet" founders who are building new technologies and creating markets that may take years to develop.
Chris joins @pmarca, @bhorowitz, and @eriktorenberg to discuss why crypto has become part of the broader tech landscape, why Frontier fills a hole in the firm's architecture, and why they'd rather be too early than too late.
They also get into why the gap between AI-native startups and incumbents is the widest Marc has ever seen, how AI could pull forward 20 years of frontier technology, why stablecoins may become the way AI agents pay each other, how AI is breaking the internet's business model, and why today's 18-year-olds are about to become superhumans.
0:50 Introducing a16z Frontier
2:49 Smartphone parts to drones and VR
4:47 Backing the "outer planets"
7:11 Good ideas that look like bad ideas
10:43 The JP Morgan photo in Marc's office
15:13 Good tech ideas eventually work
16:53 AI may pull tech 20 years forward
18:18 The widest AI gap Marc's ever seen
22:06 Workers adopt AI before companies do
26:32 Old use cases vs. AI-native ones
30:08 Beyond "product manager brain"
34:45 AI can reverse engineer any hardware
38:23 The case for open source AI
46:36 How AI breaks the internet's model
49:11 VR, homebrew hacking, multiplayer AI
54:00 If you're 18, study "modern alchemy"
YouTube: youtu.be/-9XQMHhpypc
Not an offer or solicitation. None of the information herein should be taken as investment advice; Some of the companies mentioned are portfolio companies of a16z. Please see a16z.com/disclosures for more information. A list of investments made by a16z is available at a16z.com/portfolio.
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Financial services are going from analog to digital, and fast.
Galaxy Ventures' Mike Giampapa (@mgiampapa1) & Karta CEO Freddy Juez (@Freddyjuez) unpack the shifts rebuilding finance across infrastructure, markets and intelligence, and why now is a compelling moment for venture.
📅 Thurs, Oct. 29, 11:00–11:30 AM ET
Register here: hubs.li/Q04BKMRX0?utm_source…
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.@USComptroller Jonathan V. Gould: Today’s final rule advances @POTUS Trump’s and @SecScottBessent’s vision for American leadership in digital assets. We are providing a clear, practical framework for payment stablecoin innovation, with strong standards for reserve backing, redemption, and risk management. The OCC is drawing on its longstanding supervisory expertise to support responsible growth and innovation for this new industry. occ.gov/news-issuances/news-…
ALT OCC Advances U.S. Digital Asset Leadership with Final Rule to Implement GENIUS Act
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BREAKING: Trump-signed GENIUS Act gets its FIRST final stablecoin rule ahead of Jan 2027 implementation.
The OCC eases its approach to stablecoin rewards, dropping language that presumed certain third-party arrangements were unlawful.
Those rewards will now face case-by-case reviews, while issuers remain banned from directly paying interest.
The OCC is the first federal banking regulator to finalize rules under the law.
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🚨🗞️NEW: New York and Wyoming Join Forces on Crypto Regulation
Plus, the @USOCC signals its final GENIUS Act rules are coming by month-end, what to watch this week in macro and crypto, and the stories making headlines.
cryptoinamerica.com/p/new-yo…
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🚨 HUGE: Ripple Prime joins 50+ firms helping shape DTCC’s tokenization service launching this month.
DTCC’s depository subsidiary holds and services $114 TRILLION in securities, placing the initiative at the heart of traditional finance.
The service aims to bring eligible securities onchain, enabling faster settlement and more efficient collateral transfers.
Limited production trades were completed in July, paving the way for the planned October rollout.
