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Weekly Brief

A free weekly briefing on stablecoins, tokenization and institutional adoption.

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Issue 201

201: Interest by another name

The OCC leaves room for stablecoin rewards, SoFi pays 4.40% on a bank token, 16 companies reject tokenized trading and banks take custody in-house.

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Issue 200

200: "If the AI Trade Breaks, Bitcoin Is a Generational Buy"

BNY settles a tokenized Treasury in minutes, big banks back deposit tokens, Visa and Mastercard ship stablecoin payouts and the EU takes on USDC.

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Issue 199

199: Samsung x USDC

Circle adds Aave borrowing, regulators propose crypto rules without Congress, Samsung plans USDC transfers and Ripple expands prime brokerage.

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Issue 198

198: Who gets the stablecoin interest {{first_name}}?

Open USD launches with partner rewards, Citi plans stablecoin payments, Korea proposes token rules and Roughrider goes live through Fiserv.

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Issue 197

197: BlackRock models, Ondo tokens

SoFi begins stablecoin card settlement, NYSE pursues Blockchain.com distribution, Ondo launches BlackRock-strategy portfolio tokens, and the ECB opens Pontes.

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Issue 196

196: The SEC said five years

The Senate killed the Clarity Act 49-50. Two days later the SEC gave tokenized stock venues a five-year exemption. And Deutsche Bank launches digital asset custody.

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Issue 195

195: Nasdaq’s $100M Kraken bet

Stablecoins and tokenized stocks: Nasdaq's Payward deal, U.S. Bank's USBDC pilot, Circle's Tazapay agreement and the Clarity vote.

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Issue 190

190: Western Union ships a stablecoin card

Mastercard closed BVNK, Western Union shipped a stablecoin card, Visa opened stablecoin payouts, and Circle's numbers explain why: volume is exploding while the float lags far behind.

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Issue 141

141: Who Prints the Dollar?

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Issue 140

140: Centralized wins

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Issue 139

139: Crypto’s $8T unlock

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Issue 138

138: PayPal, Coinbase, Circle

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Issue 137

137: Goldman goes onchain

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Issue 136

136: Citi’s stablecoin

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Issue 135

#135: US bank bets on Bitcoin

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Issue 134

134: Goldman invests in Layer 1

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Issue 133

133: Kraken vs. Paypal

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Issue 132

132: J.P. Morgan launches a stablecoin (sort of)

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Issue 131

131: Stripe x Shopify x Privy =

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Issue 130

130: Circle IPOs, Jamie bends and Wall Street buys in

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