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Kyobo Life and SBI Wrap Up Korea-Japan Stablecoin Pilot
Kyobo Life and SBI Group completed a Canton Network-based cross-border stablecoin settlement pilot, testing direct yen-to-won exchange without using the US dollar as an intermediary. Launched in July, the trial simulated the full institutional process—fund transfers, FX conversion, settlement, tracking, and reconciliation—though no real stablecoins or institutional funds were used. Kyobo Life called it the first end-to-end cross-border institutional stablecoin test by a Korean insurer, with both sides planning to further connect digital asset trading, settlement, and asset management across the two markets.
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Franklin Templeton's XRP ETF Draws Fresh $3.5 Million
Franklin Templeton's spot XRP ETF, XRPZ, pulled in about $3.5 million in net inflows on September 16, making it the only XRP fund to post positive flows that day, with cumulative net inflows reaching roughly $483 million. The inflows came as XRP tumbled after the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, falling about 10% from around $1.42 on September 14 to roughly $1.28 on September 15 before recovering slightly to near $1.30. XRP is down about 6.7% over the past week and about 30.1% over the past month.
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What Is the Aave RWA Hub? How Institutions Can Borrow Stablecoins Against Tokenized Assets on Avalanche
Aave plans to launch a dedicated RWA Hub on Avalanche, letting qualified institutions borrow stablecoins using tokenized financial assets as collateral. Built on Aave V4 (due July 2026) and its Hub-and-Spoke architecture, the market gives institutional-grade RWA collateral its own risk, oracle, custody, and eligibility rules instead of sharing a model with crypto-native assets like ETH and AVAX. USA₮ is expected to serve as the main dollar liquidity asset, but the collateral list and launch date remain unconfirmed—and tokenization does not remove issuer, custody, liquidity, legal, or valuation risks.
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Ondo Becomes First Tokenization Firm to Join DTCC's Fund/SERV Network
Ondo Finance's US-registered broker-dealer, Oasis Pro Markets, has become the first tokenization company to join DTCC's Fund/SERV network. Fund/SERV handles over 85% of US mutual fund transactions, connecting fund companies, wealth platforms, and distributors through a unified system for trade confirmation, reconciliation, allocation, and regulatory reporting. The move is expected to reduce the need for separate technical integrations between Oasis Pro and distributors, and help its tokenized investment products reach the market through existing DTCC infrastructure.
2026-09-16
Circle Launches Arc Mainnet with BlackRock, DTCC, and Visa as Validators
Circle has officially launched the Arc mainnet, a Layer 1 blockchain built for payments, trading, and "agentic economic activity," attracting over 100 institutional and ecosystem partners on day one. Founding validators include BlackRock, DTCC, ICE, Mastercard, Visa, Standard Chartered, and SBI Group. Circle completed the ARC genesis mint this week, generating 10 billion tokens, but stressed this does not represent a commitment to a public ARC offering. USDC serves as the chain's gas token, with roughly $74 billion in circulation. Arc uses a permissioned validator model and supports optional post-quantum signatures.
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Circle's Arc Mainnet Goes Live with USDC as Gas Token
Circle launched the Arc mainnet on September 16, a Layer 1 network using USDC as its native gas asset with deterministic sub-second finality and EVM compatibility. It supports 22 fiat stablecoins and natively integrates tokenized funds including BUIDL, USYC, JAAA, and JTRSY. Eleven institutions, among them BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, Mastercard, and Standard Chartered, serve as initial validators. Circle completed a 10 billion ARC genesis mint but says no public token sale has occurred, following a prior private sale of 807.5 million ARC for $242.2 million.
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Bitwise Is Shutting Down Its Dogecoin ETF — Access Was Never the Issue
Bitwise filed with the SEC on September 10 to liquidate and close its Dogecoin ETF (BWOW), with the last trading day expected around October 14 and cash distributions to remaining shareholders on October 22. The fund holds just $722,000 in net assets, roughly 8.2 million DOGE. US Dogecoin funds saw zero net flows on 166 of 199 trading days, with cumulative volume around $300 million — far below Zcash products at $1.5 billion and Hyperliquid-related products at $2.1 billion. Bitwise says the closure is part of product line optimization, while its Hyperliquid fund continues to attract buyers. The article argues the problem isn't access — it's lack of demand.
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NYSE-Listed Broadridge Brings Crypto Platform to U.S. Wealth Firms
Broadridge, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is expanding its digital asset platform to U.S. wealth management firms, enabling broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, and wealth managers to integrate cryptocurrencies and tokenized securities into their existing traditional investment systems. Anchorage Digital and Galaxy Digital are providing initial custody, wallet, liquidity, and market infrastructure support. The platform supports cryptocurrencies as well as tokenized stocks, funds, and private assets, and its DLR platform processes over $351 billion in tokenized real-world assets daily. The U.S. expansion follows a similar service launch in Canada in April this year.
2026-09-15
BabyDoge Acquires LimeWire in Creator-Focused Expansion
BabyDoge has acquired internet file-sharing brand LimeWire for an undisclosed sum. Co-founders Julian and Paul Zehetmayr are stepping down, with Abel Czupor taking the helm. The platform will pivot toward creator ownership, decentralized storage, and AI content tools, while LMWR remains the native utility token for decentralized file storage and AI tool access. LimeWire currently has about 8 million monthly active users, and BabyDoge's community exceeds 3 million. Czupor frames BabyDoge as a DAO-style supporter rather than a traditional parent company.
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CoinEx Is Shutting Down: What Users Must Do Before Withdrawals Close
CoinEx is winding down after nine years, citing a prolonged market slump, falling trading activity and liquidity, and rising compliance costs. The shutdown unfolds in stages: new registrations stop and futures and other services are restricted from September 15, 2026; all non-spot services end September 22; spot trading halts and non-USDT asset handling begins September 29; and the final withdrawal deadline is December 22, 2026. September 29 matters more than the final date, since non-USDT holdings may be forcibly converted to USDT afterward, leaving users unable to withdraw in the original coin. CET will be bought back at a fixed 0.005 USDT per token.
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