The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a regulatory framework permitting investment advisers and registered funds to self-custody crypto assets under certain conditions, and allowing state-chartered trust companies to serve as custodians.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Regulation
Hyperliquid’s Policy Center urged inclusion of perpetual contracts under MiFID II; Circle objected to MiCA’s proposed minimum bank deposit requirement for stablecoin reserves in its formal consultation response.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Regulation
Co-author Jérôme de Tychey withdrew EIP-8363 after industry participants and core contributors deemed discussion of issuance mechanism changes inappropriate within the scope of the Hegota upgrade.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Project
Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders approved its merger with Evernorth, paving the way for Nasdaq listing; post-merger, the XRP Treasury Company will hold ~473 million XRP.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Project
NEAR Intents patched a smart contract vulnerability, but deposits and withdrawals remain suspended across 11 chains as of this report.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Project
Robinhood Wallet integrated Arcus’ RFQ system as a routing provider for stock token swaps, enabling eligible users to trade over 190 stock tokens.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Platform
Bitcoin spot ETFs ended a nine-day $3B inflow streak with a $149M net outflow; same-day Ethereum spot ETFs saw $59.6M outflow, including $26.6M from Fidelity’s FETH fund.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Data
Lloyds, part of HSBC, settled a $750,000 payment obligation to Visa using USDC in a seven-day real-time cross-border pilot.
Sources: [1] The Block · Category: Data
2026-10-02 · Content is generated by our pipeline with redaction and source backfill verification. Not investment advice.
