October 9, 2026
Standard Chartered plans to offer digital-asset custody services in Singapore, according to the bank's own announcement. The proposal is explicitly subject to regulatory approval, a condition also highlighted in CoinGape's report on the plan.
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Paxos is expanding its digital asset infrastructure to include XRP, rolling out the offering to its network of partners and giving those platforms the rails they need to bring XRP products to their own users.
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Russia has approved Sberbank, the country's largest state-owned bank, as a regulated crypto custodian authorized to hold Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether's USDT on behalf of clients, a significant step in Russia's push to bring digital assets under formal banking oversight.
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Selig's remarks underscore a recurring tension: the CFTC has been pressing Congress to deliver clear statutory authority over digital asset markets, but legislative action has repeatedly stalled.
Read story →October 5, 2026
Kraken's parent company Payward is integrating SGB-Net, a settlement network built on the Songbird blockchain, to enable instant finality for digital-asset trades, a move that puts pressure on crypto infrastructure to close the gap with traditional finance's clearing rails.
Read story →October 5, 2026
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to X to admit his team came up short in its push to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a rare public acknowledgment of a legislative stumble from one of crypto's most vocal policy advocates.
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