The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted World Liberty Trust Company preliminary conditional approval for a national trust bank charter on 14 August 2026. The Trump-family-linked firm would issue the USD1 stablecoin and hold digital assets, pending final approval.
Only nine of about 23 authorised euro stablecoin issuers in the European Union hold the licences needed to custody their own tokens. The other 14 cannot offer custody, limiting their business services under MiCA rules.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation completed a four-hour trial of blockchain-based tokenized securities last month with more than 40 financial institutions. Bloomberg disclosed the results this week, as DTCC targets a full-service launch in October 2026.
MSCI has proposed index rules that could remove Strategy, Metaplanet, and uranium holder Yellow Cake from its Global Investable Market Indexes. Feedback closes on 30 September 2026, with any changes taking effect no earlier than the November 2026 review.