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MSCI will assess companies with substantial non-operating assets using operating-asset, expense, cash-flow, valuation and capital-raising tests. Companies flagged on four of five tests become ineligible, although existing constituents must fail across their two latest annual periods. JPMorgan previously estimated Strategy could face US$2.8 billion in passive outflows if removed from MSCI indices. MSCI will publish affected companies on 11 November 2026, with index changes taking effect after the close on 30 November. MSCI has adopted new index eligibility rules which could put companies like Michael Saylor’s Strategy at risk of dropping out of MSCI indices. MSCI’s new rule applies to…
Aave’s proposed native Bitcoin lending market would keep collateral in Bitcoin while borrowing wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) to pay outside liquidators immediately. Suppliers financing those payouts would face any settlement shortfall without funded protection.The design in Babylon Labs’ Oct. 14 proposal separates fast liquidation from the slower redemption of Bitcoin collateral. Its open route draws WBTC from Aave’s shared liquidity pool, called a Hub, until a permissioned buyer takes over the vault.A direct keeper route lets an authorized operator finance repayment and redeem the BTC itself.The Aave Request for Comment lists feedback, a conditional Snapshot vote, and an eventual on-chain proposal…
ASIC opened consultation on 15 October on standards and guidance for crypto exchanges and tokenised custody platforms. Two of three capital options would require exchanges holding client assets themselves to keep AU$14 million in net tangible assets. The new regime starts on 8 April 2027, and submissions on the proposals close on 27 November. Crypto exchanges that hold customers’ coins themselves could need AU$14 million (US$9.66 million) in net tangible assets under rules the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposed on Thursday. The figure sits in Consultation Paper 392, ASIC’s draft standards and guidance for the Corporations Amendment (Digital…
Binance announced covered-call and cash-secured-put strategies on Oct. 15, allowing eligible stock-options customers to collect premiums while committing shares or USDC to a potential assignment.For put sellers, assignment means having to buy the underlying shares at the agreed price, even if their market value has fallen.A cash-secured put seller receives a premium for accepting that purchase obligation, and the agreed purchase price is the strike price. If the stock falls sharply, the premium offsets only part of the loss from buying at a price above the market.A covered-call seller commits shares already held and must sell them at the strike…
Treasury opened consultation on 15 October on draft legislation to bring the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework into Australian law. A domestic regime would require crypto service providers to report Australian residents’ transactions to the ATO from 1 July 2027. The draft also widens the Common Reporting Standard to e-money products, central bank digital currencies and crypto derivatives. Australian crypto platforms would have to report their customers’ trades and transfers to the Australian Taxation Office under draft laws Treasury released for consultation on Thursday. The Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2026: Tax Information Reporting would also bring the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework,…
Ripple Prime launched RWA swaps giving institutional clients 24/7 exposure to more than 100 traditional financial markets through Hyperliquid-linked futures. Virtu is among the clients using the new swaps, with Ripple Prime acting as the institutional counterparty. Cross River Bank integrated RLUSD and XRPL into its banking infrastructure to support faster intraday settlement. Transak added native RLUSD support on XRPL, expanding access to regulated dollar settlement across its payments network. There’s a lot happening at Ripple, the San Francisco-based company closely associated with XRP, the fifth-largest crypto asset. Ripple introduces 24/7 swaps referencing Hyperliquid futures, an RLUSD partnership and fresh…
Crypto’s third-quarter rebound in 2026 came with weaker spot trading at major centralized exchanges, even as the dollar value of open perpetual futures positions expanded, according to data provider CoinGecko’s quarterly report.Total crypto market capitalization gained 39.6% during July through September, finishing at about $2.96 trillion after ending the second quarter near $2.1 trillion. Yet the report’s top-10 spot exchanges handled $1.65 trillion in quarterly turnover, down 14.2% from $1.93 trillion in the second quarter.Meanwhile, dollar open interest at its top-10 perpetual exchanges rose 40.6% over the third quarter and closed September above $100 billion. Recovering valuations were accompanied by…
Three Canadian Armed Forces members are among seven men facing 82 criminal charges following the alleged armed kidnapping of a crypto exchange owner in Toronto, police said in an Oct. 14 update.Investigators allege the victim was targeted as he approached his vehicle in the Finch Avenue East and Bayview Avenue area on July 25. He was abducted at gunpoint, handcuffed, and assaulted.The suspects allegedly tried to gain access to cryptocurrency assets and business-related security systems. Police said the victim was later released after threats and a warning not to report the incident to police.Police have not identified the exchange or…
Ledger unveiled an $849 crypto device with new anti-tamper protections as it investigated coordinated thefts involving modified hardware wallets.On Oct. 15, the French crypto wallet maker introduced Ledger Atom, which is a mobile device that combines everyday apps with hardware-protected crypto transactions. The company is accepting refundable $100 deposits for a Founders Edition priced at $849, with deliveries targeted for 2027.The launch coincides with Ledger’s investigation into an organized criminal operation that secretly modified genuine hardware wallets before returning them to reseller distribution channels. The attackers allegedly captured customers’ recovery phrases and used them to drain cryptocurrency holdings in a…
President Donald Trump’s crypto agenda has lost a White House negotiator as Patrick Witt confirms his departure and the administration’s flagship digital-asset legislation remains stalled in Congress.On Oct. 15, Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Crypto Council, confirmed his departure after nearly two years in the administration, leaving the government for an undisclosed private-sector role.In a farewell statement, Witt described his government service as the privilege of a lifetime, thanked Trump and Sacks for their leadership, and highlighted his role in advancing the administration’s cryptocurrency agenda.He pointed to the passage of the GENIUS Act, which established federal rules…