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Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group AG is bringing its digital assets division SDX in-house, ending the brand’s independent identity and merging its operations into the group’s main exchange and post-trade units. SIX Group, which runs the Swiss and Spanish stock exchanges, will move SDX’s trading, settlement, and custody work into its main business. SIX’s main exchange will handle trading, while settlement and custody will move to SIX Securities Services, its post-trade unit. SIX moves SDX trading and custody under the main exchange units Marco Kessler said, “We have seen a lot of innovation happen in the post-trade space, and…

Gespa, Switzerland’s gambling authority, has begun a preliminary probe into FIFA’s new “Right-to-Buy” blockchain collectibles, aiming to determine whether  the soccer governing body has complied with local gambling laws, according to a report from Bloomberg.  The “right-to-buy” (RTB) collectibles, offered via the FIFA Collect platform, provide users the option to purchase tickets to the upcoming 2026 World Cup to be hosted in North America. The collectibles are initially sold directly by FIFA, but can be resold on the secondary marketplace.  “Our mission is to bring fans closer to the game they love. By introducing Right-To-Buy on FIFA Collect, we are…

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SINGAPORE — The most important story in crypto right now is tokenization and it’s coming fast to disrupt traditional finance, according to Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev. Tenev told the crowd at the Token2049 conference in Singapore that tokenization is a “freight train” barreling toward the heart of traditional finance. “Crypto and traditional finance have been living in separate worlds, but they’ll fully merge. In the future, everything will be on-chain in some form, and the distinction will disappear,” he said. With Robinhood now offering tokenized stocks in Europe as well as private shares in some of the hottest non-public startups like…

In a regulatory decision with potential implications for decentralized networks, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a no-action letter on September 29, 2025, concerning DoubleZero’s 2Z token. The token is used to reward participants in a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN). The SEC confirmed it would not recommend enforcement action if DoubleZero proceeds with the token distribution model outlined in its legal submission. This decision marks the first time the SEC has publicly allowed a DePIN token to operate outside securities law. It also adds clarity on how function-based token rewards may differ from traditional investment offerings. DePIN…

Uniswap Labs announced on Monday, that it has acquired Guidestar, a stealth team focused on automated market maker (AMM) and routing technology. The move brings Guidestar’s engineers, including founder Alex Nezlobin, to strengthen research on advanced market design and execution. According to Uniswap Labs, the acquisition builds on Uniswap v4’s enhanced flexibility, which allows developers to tailor liquidity pools and market structures for a range of assets — from stablecoins and liquid staking tokens to real-world assets and long-tail tokens. Guidestar has been working to adapt AMMs to different market types and blockchain environments, including those using both priority ordering…

Co-founded by Vitalik Buterin and Xiao Feng, the initiative expands on Shanhaiwoo’s three-year experiment, offering a collaborative framework to drive Ethereum into its long-promised application phase. Summary Vitalik Buterin and HashKey’s Xiao Feng co-founded the Ethereum Applications Guild at Token2049. The initiative builds on Shanhaiwoo’s three-year experiment, focusing on structured collaboration across Ethereum. According to a press release dated Oct. 2, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and HashKey Group CEO Dr. Xiao Feng jointly initiated the Ethereum Applications Guild (EAG) during the Token2049 summit in Singapore. The founders frame the initiative as an open, conceptual framework designed to forge a structured…

The European Commission is reportedly drafting new rules that would grant ESMA greater supervision over cryptocurrency companies, instead of leaving it up to local regulators. Summary EU lawmakers are reportedly drafting reforms to give ESMA direct oversight of crypto firms, shifting authority away from national regulators. The proposal has sparked backlash from smaller EU states like Malta and Luxembourg, which fear losing regulatory autonomy and competitiveness. According to a report by the Financial Times, EU lawmakers want to transfer crypto oversight powers from national authorities to European Securities and Markets Authority. This move comes under a proposal to grant the…

ETHZilla CEO McAndrew Rudisill has revealed he made the decision to go all in on Ethereum after seeing its potential in the nearly trillion-dollar global remittance market. Two months later, his formerly floundering biotechnology company is now the eighth-largest public Ethereum treasury in the world. “Ethereum is effectively a gateway for money supply globally to transmit in US dollars,” ETHZilla CEO McAndrew Rudisill told Cointelegraph. The company began life as Life Sciences Corp, a Nasdaq-listed biotechnology firm, which rebranded as ETHZilla Corporation in July, shortly after the US President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law, aiming to establish…

Vietnam is planning to limit its crypto exchange pilot program to just five licensed operators, pointing to a cautious regulatory approach despite the country’s status as a global crypto adoption leader. The framework would allow for only five licensed exchanges to operate during the pilot as the Ministry of Finance develops detailed regulations for taxation, compliance, and operational standards, Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Duc Chi said at a government press conference on Monday, according to a VnEconomy report, a local media publication. Chi revealed the Ministry of Finance has not yet received formal proposals from businesses to participate in the…