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The EU unveiled its largest sanctions package in two years, imposing a full ban on crypto providers and platforms established in Russia, and targeting stablecoin rails and the digital ruble. The measures also hit 20 Russian banks and third‑country institutions tied to Russia’s SPFS network, underscoring how digital-asset infrastructure is now a core focus of sanctions enforcement. For EU participants, new prohibitions extend to dealing with Russian/Belarusian DeFi platforms and stablecoin services, raising compliance risk across cross‑border flows.

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Britain’s FCA proposed removing the mandatory seven‑day gap before connected IPO research can be published and ending equal‑access rules for unconnected analysts. The regulator says the 2018 regime added cost and market risk without delivering better outcomes, and the rollback aims to simplify execution and improve competitiveness for London’s primary markets. While faster timetables would favor bank-led coverage, it could further squeeze independent research, a trade‑off issuers and investors will weigh.

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With roughly 18 months to go, DTCC called on European firms to move from planning to implementation for T+1 settlement. Unlike the U.S., Europe’s fragmented landscape—multiple venues, CCPs, CSDs and currencies—raises coordination risk across the post‑trade chain. Firms that automate allocations, confirmations and matching, and de‑risk counterparty dependencies now will be best placed to meet tighter funding and operational windows.

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Western Union plans to roll out USDPT on Solana next month, initially for agent settlements in select corridors, shifting portions of its cross‑border flows from correspondent banking to 24/7 tokenized rails. The move brings a top global remitter into blockchain-based settlement, targeting faster finality and lower costs while keeping consumer UX and compliance within existing controls—another proof point for stablecoins as institutional plumbing.

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Paris‑based Lise (Lightning Stock Exchange) closed what it calls the first IPO on a natively tokenized, fully regulated market, with issuance, matching and settlement on a single DLT layer in real time. Using regulated deposit tokens for cash settlement, the venue eliminates T+2 lag and enables 24/7 trading, signaling tokenization’s shift from pilots to production for primary markets—even for traditional industrial issuers.

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Juniper Research projects B2B stablecoin transactions will surge from $13.4B in 2026 to $5T by 2035, with 85% of value tied to cross‑border treasury, supplier payments, and settlement. The report cites correspondent banking inefficiencies and 24/7 on‑chain finality as catalysts, urging issuers and PSPs to prioritize enterprise integrations and treasury partnerships to capture the shift.

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Porvenir, the country’s biggest pension administrator, launched a retirement product with exposure to BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, bringing BTC into regulated savings channels at accessible minimums. The move highlights growing institutional adoption in Latin America and underscores ETFs as the preferred route for pensions seeking crypto exposure without direct custody.

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