JUST IN: 🇯🇵 $15 trillion BlackRock partners with Japan’s SBI and Startale to explore connecting tokenized investment funds with a Japanese yen stablecoin.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Ripple secures full approval from the OCC to operate as a national trust bank in the US.

⚡️DAILY RECAP⚡️ • 🇺🇸 Anthropic officially files to go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker $ANT. • 🇺🇸 CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the agency is working on new rules to let crypto exchanges register directly with US regulators. • 🇺🇸 US banking regulator OCC urges American banks to explore issuing their own stablecoins. • 🇨🇦 Canada releases new draft stablecoin regulations requiring 1:1 reserves and maintaining its proposed ban on interest payments. • Crypto hardware wallet maker Keystone reports a security breach and plans to destroy 18,835 wallets. • Ripple launches new AI-powered tools to help businesses manage money and process payments using $RLUSD. • 🇧🇷 Brazil’s stock market crashes 18% following President Lula’s unexpected election victory.

JUST IN: 🇨🇦 Canada releases new draft stablecoin regulations requiring 1:1 reserves and maintaining its proposed ban on interest payments to holders.

JUST IN: Ripple launches new AI-powered tools that help businesses manage money, process payments, and earn returns on $RLUSD 24/7.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC Chair Mike Selig says they’re working on new rules to let crypto exchanges register directly with the US government.

JUST IN: Crypto hardware wallet maker Keystone says hackers stole customer data and a device verification key. The company will destroy 18,835 wallets and suspend shipments over security concerns.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US banking regulator OCC urges American banks to explore issuing their own stablecoins.

JUST IN: 🇧🇷 Brazil’s stock market crashes 18%, its worst daily decline in 36 years. This comes after President Lula unexpectedly won Brazil’s presidential election.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Anthropic officially files to go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker $ANT.

JUST IN: Tom Lee's BitMine $BMNR buys 10,452 Ethereum worth $24 million. Total holdings now stand at 6.05M $ETH valued at $15 billion, equaling 4.99% of total supply.

JUST IN: Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive $ASST buys 6,182 Bitcoin worth $511 million. They now hold a total of 43,000 $BTC valued at $3.5 billion.

⚡️DAILY RECAP⚡️ • 🇪🇺 ECB plans to test the digital euro in 2027, with a potential launch in 2029 to reduce reliance on Visa and Mastercard. • 🇰🇷 South Korea plans to delay its 22% crypto profits tax until 2029 for the fourth time. • 🇱🇻 Latvia plans to introduce new rules for tokenizing real-world assets in 2027. • Binance founder CZ predicts AI agents will replace credit cards with crypto payments, increasing crypto transactions by 1,000,000x. • 🇺🇸 Mastercard praises Ripple’s $RLUSD stablecoin during an XRP Ledger event in New York.

⚡️KEY EVENTS TO WATCH NEXT WEEK: Monday: • 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US stock markets reopens amid renewed US-Iran tensions and surging oil prices. Tuesday: • 🇺🇸 US Consumer Confidence data. Wednesday: • 🇺🇸 Federal Reserve interest rate decision + Kevin Warsh press conference. • 🇺🇸 $MSFT and $GOOGL earnings. Thursday: • 🇺🇸 US PCE inflation + Q3 GDP data. • 🇪🇺 European Central Bank interest rate decision. • 🇺🇸 $AMZN earnings. Friday: • 🇯🇵 Bank of Japan interest rate decision. • 🇪🇺 Eurozone Q3 GDP data. • 🇺🇸 US wage inflation data. I will cover the developments that actually matter and break down what they mean for markets.

JUST IN: 🇪🇺 ECB to test the digital euro in 2027, with a potential launch in 2029 to reduce Europe’s reliance on Visa and Mastercard.

JUST IN: Binance founder CZ predicts AI agents will replace credit cards with crypto payments, increasing crypto transactions by 1,000,000x.

JUST IN: 🇱🇻 Latvia plans to introduce new rules for tokenizing real-world assets in 2027.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Mastercard praises Ripple’s $RLUSD stablecoin during an XRP Ledger event in New York.

JUST IN: 🇰🇷 South Korea to postpone its 22% crypto profits tax until 2029, marking the fourth delay since 2020.

⚡️DAILY RECAP⚡️ • 🇮🇱 Israel’s central bank rejects Netanyahu’s plan to use crypto to evade sanctions. • $BTC falls below $80,000 and $ETH nears $2,300, with over $500 million in long liquidations amid growing US-Iran tensions. • 🇺🇸🇦🇪 President Trump, World Liberty Financial, and Steve Witkoff sued over alleged illegal profits tied to a $2 billion UAE-linked crypto deal. • 🇺🇸 $1.7 trillion Franklin Templeton clears final hurdle to launch two ETFs that turn stock dividends into Bitcoin. • 🇸🇪 Sweden’s central bank urges lawmakers to reconsider launching a digital currency amid growing stablecoin competition. • Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicts AI agents will generate $5 trillion in global commerce by 2030.