Weekly diff
What changed · 2026-W43
19 October 2026 – 25 October 2026
Database diff: snapshot 2026-10-22 → 2026-10-24 (first recorded week: compared with the earliest snapshot).
Status move (3)
- HSBC Hong Kong stablecoin (HSBC RedCoin): commercial Announced / exploring → Live — commercial, within explicit scope (2026-10-23). HSBC RedCoin (RCHKD) available from today on PayMe by HSBC; over 3.3 million PayMe users able to activate a wallet in the coming days. ↗
- SoFi Earn (SOFIE) consumer tokenized deposit: commercial → Live — commercial, within explicit scope (2026-10-22). Launch announced; rolling out to SoFi Crypto members now through November. ↗
- JPM Coin (JPMD) USD deposit token on public blockchains: technical → Live — restricted / specific counterparties (2026-10-19). Scope change: extended to Ethereum, its second public blockchain (status unchanged). ↗
New in tracker (33)
- BNY Digital Asset Custody (US; EU under MiCA) — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- Openbank retail crypto trading (Germany, Spain) — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- Standard Chartered digital asset custody (DIFC, UAE) — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- Zodia Custody (SC Ventures / Northern Trust) — UK — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- SBI VC Trade USDC handling (first Japanese EPI exchange registration) — Pilot / proof of concept
- Inter crypto trading via B3 Digitas — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- SoFi Earn (SOFIE) consumer tokenized deposit — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- Qivalis: bank-consortium MiCA euro stablecoin — Announced / exploring
- UBS Tokenize: uMINT tokenized money market fund — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- U.S. Bank bitcoin custody for institutional investment managers — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- PNC Private Bank direct spot bitcoin trading (Coinbase CaaS) — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- A$DC Australian-dollar stablecoin — Pilot / proof of concept
- Project Acacia: tokenised term deposit settled with a stablecoin — Pilot / proof of concept
- Three-megabank jointly issued yen stablecoin (trust-type, PSA) — Announced / exploring
- Crypto custody and trading for corporate clients (with Crypto Finance) — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- State Street Digital Asset Platform — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- HSBC Gold Token (HSBC Orion) for retail customers — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- FINMA banking and securities dealer licence (digital asset bank) — Approved / authorised
- FINMA-licensed digital asset bank (formerly SEBA) — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- Group-wide digital asset services with Bitpanda Enterprise (CEE) — Developing / partnership established
- Deliverable spot bitcoin and ether trading for institutional clients — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- Nubank in-app crypto trading (with Paxos) — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- Bitcoin and ether trading with own custody in the íon app — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- Stablecoin settlement for cross-border payments and remittances (with Lightnet) — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
- Ringgit tokenised deposits for payments (BNM DAIH) — Pilot / proof of concept
- Tokenised deposits for settlement of tokenised securities (BNM DAIH) — Pilot / proof of concept
- Ringgit stablecoin for B2B settlement with Capital A (BNM DAIH) — Pilot / proof of concept
- Crypto custody for corporate clients (with Bitpanda) — Developing / partnership established
- Bitcoin and ether trading on Bolero (MiCA CASP notification) — Announced / exploring
- Sterling tokenised deposits on Canton Network (tokenised gilt purchase) — Live — restricted / specific counterparties
- FSCA crypto asset service provider licence (FAIS Category I) — Approved / authorised
- Execution-only access to a bitcoin ETP (CoinShares) — Announced / exploring
- Bitcoin and ether ETPs for customers in Sweden — Live — commercial, within explicit scope
New deadline (9)
- 2026-02-06 · Consultation on payment instrument institution and crypto-institution licences closes (Switzerland)
- date pending · BNM intends to provide greater clarity on the use of ringgit stablecoins and tokenised deposits (APAC)
- 2026-06-30 · MiCA transitional period for crypto-asset service providers in Sweden expired (EU)
- 2023-06-01 · Cabinet orders enforcing the 2022 Payment Services Act amendments (stablecoin framework) take effect (APAC)
- 2021-08-01 · Federal Act on the Adaptation of Federal Law to Developments in Distributed Electronic Register Technology fully in force (Switzerland)
- 2018-05-14 · Thailand's digital asset business law (token offerings, exchanges, brokers, dealers) in force (APAC)
- 2022-10-19 · Crypto assets declared a financial product under the FAIS Act (gazetted) (Africa)
- 2023-11-30 · End of the period in which existing crypto asset providers had to apply for a FAIS licence to rely on the transitional exemption (Africa)
- 2025-09-30 · Firms operating before 30 Dec 2024 had to apply to Finansinspektionen for MiCA authorisation by this date to keep operating during the transition (EU)
Verified item (6)
- 2026-10-23 · HSBC RedCoin launches today (HSBC Hong Kong)
- 2026-10-23 · Bank Negara Malaysia and Bank of Thailand join MAS-led BLOOM initiative on cross-border settlement in digital money (Monetary Authority of Singapore)
- 2026-10-22 · SoFi Launches SoFi Earn (SOFIE), the First and Only National Bank-Issued Tokenized Deposit for Consumers (SoFi Technologies (via Business Wire on Nasdaq.com))
- 2026-10-21 · OCC Advances U.S. Digital Asset Leadership with Final Rule to Implement GENIUS Act (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency)
- 2026-10-21 · Standard Chartered: Rethinking controls for institutional stablecoin adoption (Standard Chartered)
- 2026-10-19 · JPM Coin deposit token goes live on Ethereum (J.P. Morgan)
Added to database (6)
- Bank Negara Malaysia onboards three ringgit stablecoin and tokenised deposit initiatives to its Digital Asset Innovation Hub (published 2026-02-11)
- Swiss Federal Council opens consultation on new licences for stablecoin issuers and crypto-institutions (published 2025-10-22)
- Sweden's MiCA transition period has ended: only authorised crypto firms may now serve Swedish customers (published 2026-07-01)
- South Africa's FSCA has approved 310 of 533 crypto asset service provider licence applications (published 2026-04-15)
- Japan's three megabanks complete proof-of-concept for a jointly issued yen stablecoin (published 2026-10-16)
- Riksbank asks Riksdag to start preparing digital krona legislation, citing digital euro and stablecoins (published 2026-10-15)