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Policy

Five Crypto Firms Win Initial Approvals as Trust Banks, Including Ripple, Circle, BitGo

The firms have obtained conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to convert into national trust banks.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse prepares to testify in the Senate (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Paxos Acquires Crypto Wallet Startup Fordefi to Expand Custody Services

The move aims to position Paxos to serve growing institutional demand for on-chain asset issuance and stablecoin payments.

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Paxos Fat-Fingers $300T of PayPal Stablecoin, Outpacing USD's $2.4T Supply

The supply deluge was quickly reversed with burn mechanism.

Statue fingers. (Couleur/Pixabay)

Opinion

Tether and Circle’s Dominance Is Being Put to the Test

The dominance of Tether and Circle, once seen as unshakable, is now facing its most formidable test yet, crypto product and strategy professional James Murrell argues.

Two male buffalo engaged in a standoff (Unsplash/ redcharlie/ Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Gold-Backed Tokens Hold Firm in $19B Crypto Rout, but Rally May Be Near Exhaustion

Gold-backed tokens have been a refuge for crypto investors, with year-to-date gains of over 50%, mirroring gold's historic rally.

Gold bars.

Finance

Aleo and Paxos Labs Launch Privacy-Focused Dollar Stablecoin Aimed at Institutions

The USAD token encrypts transaction data end-to-end, aiming to enable private, programmable digital dollars.

Paxos Labs co-founder Bhau Kotecha (Paxos Labs)

Markets

Tokenized Gold Market Nears $3B as Bullion Blasts to Fresh Record Highs

Tether's XAUT and Paxos' PAXG, the two largest gold-backed tokens, posted record monthly trading volumes in September as spot gold pushed above $3,800.

Gold bars (Planet Volumes/Unsplash)

Finance

PayPal's $1.3B Stablecoin Expands to 9 New Blockchains With LayerZero Integration

The interoperability protocol is introducing a permissionless version of the token to Aptos, Avalanche, Tron and several other chains.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Markets

Tokenized Gold Market Tops $2.5B as the Precious Metal Nears Record Highs

Gold-backed tokens XAUT and PAXG have surged to fresh highs in market capitalization as the metal trades near its April peak.

A gold bar (Scottsdale mint/Unsplash)

Policy

Paxos Applies for National Bank Trust Charter, Joining Stablecoin Issuers Circle, Ripple

The stablecoin issuer seeks to convert its New York Department of Financial Services license to federal oversight

Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)


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