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JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japan’s parliament passed amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, legally classifying cryptocurrencies as financial products 🚀 https://t.co/d4Fj9H6eKr ...

RT Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru)JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japan officially passes law recognizing crypto as "financial assets." ...

🇺🇸 NEW: DTCC is tokenizing Microsoft, Circle, SPY, QQQ, and U.S. Treasurys in a live pilot with nearly 40 Wall Street firms ahead of its planned October launch, according to the Wall Street Journal. https://t.co/C3e91OugPT ...

DTCC Launches Trial To Tokenize US Stocks And Treasuries With Wall Street GiantsThe Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (@The_DTCC) is initiating a landmark pilot to convert traditional shares and U.S. Treasuries into digital tokens, according to a Wall Street Journal report.The clearinghouse is coordinating with 40 financial institutions, including @JPMorgan, @BlackRock, @GoldmanSachs, and @Vanguard_Group, to test the settlement and storage of tokenized assets on a unified blockchain ledger.This trial repres ...

NEW: DTCC plans to launch a tokenized securities program in October, with nearly 40 firms including BlackRock, Vanguard, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs participating in an initial pilot, per WSJ.The trial will tokenize shares of Microsoft ($MSFT), Circle ($CRCL), Invesco QQQ Trust ($QQQ), State Street's SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($SPY) and iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF ($SHV). ...

DTCC Launches Tokenization Pilot for Microsoft, QQQ Shares and U.S. TreasuriesAccording to The Wall Street Journal, DTCC has launched a securities tokenization pilot with nearly 40 financial firms and technology providers, testing the tokenization of stocks and U.S. Treasuries. Assets involved include Microsoft, Circle, QQQ, SPY, short-term Treasury ETFs, and Treasuries of various maturities. Participants include BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Vanguard, and NYSE. DTCC plans to formally launch its token ...

Digital assets are the newest form of financial freedom for Americans.The Clarity Act is a step towards achieving that, and Congress needs to protect it rather than ignore it.The U.S. Senate has roughly 23 days remaining to pass the Clarity Act before lawmakers adjourn for the August 7 recess & legislative window closes.Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis):Financial freedom is an American value. Digital assets are its newest expression. Congress should be protecting that, not ignoring it. ...

Ecosystem Expansion and Media Integration - Claynosaurz has officially launched streaming content on Amazon Prime Video [1] - Solana ecosystem continues to accelerate development pace with diverse new project launches [1] Financial Services and Trading Infrastructure - JTX Trade has introduced spot markets for memes and tokenized equities, currently limited to 3 thousand user accounts [1] - Phoenix Trade has expanded leverage capabilities to 40x for BTC and 25x for SOL and ETH [1] - Morgan Stanley has submitted updated regulatory filings for a proposed Solana ETF ($MSOL) [1] Capital Allocation and Token Distribution - Pump.fun has executed a distribution of approximately 76 million USD worth of PUMP tokens to investor and team wallets [1]

South Korea Moves To Modernize Crypto Asset RulesSouth Korea is drafting a new law that would bring cryptocurrencies under its state asset management framework.The proposed National Asset Basic Act expands government asset oversight to include virtual assets and intellectual property.Officials say the overhaul is designed to modernize a system that has remained largely unchanged since 1950. ...