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APPLY: The Digital Chamber's DC Blockchain Summit 2026 |
The Digital Chamber's State Network Microgrants Program provides targeted funding to help state organizations lead locally driven blockchain policy initiatives. Grantees will receive $2,000, Summit access, and a platform to showcase their work. Organizations working in this space are encouraged to apply. The initiative is all about empowering trusted local partners to advance meaningful blockchain education and policy dialogue in their states. Apply Now Here: bit.ly/GRANTAPPLY
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SEC & CFTC Launch Project Crypto |
The initiative to develop rules is an outcome of last week's harmonization forum with SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Michael Selig.
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Senate Ag Markup Passes Along Party Lines |
The crypto market structure bill was advanced by a 12-11 party-line vote. A markup of the Senate Banking Committee bill is still stalled.
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Today: White House is hosting a meeting between bank and crypto industry leaders to negotiate digital asset legislation |
SEC Guidance on Tokenized Securities |
Last week, SEC staff from the Divisions of Corporate Finance, Investment Management, and Trading & Markets released a joint statement clarifying how existing securities laws apply to tokenized securities. A big takeaway is that tokenization does not necessarily change a security’s regulatory status.
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What We're Reading & Writing |
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Today, Monday, Feb 2: Crypto and bank organizations set to hash out stablecoin rewards at White House summit, which will include representatives from Kraken, Coinbase, Ripple, The Digital Chamber, the Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association. - The Block
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- The Crypto CEO Who’s Become Enemy No. 1 on Wall Street. Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong is clashing with Jamie Dimon and other bank stewards over the future of finance. - WSJ
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Senate Ag advances crypto bill along party lines. The party-line vote came after months of negotiations between Sens. John Boozman and Cory Booker failed to produce a bipartisan deal. - POLITICO
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U.S. banks may lose $500 billion to stablecoins by 2028, Standard Chartered warns. - Reuters
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Digitizing Money Is A Global Trend
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Cleve Mesidor's latest Forbes article explores tokenization as a central theme at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. With a focus on Brazil, UAE, African continent, and U.S., article highlights that there is much work still to be done. Fragmented regulations, liquidity concerns, jurisdictional roadblocks, lack of market structure are just a few of the hurdles to overcome.
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