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Money & Markets
S&P Global acquires OpenZeppelin, the smart-contract security standard underpinning $37 trillion in transfers and 8 of the top 10 stablecoins—creating what amounts to a credit rating for code as tokenized finance enters its institutional era.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
The SEC is moving toward an exemptive framework for tokenized securities that would allow tokenized stocks to trade under specific conditions — but the proposal includes a 30-day issuer veto window that reveals the real power dynamic: decentralized technology, centralized control.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Two September partnerships with Stablecore and Moov put Coinbase's rails inside 4,000-plus community banks and credit unions—and the real story is who controls the distribution layer.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Sam Altman's financial super app launches in 150+ countries with World ID verification at its core, creating the first identity-to-payment pipeline in stablecoin infrastructure—and a regulatory paradox that could define its reach.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
By becoming the first tokenization platform to join DTCC's Fund/SERV, Ondo is not trying to replace the plumbing of the US mutual fund industry. It is installing itself inside it.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
While US policy debates focus on legislative battles, actual settlement infrastructure is expanding to emerging markets where currency volatility creates the strongest demand for dollar-stable rails. Circle's Africa partnerships and OKX liquidity integration are institutional bridges into markets that leapfrog correspondent banking.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
After the CLARITY Act's failure, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is building the regulatory infrastructure for stablecoin issuers on a concrete timeline – and 40 charter applications are already in the pipeline.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
GrokBot, Muse, and Siri AI all sell persistence. But the architecture of each system determines who actually controls the memory when the session ends – and the differences are deeper than the marketing suggests.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
A $2.3 billion stablecoin, a $1.25 billion prime broker acquisition, and a pending OCC charter. Ripple is betting that owning the pipes matters more than choosing who guards them.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Twelve institutional heavyweights—from BlackRock to DTCC to Visa—are now securing Circle's new blockchain. That composition is the story, not the technology.
◆ Nolan Pratt
