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Felix Pago’s $200M Series B: a16z Validates Stablecoin Rails for LatAm Immigrants

The WhatsApp-native remittance startup's raise is the first major stablecoin-native funding for a specific demographic corridor—and the infrastructure blueprint it reveals is replicable.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 2

Money & Markets

RedStone Settle Gives NYLIM’s $838B Tokenized Bond Fund Instant Onchain Exits

RedStone Settle's Dutch auction mechanism collapses T+3 settlement into T+0 liquidity for tokenized credit markets.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 1

Money & Markets

LSE Partners With Kraken to Bring UK Equities Onchain—Excluding British Investors

The London Stock Exchange's partnership with Payward marks tokenization's move into institutional equity infrastructure, but the regulatory gap between global access and local exclusion reveals the real tension.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 1

Money & Markets

21 Major Banks Are Building a Stablecoin. The GENIUS Act Is Why.

Twenty-one major banks are building a joint stablecoin, and the GENIUS Act's regulatory framework is the catalyst that made it possible.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 1

Money & Markets

Anchorage’s USDGO Rewards Program Tests the GENIUS Act’s Yield Prohibition Through a Separate-Entity Structure

Anchorage's USDGO rewards program tests the GENIUS Act's yield prohibition through a dual-entity structure that separates the stablecoin issuer from the rewards distributor.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 1

Money & Markets

OSL Group’s H1 2026 Results: 88% of Revenue Now Comes From Stablecoin Payments

The Hong Kong-listed firm has pivoted from crypto trading to become the world's largest B2B stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, with USDGO circulation surging 24x in six months.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 1

Money & Markets

NYSE Dual-Vendor Strategy Signals Institutional Shift in Tokenized Securities

The ICE-tZERO partnership secures critical IP for the exchange giant, even as its chosen transfer agents remain locked in patent litigation.

◆ Nolan PrattAug 31

Money & Markets

Revolut Launched a Euro Stablecoin to 80 Million Customers. The Real Story Is Who Controls the Distribution.

The $115 billion fintech is the first major consumer platform to issue a custom euro stablecoin, replacing USDT with a MiCA-compliant token issued by Stripe-owned Bridge. The move signals a shift from issuer-first to distribution-first stablecoin strategy.

◆ Nolan PrattAug 31

Money & Markets

LayerZero’s ‘Headless Exchange’ Arrives With Citadel, DTCC, and ICE Looking On. The Infrastructure Race Just Got More Crowded.

ATLAS collapses matching, clearing, and settlement into a single blockchain-native stack. The world's largest market maker is already collaborating. Whether the custodians of legacy market structure follow is the $16 trillion question.

◆ Nolan PrattAug 31

Money & Markets

From Pilot to Plumbing: DTCC Readies Tokenization for October Launch

With over 50 institutional heavyweights now aligned on a unified infrastructure, the DTCC is moving beyond experimental proofs-of-concept to formalize tokenized settlement for global markets.

◆ Nolan PrattAug 30