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Money & Markets
The CLARITY Act faces a cloture vote it will likely lose. But Circle, Revolut, OpenReserve, and a 21-bank consortium have already mapped their buildouts onto OCC charters and GENIUS Act authority – and the January 2027 enforcement cliff is the only deadline that matters.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
The a16z-backed startup aims to bridge the Fedwire dead zone with a de novo charter that goes deeper than the trust bank wave – but the path to 24/7 atomic settlement requires clearing more than one regulatory hurdle.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
After a 2023 setback in California, the European neobank returns with a bank license that separates stablecoin issuance from distribution – a model the GENIUS Act was designed to enable.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Five days after Fed Chair Warsh omitted digital assets from his Jackson Hole keynote, NY Fed Director of Research Kartik Athreya published a direct engagement with stablecoin risks and deposit flight. The institution is speaking in two voices.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Every primary regulator missed the July 2026 rulemaking deadline. The January 18, 2027 enforcement date did not move. The industry is now operating compliance-by-NPRM.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
A pending lawsuit in the Southern District of New York challenges the legality of Tether's asset-freezing practices, centering on the timeline between informal requests and formal judicial warrants.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
Securitize's NYSE listing, the DTCC's tokenization service, and a major bank deposit network are forming the plumbing for institutional-grade onchain capital markets—just as the GENIUS Act compliance window opens.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
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 Pratt
Money & Markets
RedStone Settle's Dutch auction mechanism collapses T+3 settlement into T+0 liquidity for tokenized credit markets.
◆ Nolan Pratt
Money & Markets
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 Pratt
