ICE Buys Into Trade.XYZ as Stablecoins Become the New Buyers of US Debt
Today’s Focus
ICE for the first time plugs onchain derivatives in as exclusive operator and minority shareholder, bringing Hyperliquid’s tokenized RWA perpetuals into the US regulatory framework as HYPE jumps about 10%. At Swell, Treasury Secretary Bessent casts stablecoins as a new pillar of dollar dominance and a buyer of US debt, with GENIUS reserve requirements pointing to roughly $2 trillion in short-term Treasury demand; Circle asks the SEC to zero out the capital haircut on compliant stablecoins, while the first Nasdaq-licensed tokenized fund JQQQ goes live.
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ICE Buys Into Trade.XYZ as Tokenized RWA Perpetuals Enter the US Regulatory Track — NYSE parent signs a commercial agreement with Trade.XYZ to bring Hyperliquid’s tokenized RWA perpetuals (stocks, indexes, commodities, FX) under US regulation and takes a minority stake; HYPE jumps about 10% intraday to $87.30.
Bessent: Stablecoins Are a New Pillar of Dollar Dominance — and a New Buyer of US Debt — At Ripple Swell, the Treasury Secretary says over 90% of stablecoins are dollar-denominated, and GENIUS reserve requirements make issuers a key funding source for the Treasury, pointing to roughly $2 trillion in short-term debt demand.
Circle Tells the SEC Compliant Stablecoins Should Count as Cash, Zeroing the 2% Capital Haircut — Circle asks that GENIUS-compliant stablecoins be treated as cash and that the 2% broker-dealer net capital haircut be removed, freeing $20 million per $1 billion held and unlocking balance-sheet-scale demand.
Ondo Brings Seven Intelligent Portfolios to Solana, Three Built on BlackRock Strategies — Each portfolio is a single transferable token wrapping tokenized stocks and ETFs with onchain rebalancing; the ETH/BNB versions topped $45 million TVL within weeks of launch.
JQQQ: The First Nasdaq-Licensed Tokenized Fund Goes Live on Stellar — Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch a Nasdaq-100 tokenized fund with a $100,000 minimum for qualified non-US investors; Stellar’s RWA market has passed $4 billion this year.
BlackRock, SBI and Startale Sign MOU Linking Tokenized Money Funds With Yen Stablecoin JPYSC — The three parties will explore connecting tokenized MMFs with JPYSC across technology, distribution and regulation workstreams to build Japan’s onchain finance rails.
BNY Custodies XRP and RLUSD as Tokenized Trade Finance Comes to XRPL — BNY’s Digital Asset Custody platform adds XRP and RLUSD (about $2.5 billion market cap), and the firms will explore XRPL-based supply chain finance with C2FO for second-level invoice settlement.
Tokenized Stocks Near $4.63B, Matching Stablecoins’ March 2020 Market Size — Per rwa.xyz, onchain tokenized stocks stand at about $4.63 billion, matching the stablecoin market in March 2020, as institutional adoption moves from pilots to primary issuance.
Y Combinator’s Crypto Guide Backs Asset Tokenization, Stablecoins and AI Agents — The October 2026 guide says crypto growth is now institution-led for the first time, and backs RWA tokenization and AI trading agent infrastructure over the next six months.
Circle Mints Another 250M USDC on Solana — The USDC Treasury minted 250 million on October 29, with October gross minting around $3.5 billion; USDC is about 43% of the network’s stablecoin market and Samsung Wallet is now rolling out transfers.
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