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Nº 2 · 2026-W4319 Oct – 25 October 2026Open — updated as items are verified

The Weekly Brief

OCC Advances U.S. Digital Asset Leadership with Final Rule to Implement GENIUS Act

12 quote-verified items · 6 from regulators and central banks · 5 jurisdictions (US, APAC, EU, Canada, UK)

  1. Mon

    Bank of Thailand consults on THB stablecoin rules: 100% deposit backing, one-business-day redemption, no interest, few issuersDekaBank starts crypto offer for Sparkassen customersJPM Coin deposit token goes live on EthereumVantage Bank and Rio Bank complete a loan participation payment in tokenized deposits over the Hazel Network

  2. Tue

  3. Wed

    OCC Advances U.S. Digital Asset Leadership with Final Rule to Implement GENIUS ActPiero Cipollone: Pontes and Appia — unlocking opportunities for banksStandard Chartered: Rethinking controls for institutional stablecoin adoption

  4. Thu

    SoFi Launches SoFi Earn (SOFIE), the First and Only National Bank-Issued Tokenized Deposit for Consumers

  5. Fri

    Bank Negara Malaysia and Bank of Thailand join MAS-led BLOOM initiative on cross-border settlement in digital moneyHSBC RedCoin launches today

  6. Sat

    Canada publishes draft Stablecoin Regulations: Bank of Canada registration, 1:1 reserves, three-day redemption, in force targeted for fall 2027Piero Cipollone: digital euro pilot in 2027, rollout as early as 2029 if the regulation is approved this year

  7. Sun

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T1Regulator · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

FactThe OCC announced a final rule implementing the GENIUS Act for payment stablecoin issuers within its jurisdiction, setting standards for reserve backing, redemption and risk management. The rule also covers certain custody activities of OCC-supervised entities, and both the rule and the Act take effect on 18 January 2027.

Why it mattersNational banks and federal savings associations planning a stablecoin subsidiary now have a final OCC rulebook to build against, rather than a proposal, with less than three months before it takes effect.

Watch next: The OCC news release opening applications and waiver requests. The separate Treasury-coordinated BSA/AML/OFAC rulemaking.

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Regulators & central banks

  1. APACBank of Thailand

    Bank of Thailand consults on THB stablecoin rules: 100% deposit backing, one-business-day redemption, no interest, few issuers

    FactThe Bank of Thailand opened a public hearing, running from 19 October to 17 November 2026, on proposed principles for regulating businesses related to THB stablecoin, a baht-pegged 1:1, fully backed digital payment instrument meant to complement, not replace, existing payment systems.

    Why it mattersThai banks would hold every THB stablecoin reserve as deposits, spread across several institutions to avoid concentration, and could offer stablecoin wallets through their mobile banking apps, while the paper keeps tokenized deposits as a separate track that the Bank of Thailand is testing between financial institutions over BAHTNET.

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  2. EUEuropean Central Bank

    Piero Cipollone: Pontes and Appia — unlocking opportunities for banks

    FactIn a presentation to the Italian Banking Association on 21 October 2026, ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said DLT transactions can be settled in euro central bank money since Pontes launched on 21 September 2026, and that since March 2026 DLT-based assets issued in CSDs can be mobilised as eligible collateral in Eurosystem credit operations.

    Why it mattersThe ECB is explicitly inviting banks to shape Pontes through live use and to join Appia work (contact group, standards, consultations), so euro-area banks' tokenisation teams have a defined channel to influence the settlement and collateral set-up they will operate under.

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  3. APACMonetary Authority of Singapore

    Bank Negara Malaysia and Bank of Thailand join MAS-led BLOOM initiative on cross-border settlement in digital money

    FactMAS announced on 23 October 2026 that Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand have joined BLOOM (Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency) as policymaker members, to develop common approaches for the cross-border use of digital money, including tokenised deposits and regulated stablecoins.

    Why it mattersMAS says BLOOM's implementation frameworks are meant to reduce the need for financial institutions to set up separate arrangements with each counterparty or market, so banks in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand working on tokenised deposits or stablecoin settlement now have a three-central-bank forum shaping cross-border acceptance, interoperability and compliance controls.

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  4. CanadaDepartment of Finance Canada (Canada Gazette, Part I)

    Canada publishes draft Stablecoin Regulations: Bank of Canada registration, 1:1 reserves, three-day redemption, in force targeted for fall 2027

    FactThe Department of Finance Canada pre-published the proposed Stablecoin Regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I on 24 October 2026.

    Why it mattersBanks are outside the Act's issuer regime, but Canadian-incorporated financial institutions would be the only eligible custodians of issuers' reserve assets, and the yield ban is explicitly meant to keep stablecoins from competing directly with bank deposits.

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  5. EUEuropean Central Bank

    Piero Cipollone: digital euro pilot in 2027, rollout as early as 2029 if the regulation is approved this year

    FactIn an interview with Milano Finanza conducted on 21 October and published by the ECB on 24 October 2026, Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the Eurosystem will launch a digital euro pilot in 2027 based on real transactions by staff of the ECB and the other national central banks, with 36 market operators, seven of them Italian, already collaborating in the preparatory work.

    Why it mattersThe ECB is signalling a 2027 pilot and a possible 2029 rollout tied to adoption of the regulation, and says banks will distribute the digital euro and can integrate it into their own apps, so euro-area banks face a concrete timeline for wallet integration, funding/defunding from linked current accounts and offline payments.

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Banks & market infrastructure

  1. EUDekaBank (via lifePR)

    DekaBank starts crypto offer for Sparkassen customers

    FactDekaBank, the asset manager of the German Sparkassen, said it is offering Sparkassen customers in Germany the option to invest in selected cryptocurrencies through the 'Sparkasse' app, with custody and trading via a Deka wallet.

    Why it mattersGermany's savings-bank network now has a central, bank-run crypto trading and custody service its member Sparkassen can switch on inside their existing app, rather than each building or sourcing one separately.

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  2. USJ.P. Morgan

    JPM Coin deposit token goes live on Ethereum

    FactKinexys by J.P. Morgan extended JPM Coin, its USD-denominated deposit token, to Ethereum, its second public blockchain.

    Why it mattersBank deposit tokens are expanding across multiple public chains, which raises interoperability and multi-chain risk-management questions for other banks planning similar products.

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  3. USCustodia Bank (Participate release via EIN Presswire)

    Vantage Bank and Rio Bank complete a loan participation payment in tokenized deposits over the Hazel Network

    FactParticipate said it completed a loan participation principal and interest payment between two Texas banks, Vantage Bank and Rio Bank, using tokenized deposits on the Hazel Network, the tokenized-deposit and stablecoin platform developed by Vantage Bank and Custodia.

    Why it mattersThe payment shows tokenized deposits being used for a routine interbank back-office flow (loan participation servicing) between community banks, rather than for retail or crypto-trading use cases.

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  4. UKStandard Chartered

    Standard Chartered: Rethinking controls for institutional stablecoin adoption

    FactStandard Chartered argues that stablecoin controls should start from why the customer is using stablecoins: treasury and payments, or trading.

    Why it mattersA bank view on purpose-based KYC and transaction monitoring for corporate stablecoin flows that compliance teams can benchmark against.

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  5. USSoFi Technologies (via Business Wire on Nasdaq.com)

    SoFi Launches SoFi Earn (SOFIE), the First and Only National Bank-Issued Tokenized Deposit for Consumers

    FactSoFi announced the launch of SoFi Earn (SOFIE), which it describes as the first and only national bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers; each SOFIE represents $1 held on deposit at SoFi Bank, N.A., earning 4.40% APY (variable, rates current as of 10/20/26) with FDIC insurance up to applicable limits.

    Why it mattersAn OCC-regulated national bank now offers consumers an interest-bearing, FDIC-insured tokenized deposit that converts 1:1 into its own stablecoin, separating the yield-bearing deposit layer from the on-chain payment token.

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  6. APACHSBC Hong Kong

    HSBC RedCoin launches today

    FactHSBC said its first stablecoin, the HKD-denominated HSBC RedCoin (RCHKD), is available from 23 October 2026 on PayMe by HSBC, licensed and regulated by the HKMA.

    Why it mattersA global bank is now distributing a licensed, bank-issued stablecoin through an existing retail wallet with millions of users, giving other banks a live reference for issuance, custody and financial-crime controls under Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance.

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