The Financial Services Agency plans to establish an On-chain Finance Forum for the AI Era to examine technical, regulatory, and supervisory issues for practical use.

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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that businesses and individuals in emerging markets are turning to stablecoins for digital-dollar payments and financial services as blockchain moves into a mainstream scaling phase

The XRP Ledger serves as the underlying blockchain network for RLUSD stablecoins while operating distinctly from XRP, the native asset of the ledger

Transactions processed on the XRP Ledger typically settle in three to five seconds with low transaction fees

Solana scheduled an upgrade to replace the network's legacy Tower BFT consensus mechanism on Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Solana's October 2026 upgrade replaces on-chain vote transactions with direct validator-to-validator certificate bundling

Mert Mumtaz joined the NEAR Foundation Council governing board

Solana scheduled the App and Glow upgrade for October 14, 2026 to reduce network transaction settlement times to 150 milliseconds

In an advisory sentiment vote, 99.9% of 180 million Starknet (STRK) tokens voted in favor of transitioning Starknet into a Layer 1 blockchain

Polygon Labs' Open Money Stack platform combines fiat on- and off-ramps, digital wallets, payment routing, and settlement infrastructure in a single integration.

Broadridge expanded its distributed ledger repo network to support transactions involving G7 securities.

Plasma operates a dedicated Layer-1 blockchain specifically designed for stablecoin payments.

ASIC's custody rules proposed in Consultation Paper 392 require digital asset platforms to retain wallet structures and address records for seven years and report them quarterly to ASIC without disclosing private keys

ASIC's trading rules proposed in Consultation Paper 392 require digital asset platforms to maintain controls to detect and prevent market manipulation and take reasonable steps to ensure best execution for customer orders

ASIC's regulatory framework proposed in Consultation Paper 392 permits Australian platforms to use overseas custodians provided they disclose asset locations and cross-border risks to customers

Australia's new licensing regime under the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act for digital asset platforms takes effect on April 8, 2027, with licence applications scheduled to open on the same day

Under one model proposed by ASIC in Consultation Paper 392 on October 15, 2026, platforms without qualifying third-party custody must hold at least A$14 million in net tangible assets or 10% of average revenue

Under capital rules proposed in ASIC's Consultation Paper 392, digital asset platforms meeting specified third-party custody conditions could qualify for a lower base capital requirement of A$200,000 alongside asset or revenue calculations

Under a third capital model proposed by ASIC, digital asset platforms face activity-based additions including A$500,000 for acting as agent, A$750,000 for running neutral venues, and A$1 million for principal trading

ASIC proposed in Consultation Paper 392 an alternative capital model with a A$7 million net tangible asset threshold for platform operators that do not hold underlying assets classified as financial products

Under ASIC's proposed standards, platforms face restrictions on trading for their own accounts as principal and are prohibited from taking benefits to give preferential treatment to specific tokens.