The CLARITY Act failed its Senate procedural vote. But the SEC’s proposed Regulation Crypto Assets doesn’t need congressional approval.
Next milestone: October 20, the public comment deadline.
For Stellar and Ripple’s ecosystems and especially Sl8 I believe this proposal could matter even more: clearer pathways for token issuance and fundraising.
Still a proposal, but a major opportunity for tokenization.
We’re building what’s next for Sl8.
Behind the scenes, our team is constantly working on new ways to make Sl8 more useful for creators, communities, and their audiences. One of the next major steps currently in development is Streams — a new way to connect, interact, and earn directly on the platform.
Creators will be able to go live from their profiles, schedule upcoming streams, set reminders for their audience, interact through live group chat, offer paid access and special requests, and receive gifts directly to their wallet.
This is only one part of what we’re working on. Sl8 continues to evolve, and we have much more planned ahead.
Every new feature is another step toward building a platform where creators have more control over their audience, content, and monetization.
Thank you to everyone building this journey with us. Your support, feedback, and trust push us forward every day.
We’re moving fast. And we’re just getting started. 🚀
Sl8 offers several ways to earn rewards. One of them is the 6-level referral system.
It is not limited only to users you invite personally. If your referrals invite other people, and those users bring in new participants, the structure can expand up to 6 levels.
Reward distribution:
• Level 1: 6%
• Level 2: 5%
• Level 3: 4%
• Level 4: 3%
• Level 5: 2%
• Level 6: 1%
An important part of the program is connected to staking. When a user within your referral structure opens a staking position, you receive a reward based on your level. The more active participants you have in your structure, the more opportunities there are to receive such rewards.
All referral rewards are credited to the Payout section. This is also where other funds earned in Sl8 are collected, including tips, payments for paid content, USDC / SSLX rewards for likes, and other earnings.
To receive referral rewards, you must successfully complete KYC verification and have paid reserves in place to avoid wallet deactivation.
The cost of KYC is $2. You can use a passport, ID card, or driver’s license for verification. The document must contain information in Latin characters. If the information is provided only in Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, or another non-Latin writing system, a certified translation will be required.
About data security 🔐
Sl8 does not verify documents directly. Verification is carried out through Sumsub, a specialized international service that confirms users’ identities and stores and processes the data required for KYC.
Invite your friends and contacts, grow your referral structure, and make the most of the opportunities available on Sl8! 🚀
The Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act today.
Disappointing, but a procedural setback still leaves room for a better deal. Resolve the remaining disputes, refine the text and build broader support.
America needs lasting crypto rules. Keep working.
#CLARITYAct
Article about @The_DTCC and Tokenized Securities: What Changes in October 2026
In October, the institution at the center of American securities markets plans to give Wall Street a new way to move some of its most familiar assets. Shares in major companies, index funds and U.S. government debt will be eligible for a service that connects traditional custody with blockchain networks.
For banks and investment firms, that could change how securities are transferred, financed and used as collateral. For everyone watching the #tokenization story, October will offer something more concrete than another announcement: an opportunity to see whether the technology becomes part of everyday market operations.
The organization is the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, or DTCC. Through its subsidiaries, it helps process the transactions that take place after investors agree to buy or sell securities. Its depository subsidiary, DTC, reported $114 trillion in securities under custody and servicing for 2025. Across DTCC's subsidiaries, annual securities transaction processing reached $4.7 quadrillion.
That enormous figure requires context. It measures transactions processed over a year, including repeated activity involving the same assets. It is not a pool of money scheduled to enter cryptocurrency markets. The October launch concerns a defined service for eligible securities, with adoption driven by participating firms.
The eligible universe includes Russell 1000 stocks, exchange-traded funds tracking major indexes, and U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds. Participation is voluntary. Firms will decide which eligible holdings to convert into tokenized form.
The first real transactions have already happened. On July 15, DTCC reported production trades involving more than 30 firms. The activity included collateral pledges, securities lending, Treasury financing and equity transactions. Assets were converted using DTCC's private Besu network and the Canton Network.
October is the planned broader service launch following that limited production activity. The distinction matters: a successful day of transactions establishes that a process can work. A continuing service must demonstrate that it can work reliably as more firms adopt it.
The mechanics begin with securities already held at DTC. When a participant requests tokenization, DTC moves the corresponding position into a dedicated account on its existing ledger and issues a token to a registered wallet. That token represents the participant's security entitlement. To return to conventional book-entry form, DTC destroys the token and credits the securities back to the participant's account.
DTCC says the tokenized form preserves the rights and investor protections of the traditional holding. The underlying securities remain registered in the name of DTC's nominee, Cede and Company. Investors continue to rely on the established custody framework.
In December 2025, @SECGov staff issued a conditional no-action letter covering the service for three years after the preliminary version launches. The SEC describes a voluntary pilot with operational limits, meaning a commercial launch can proceed within a limited regulatory framework.
The business case centers on making assets easier to use. Consider a firm holding Treasury securities while needing to post collateral elsewhere. If it can transfer an eligible tokenized position efficiently, and the receiving institution accepts it, the firm may be able to meet that obligation with fewer operational steps. Across large portfolios, even modest improvements could reduce costs and make existing holdings more useful.
DTCC points to collateral mobility and capital efficiency as potential benefits. The practical question is how much improvement survives the demands of real operations: compliance checks, funding arrangements, system integration and the willingness of counterparties to accept the assets.
There are boundaries. Under the initial no-action framework, tokenized entitlements receive no collateral or settlement value within DTC's own risk-management calculations. Firms can explore collateral uses outside those calculations, but tokenization does not automatically expand their capacity inside DTC.
DTCC also describes transfers between registered participant wallets on approved networks operating around the clock. That capability alone cannot make every stock market, broker or cash-payment system available twenty-four hours a day. Completing a purchase still requires arrangements for both the security and the money.
Controls remain central to the design. Transfers are restricted to registered wallets, and DTCC's token controls include freezing assets and reversing transfers when necessary. For institutions, the appeal is the ability to use blockchain while retaining mechanisms for compliance and recovery.
The network strategy is also broader than a single blockchain. July's transactions used Besu and Canton. DTCC has separately announced a connection with @StellarOrg, with DTC-tokenized assets expected there in the first half of 2027. That is a later milestone on the published timetable.
@Ripple Prime appears in DTCC's industry working group, too. That participation does not establish ripple:native as the service's settlement asset. Institutional involvement and demand for a particular cryptocurrency are separate questions, and investors should look for evidence connecting them.
As October approaches, the useful measures will be operational: whether the service launches on schedule, which firms use it repeatedly, how much value remains in tokenized form, and whether transfers produce measurable savings. Announced capacity matters less than sustained use.
For most individual investors, the first changes may occur behind the brokerage screen. Over time, successful adoption could influence the services their brokers offer and the cost of delivering them. Those outcomes will depend on execution and competition.
October gives Wall Street a chance to turn a demonstrated capability into a working business service. Its significance will become clearer in the months that follow, as firms decide whether tokenized securities are useful enough to become routine.
Reporting notes and sources
Source 1. DTCC, May 4, 2026: service timeline, eligible assets, industry participants and 2025 scale figures.
https://t.co/ufb6UNyaWE
Source 2. SEC staff no-action letter, December 11, 2025: token mechanics, legal structure, operating limits and duration.
https://t.co/Hq3rV7iS4n
Source 3. DTCC, July 15, 2026: completed production transactions, participating firms, networks and October plans.
https://t.co/yDSnRvwnEI
Source 4. DTCC Tokenization Service: rights, registered-wallet transfers and token controls.
https://t.co/gMYFiuFzhF
Source 5. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, December 11, 2025: voluntary pilot, registered wallets and operational limitations.
https://t.co/S74khmefHc
Source 6. DTCC and Stellar Development Foundation, May 27, 2026: expected Stellar availability in the first half of 2027.
https://t.co/8NoXuk0hgA
A key procedural vote on the CLARITY Act is expected in the U.S. Senate today, September 15. Here’s what matters 👇
- 60 votes needed to advance. This is a procedural hurdle, not final passage.
- Republicans released a revised draft with 126 changes they say Democrats requested.
- Trump accepted additional crypto ethics restrictions, but Democratic opposition remains.
- Updated #DeFi provisions clarify when #CFTC registration and anti-money-laundering obligations apply.
- Support remains uncertain. Even a Senate win would still require House approval of the revised text.
An important test for U.S. crypto regulation.
#CLARITYAct #Crypto
I think we should celebrate the launch of our very first bridge from @StellarOrg to other chains. And since our first bridge was launched with the @XRPLF network, we’re launching XRP Week.
So, what should you expect?
Commemorative Badges
All participants may receive exclusive commemorative badges made of pure precious metals if they stake XRP or RLUSD for 180 or 360 days:
1) 999 fine Silver badge for staking tokens equivalent to 1,000 XRP or more
The badge is made from a 10g silver bar.
2) 9999 fine Gold badge for staking tokens equivalent to 10,000 XRP or more
The badge is made from a 10g gold bar.
Each badge will have a unique serial number. The participant who stakes the largest amount will receive Badge #1. The badge will also be visible on your Sl8 profile and alongside each of your posts.
Additional APY rates for XRP and RLUSD:
- 90 days: 44% APY
38% current event rate + 6% XRP Week bonus
- 180 days: 58% APY
50% current event rate + 8% XRP Week bonus
- 360 days: 72% APY
62% current event rate + 10% XRP Week bonus
These rates combine the promotional Ukraine Independence Day Event rates with the additional XRP Week bonus and are available only during XRP Week.
How to participate?
1) Register on Sl8 if you’re not already a user:
https://t.co/VXekdex89e
2) Activate your Sl8 wallet.
3) Top up your wallet with XRP or RLUSD through the XRP Ledger network.
Inside Sl8, these assets are represented as sgXRP and sgRLUSD, our 1:1 backed versions of XRP and RLUSD.
4) Stake your assets for 90, 180 or 360 days before the end of the event.
Event duration:
Start: September 10, 2026 at AM UTC
End: September 17, 2026 at AM UTC
XRP Ledger is now integrated into Sl8.
This is an important step in the continued expansion of Sl8 as a unified financial environment for assets across multiple blockchain networks.
Users can now bring XRP directly into the Sl8 ecosystem through the XRP Ledger and manage it alongside other supported assets within the same application.
XRP deposited through the network is represented in Sl8 as sgXRP, backed 1:1 by XRP, with deposit and withdrawal functionality available directly in the wallet.
Our broader objective is to reduce the fragmentation that still defines much of the crypto user experience today. Moving assets between different networks often requires multiple wallets, exchanges, bridges, and additional operational steps.
Sl8 is building toward a model where assets from different blockchain ecosystems can be accessed, managed, and used through a single interface.
The XRP Ledger integration is one more step in that direction, and additional network integrations will follow as the infrastructure continues to expand.
The attached videos demonstrate the integration in operation and the XRP transfer flow into Sl8.
As an additional utility enabled by the integration, XRP is also now available for staking in Sl8.
During the current event, through September 21, 2026, the following promotional terms apply:
• 7 days - 18% APY
• 30 days - 28% APY
• 90 days - 38% APY
• 180 days - 50% APY
• 360 days - 62% APY
For longer-term positions, rewards are compounded automatically within the stake.
More details here: https://t.co/bSj6j4RtGw
XRP Ledger is now live in Sl8. This is not the end point, but another building block in a broader multi-chain financial infrastructure.
A few important updates from the Sl8 and Cassator ecosystem:
1) Our Ukraine Independence Day Event will be extended for another two weeks, giving everyone more time to compete, stake, invite friends, and move up the leaderboard.
2) The CST token will also be launching soon. As a reminder, the top participants in the event will receive substantial additional prizes in CST tokens. More information about CST, its role in the ecosystem, and the final prize distribution will be announced separately.
3) Development of bridges between Stellar and other major blockchains continues. The first integration will be with the XRP Ledger, followed by additional chains. This will be an important step toward making the Sl8 Wallet a truly multichain product.
4) We are also preparing to pitch Cassator to the Central Texas Angel Network and during LvlUp Ventures’ Power of the Pitch Week. At the same time, we continue discussions with several other angel investors and investment groups.
5) Another major development is the SEC’s proposed “Regulation Crypto Assets.” If adopted, it would introduce a purpose-built framework for certain crypto investment contracts, including a startup exemption for offerings of up to $5 million over four years and a separate fundraising exemption allowing qualifying issuers to raise up to $75 million within a 12-month period.
The proposal would also introduce a conditional safe harbor allowing a crypto asset to separate from its original investment contract once the issuer has completed or permanently ceased the promised essential managerial efforts. It is still only a proposal, with public comments open until October 20, but it could become one of the most important regulatory developments for responsible token issuers in the United States.
6) The XRP ecosystem is also gaining momentum. U.S. spot XRP ETFs recently recorded 11 consecutive trading sessions of net inflows, attracting approximately $170 million during that period and bringing cumulative inflows since launch to roughly $1.68 billion.
Ripple has also received full MiCA authorization in the EU, while XRP Ledger 3.3.0 introduces major infrastructure improvements, including atomic batch transactions, confidential token transfers, granular permission delegation, and the ability for platforms to sponsor users’ account reserves and transaction fees.
A lot is happening at the same time. More updates are coming soon.
Important Sl8 Update
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The latest update focused on improving app stability and the features people use every day.
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The work began with posts and media. The team fixed issues affecting the creation, editing, and deletion of posts, photo and video uploads, and publishing another post without restarting the app. Media files now remain in the correct order, while the Publish button displays a loading indicator during processing.
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The way content works across the app has also been improved. Full-screen photo and video viewing is now more convenient, and YouTube videos can be played directly in the feed.
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The update also introduced changes to interactions between users. Sl8 now sends notifications for new likes. Authors will immediately know when their content has received support and generated income.
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Automated messages for new subscriptions, renewals, and cancellations are now more reliable. A Subscribe button has also been added to other users' Layer pages, allowing people to subscribe directly from a creator's page.
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Referral codes have been added to shared links. When someone registers through one of these links, they are automatically connected to the corresponding referral program.
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Discussions are now easier to follow. Comments load continuously as users scroll, while shared links open the selected comment directly. The team also fixed chat issues involving message copying, media previews, the message input field, and the appearance of certain elements in Dark Mode.
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The Translate option is now more consistently available for content in other languages. Age-restricted content handling has also been strengthened to prevent this material from appearing in the For You feed.
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The update includes additional fixes related to navigation, follower and following lists, notifications, and individual interface elements.
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At the same time, the team is working on the next stage of Sl8's development. Referral statistics will be expanded with additional information, allowing users to track their results in greater detail and evaluate the performance of their referral program.
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A media storage feature is also being developed for content creators. It will allow photos and videos to be stored and reused when creating posts and working with content, without uploading them from the device again.
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Another important direction is building bridges between Stellar and all major blockchains. Work in this area is already underway.
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Please note that the price of the Key booster in Gold Eagle will double in the coming days.
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The team continues working on the project. Thank you for your patience, support, and trust. ❤️