🇺🇸 BREAKING: The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has finalized GENIUS Act regulations establishing federal standards for stablecoin issuance, reserves, custody and supervision.
The rules take effect January 18, 2027.
🇺🇸 BREAKING: Chainlink, Hedera, Aptos, Avalanche, Stellar and Cardano announce a joint initiative urging the SEC to codify its digital commodity framework.
$LINK $HBAR $APT $AVAX $XLM $ADA
.@chainlink is proud to partner with @hedera, @Aptos, @AvaLabs, and @StellarOrg in urging the SEC to codify its digital commodity framework.
Builders need lasting certainty. Codifying this progress would be a meaningful step toward keeping America the home of digital asset innovation.
H/t @jackson_mueller for leading this effort 🫡
@DiscoverLite Litecoin is included in the same SEC-CFTC digital commodity classification.
This initiative seeks to codify that framework through formal rulemaking, benefiting Litecoin as well.
🇪🇺 🇮🇪 NEW: Ireland's central bank outlines Europe's transition toward tokenized financial infrastructure and onchain settlement.
In a speech published today, the central bank highlighted plans to connect traditional European payment systems with DLT infrastructure.
Solana Consumer Growth
@Collector_Crypt reports record $24.3M gross revenue and 123,425 packs opened in 24 hours. solana:CARDSccUMFKoPRZxt5vt3ksUbxEFEcnZ3H2pd3dKxYjp solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112
Our biggest day yet: $24.3M in gross revenue in 24 hours.
123,425 packs opened... and counting.
Thank you to everyone opening packs with us and making this a record day.
Your Childhood Binder Was An Asset Class 🪦 The Scary Success Of Collector Crypt
We sat down with Dakota (@bassbuddha) of Collector Crypt at Solana Accelerate:
• $30M in tokenized cards. 70,000 vaulted.
• $85M revenue in April. Record on any chain.
• @ComicBook partnership just announced
• 2% fees vs eBay's 10 to 14% (who wins)
"Gone are the days of people not knowing what they are sitting on."
Pack ripped. Card vaulted. Asset created.
@Genfinity | @Collector_Crypt | @solanagaming
Full Interview
Today, OpenZeppelin announced Chainlink as its default interoperability and compliance integration within supported token development tooling.
According to OpenZeppelin:
• 9 of the top 10 stablecoins use its contracts.
• All 10 leading tokenized money market funds use its contracts.
• $38 trillion+ in cumulative value transferred through its contracts.
Chainlink's CCIP and Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) are now natively integrated into OpenZeppelin tooling for ERC-20, ERC-3643 and future token standards.
The agreement establishes a migration path from OpenZeppelin Defender to Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), with three institutional reference solutions planned around CRE orchestration.
Separately, S&P Global announced an agreement to acquire OpenZeppelin on September 17, 2026.
“OpenZeppelin's smart contract tooling is used by the vast majority of the industry and major institutions like BlackRock, WisdomTree, Franklin Templeton, and more.”
— Johann Eid (@EidJohann), Chief Business Officer, Chainlink Labs
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RESEARCH: 🏛️ @DeutscheBank examines the growing impact of stablecoins on traditional banking and global payments infrastructure.
The October 20 report highlights several major findings:
• $70 billion in potential annual customer payment-processing savings by 2035 as transactions migrate from traditional banks to stablecoins.
• $719 trillion in projected annual stablecoin transaction volume by 2035, citing @Chainalysis.
• 2031–2039: Stablecoin transaction volumes could match @Visa and @Mastercard under Chainalysis adoption scenarios.
• $1 trillion in potential U.S. Treasury bill holdings by stablecoin issuers by 2028, citing a U.S. Treasury forecast. The report also cites a lower $400 billion estimate by 2030 from San Francisco Fed research.
• 200% year-over-year growth in payment volume across more than 160 Visa stablecoin-linked card programs.
Deutsche Bank identifies growing institutional adoption across cross-border payments, treasury management, collateral and tokenized asset settlement.
The report also emphasizes that real-world payments remain a relatively small share of stablecoin activity, while regulatory and financial stability risks persist.
PACK THE MIC 🎤 5 YEARS OF HASHPACK!
HashPack turns 5 this week, and we're celebrating with our very own Community Champions!
HBAR lore, stories, memories and this time, they'll be the ones asking the questions!
This one's for the PACK.
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Imagine receiving a bill with one QR code. You can scan it and pay directly from your bank using FedNow or RTP, or pay with USDC on Solana.
The business receives payment and its invoice records update automatically.
The significance is that traditional banking and blockchain payments can use a single standardized payment request.
🇺🇸 NEW: Solana Foundation, Matera and Payfinia demonstrate a new U.S. payment standard enabling invoices to be paid through FedNow, RTP or USDC on Solana using a single QR code.
ANSI X9.150 supports traditional banking networks and digital assets, with automatic invoice reconciliation.