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Aviva Investors has partnered with Ripple to develop tokenised fund structures on the XRP Ledger, marking Ripple’s first collaboration with a Europe-based investment management firm.

Global payroll platform Deel will begin offering stablecoin salary payouts in the United Kingdom and European Union through a partnership with MoonPay, with a US rollout planned later.

Securities and Futures Commission said it will permit licensed brokers to provide virtual asset margin financing and outlined a framework for trading platforms to offer perpetual contracts to professional investors.

Mandiant, which operates under Google Cloud, has identified an escalating North Korea-linked cyber campaign targeting cryptocurrency and fintech firms with advanced malware and AI-enabled social engineering.

Arkham Exchange is not shutting down and will instead transition from a centralised exchange model to a fully decentralised platform, according to the company’s chief executive.

Lombard plans to launch Bitcoin Smart Accounts this quarter, allowing institutions to use custodied Bitcoin as onchain collateral without moving the asset or transferring control.

Africa recorded the highest median stablecoin-to-fiat conversion spreads in January at 299 basis points, or about 3%, according to data from payments infrastructure firm Borderless.xyz covering 66 corridors and nearly 94,000 rate observations.

Danske Bank will allow self-directed clients to buy Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded products from BlackRock and WisdomTree via its eBanking and Mobile Banking platforms, marking its first direct crypto-linked offering.

The European Union is finalising a 20th sanctions package that seeks to ban all cryptocurrency transactions with Russia in an effort to close loopholes officials say have enabled sanctions evasion.

Bank Negara Malaysia has launched three regulatory sandbox pilots under its Digital Asset Innovation Hub to explore ringgit stablecoins, tokenised bank deposits and real-world asset tokenisation.

Democratic lawmakers challenged Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins at a House Financial Services Committee hearing, questioning why crypto enforcement actions have fallen sharply since his appointment under President Donald Trump.

Ondo Finance has integrated Chainlink as the official oracle for its Ondo Global Markets platform, enabling live price feeds for SPYon, QQQon and TSLAon tokenised US stocks on Ethereum.