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Ripple, Franklin Templeton and DBS plan to offer token-based lending and trading services, extending institutional access to on-chain markets for digital assets. The move signals established finance and crypto players preparing to support borrowing and exchange of tokenized instruments through structured platforms and compliant workflows.

Australia’s financial regulator eases requirements for intermediaries that handle stablecoins, providing a lighter-touch regime for entities involved in stablecoin-related services. The change lowers operational friction for firms while maintaining supervisory guardrails over how fiat-pegged digital tokens are used and transacted across platforms.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission establishes new listing standards that clear the path for multiple waves of crypto exchange-traded funds. The framework defines how crypto ETFs can be listed on U.S. exchanges, creating a clearer route that could accelerate market entry and broaden investor access to digital asset products.