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I asked the AI if this means anything for Hedera.
Yes, this announcement has a highly positive significance for Hedera (HBAR). The text in the image states that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under Chairman Paul Atkins has proposed new rules and amendments to provide a tailored framework for the custody of crypto assets by registered investment advisers (RIAs) and regulated funds. Here is a breakdown of what this specifically means for Hedera:
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As the second highest FinTech in the list too, this recognition reflects the growing demand from institutions for regulated, trusted access to digital assets and tokenised real-world assets.
When we set out to build the UK's first FCA-regulated digital securities exchange, broker and custodian, our goal was simple: bring the standards of traditional finance to the digital asset space. Seeing that vision translate into real, measurable growth is hugely rewarding.
This milestone belongs to our brilliant team, and to the clients and partners who trust us to help shape the future of capital markets.
There's plenty more to come. Read the full list from the u/FinancialTimes: ft.com/content/921952…
https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2099317875202756650
The text also contains changes to the sections on the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA), stablecoin yield, and the so-called “Ag title.”
Republicans are calling it their “last, best and final” offer to Democrats ahead of Tuesday’s cloture vote.
Some high-level details.👇🏼
On BRCA: The provision has been narrowed to the Bank Secrecy Act and civil enforcement. Specific language extending its protections to criminal cases, including prosecutions under Section 1960, has been removed.
On ethics: Trump has agreed to what a GOP aide describes as “80%” of the Tillis-Gallego ethics proposal including to either divest “substantial” crypto-related financial interests or place them in a blind trust. It would also allow a role for state attorneys general to enforce ethics provisions, something which the White House had previously balked at.
On yield: Added “circuit breaker” language (floated by Tillis in July) that would effectively act as a backstop by allowing federal regulators to intervene if there was evidence of widespread deposit flight from community banks to stablecoins. The federal regulator that will be the arbiter of this: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
On Ag: The updated text adds tighter guardrails around vertical integration, including affiliate trading and conflicts of interest involving digital commodity exchanges, brokers and dealers. It also clarifies that state consumer protection laws still apply and that developer protections do not create exemptions from derivatives laws or impact prediction markets.
There appear to be no changes to the ethics section. BRCA and stablecoin yield sections also remain the same.
The changes here include:
📌Requiring non-decentralized DeFi protocols to register with the CFTC, which mirrors Section 10301 of the Banking Committee portion of the bill.
📌Limiting the DeFi provisions to spot or cash digital commodity transactions, which appears aimed at addressing concerns raised by tribes about blockchain-based prediction markets.
📌Clarifying the authority of credit unions to deal in crypto.
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OKX’s partnership with Hedera aims to enhance liquidity and trading access for HBAR, benefiting over 50 million users on its platform. This collaboration is expected to strengthen the Hedera ecosystem by providing users with a reliable venue for trading and holding HBAR. Such developments signal a growing interest in Hedera’s capabilities and could attract further institutional engagement.
The broader crypto market continues to exhibit mixed signals, yet Hedera is making strides through its partnership with OKX. The integration is expected to significantly improve liquidity dynamics within the Hedera ecosystem. With over 50 million users on OKX, this move could amplify trading volume for HBAR and enhance its market presence. As trading platforms like OKX expand their offerings, they also bolster the underlying projects they support, potentially leading to increased investor confidence in Hedera
https://coinfomania.com/okx-boosts-hedera-ecosystem-with-enhanced-liquidity-access/
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With the launch of the climateactions app in Apple's AppStore Central and Google 's playstore thousands of micro-actions, are processed. Already >3'300 users onboarded, more to come
We aren't just talking about Web3 adoption; we are powering a national-scale application where users earn and burn tokenized rewards flawlessly at valuepartners like the national train company in Switzerland.
This traction proves our architecture is ready for enterprise scale!
I’m excited to announce that NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide.
Over the past decade, Clem, Julien, Thomas and the team at Hugging Face have built something remarkable: a vibrant home for the open model developer community.
More than 18 million developers, researchers and creators use Hugging Face to share more than 3 million models, 500,000 datasets and 1 million applications. More than 200,000 companies use the platform to discover, evaluate, customize and deploy AI.
Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem. Developers will choose the models they want, the frameworks they want, the clouds and inference service providers they want and the computing platforms they want. NVIDIA compute will not be required to build on or deploy through Hugging Face.
Hugging Face will continue to support open source and open weight models from across the ecosystem, from every model builder. It will continue to support multi-cloud and multi-accelerator development and deployment, so builders can use the hardware and infrastructure that best fit their work.
Recently, I coauthored an open letter on the importance of open weights to the AI economy. Joined by leaders from across the industry, we made a simple point: open weights broaden access to AI and help ensure that AI leadership is distributed across companies, institutions and communities.
Open models let startups, businesses, universities and public institutions build on advanced capabilities without training every model from scratch. They enable organizations to match the right model to the right job. That is how AI can advance safely, strengthen cybersecurity and sovereignty, accelerate innovation, and reach factories, hospitals, farms, classrooms and Main Street businesses around the world.
AI advances faster when people can build together.
NVIDIA has been committed to open weight models for years, demonstrated by multiyear investments and major contributions to open source platforms, including Hugging Face. NVIDIA has said that open models, data and tools broaden access to AI, and it has contributed hundreds of open models and datasets to Hugging Face as part of that effort.
NVIDIA is the largest contributor of open models and data to Hugging Face, and our contributions continue to grow. NVIDIA has released more than 500 models on Hugging Face and more than 250 open datasets. We build our own models, libraries and tools in the open so developers everywhere can use them, modify them and build on top of them.
As the opportunity for open models accelerates, Hugging Face can serve the global AI community at unprecedented scale. NVIDIA’s infrastructure, engineering and global reach can help improve platform reliability, safety, model evaluation, inference and deployment capabilities, while preserving the open ecosystem that made Hugging Face foundational.
I am honored that Clem came to me as he considered the next chapter of Hugging Face and believed NVIDIA would be a great home for the company, its community and the future of open models. We share this vision, and the Hugging Face team will now bring their passion and expertise to a much larger canvas, with their same iconic 🤗 brand.
To the millions of builders on Hugging Face: thank you for pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We can’t wait to build the future together with you. Together, we will make AI more open, more capable and more accessible to people and institutions around the world.
The proposal would allow transfer agents (which maintain the ownership record for securities) to use blockchain as the official record. Firms would also have to report how many tokenized securities they service and which blockchain platforms they use.
The move marks another step in the agency’s broader push to bring U.S. securities markets onchain.
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There are new developments regarding the Genius Act, considered the second most important law regulating the cryptocurrency market in the US.
The U.S. Treasury Department has released a draft regulation containing key rules for enforcing the GENIUS Act, which regulates the stablecoin market. The proposed framework aims to clarify the conditions under which companies wishing to issue stablecoins in the U.S. will be required to obtain federal or state licenses, and the terms under which stablecoins issued abroad can be offered to U.S. users.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published by the Treasury Department outlines the details of implementing Section 3 of the GENIUS Act and will collect public comments on the regulation for 60 days.
According to the draft regulation, as of January 18, 2027, the expected effective date of the GENIUS Act, individuals or entities without a suitable federal or state license will generally be unable to issue stablecoins for payment purposes in the United States.
The Treasury Department aims to more clearly define the scope of “issuing payment stablecoins in the U.S.” in the regulation. This is intended to reduce uncertainty in the industry regarding when stablecoin companies are required to obtain licenses under the GENIUS Act.
The regulation also sets conditions for stablecoins issued by companies outside the US. Accordingly, digital asset service providers may offer stablecoins on the US market provided the foreign stablecoin issuer is technically capable of executing lawful orders from US authorities and complies with reciprocal regulations between the US and the issuer’s country.
The second important date under the GENIUS Act will be July 18, 2028.
From this date, digital asset service providers will generally be permitted to offer or sell only payment stablecoins issued by licensed issuers to users in the U.S.
The regulation proposed by the Treasury also aims to clarify the responsibilities of cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, and other digital asset service providers by defining the concept of “offering or selling” a stablecoin to a person in the United States.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the GENIUS Act creates a comprehensive legal framework for payment stablecoins, and that the Treasury wants to implement regulations quickly. Bessent said that regulatory clarity aims to encourage companies to innovate in the U.S., as well as strengthen the dollar’s position as a global reserve currency.
The new draft regulation is a continuation of the preliminary regulatory work that the Treasury Department published last September regarding the implementation of the GENIUS Act, and for which it requested feedback from industry representatives. The Department expects stablecoin companies, financial institutions, and other stakeholders to submit their views on the new proposal within a 60-day consultation period.