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Bitcoin Slips Below $80,000 as U.S. Evacuates Middle East Posts22 Issuers Object as OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Venue Tests SEC FrameworkCircle Lets USDC Minters Collect the Fees Redeemers Pay in Hourly AuctionsMaldives Plans Direct Malé-Karachi Flights as Sharif Orders Aviation StudyPreferred Stock Has Financed Purchases of Some 136,000 Bitcoin, Fidelity SaysPakistan's Stablecoin Moment: What Seoul, Stockholm and Hong Kong Signal

Bitcoin Slips Below $80,000 as U.S. Evacuates Middle East Posts22 Issuers Object as OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Venue Tests SEC FrameworkCircle Lets USDC Minters Collect the Fees Redeemers Pay in Hourly AuctionsMaldives Plans Direct Malé-Karachi Flights as Sharif Orders Aviation StudyPreferred Stock Has Financed Purchases of Some 136,000 Bitcoin, Fidelity SaysPakistan's Stablecoin Moment: What Seoul, Stockholm and Hong Kong Signal

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22 issuers object as OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue tests SEC framework

Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs and McDonald's are among 22 companies objecting to tokenized versions of their shares on the OKX-ICE venue. Backers say the refusals reveal what the SEC's experiment is uncovering.

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SEBI plans Demat 2.0 with tokenised corporate bonds open to secondary trading

India's markets regulator is developing a framework for secondary-market trading in tokenised corporate bonds and graded compliance for brokers, chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said.

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Tokenised stock venue faces issuer objections as SEC exemption draws scrutiny

Broadcom, Verizon and UnitedHealth are among nine issuers objecting to OKX-ICE's plan to trade tokenised versions of their shares under the SEC's Innovation Exemption.

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