A Week in Perspective

5 developments that shaped the week

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   Real-World Assets · CoinDesk · Oct 31

   Uber tests how tokenization can put idle cash to work with HSBC, Franklin Templeton

   The pilot let Uber keep funds invested in money market products while accessing cash for payments, even on weekends.

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   Infrastructure · The Block · Oct 31

   Chainalysis says hacker using ‘offensive agentic techniques’ accessed its customers’ names and emails

   The firm has also been tracking Binance’s separate multibillion-dollar hack, and said the attackers are using a Tron protocol to dodge stablecoin freezes.

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   Policy · Ledger Insights · Oct 29

   Who is behind the WSJ ad attacking tokenized stock venues?

   A slightly bizarre whodunnit has emerged in the tokenization sector. Over the weekend a full-page advertisement was published in the Wall Street Journal, slamming the SEC’s innovation exemption for tokenized securities venues (TSVs). The advertisement claims t

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   Institutional · Cointelegraph · Oct 29

   Bank of England opens consultation on tokenized collateral for clearing

   Central counterparties would need to show tokenized collateral meets liquidity and risk tests under proposed Bank of England guidance.

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5. 5

   Markets · Cointelegraph · Oct 29

   Canton Foundation grants RedStone 15.8M Canton Coin for pricing standard

   RedStone’s planned pricing tool will let institutions on Canton use shared market prices without exposing deal terms to data providers.

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Research worth reading

Bank for International Settlements

Central bank projects are often described in long technical reports. The video library is one of the most accessible ways to hear the institutions themselves explain what they are testing and why, making it a useful starting point before reading the underlying papers.