Illinois' cryptocurrency tax policy faces opposition from the Department of Justice, banking sector, and DeFi industry.

As of September 2026, the market capitalization of tokenized stocks increased by 842% year-over-year to $3.91 billion. (Source: CoinShares and Token Terminal)

Anchorage Digital has partnered with Visa to include Western Union's stablecoin USDPT in VisaNet's settlement assets. Visa and eligible partners can use USDPT to settle VisaNet debt, and the two companies will establish a framework to evaluate the inclusion of more stablecoins issued by Anchorage. USDPT was launched on Solana in May of this year and is issued and custodied by Anchorage Digital Bank. (Source: The Block)

The Federal Reserve has released its 2027 FOMC meeting schedule, which includes seven regular policy meetings scheduled for January, March, April, June, July, September, and November. A monetary policy strategy meeting will be held on October 26-27, and no meeting is scheduled for December. The dates of each meeting are tentative until confirmed at the previous meeting. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has indicated he will reduce the number of policy meetings. (Source: Federal Reserve)

Illinois’ cryptocurrency tax policy has sparked a rare coalition of opposition from the Department of Justice, banks, and the DeFi industry.

Binance announced that it has completed the reimbursement of user assets affected by the $6.3 billion hack. Binance will provide Proof of Reserves snapshots and ZK proofs for users to verify the 1:1 asset reserve status.