Six-hour briefing
Fintech Briefing:
What changed in fintech over the last 6 hours
Top Stories
- UK FCA secures High Court undertakings against HTX promotions
The Financial Conduct Authority secured High Court undertakings ensuring that global crypto exchange HTX will not knowingly promote cryptoasset services unlawfully to UK consumers. The regulator initiated legal action in October 2025 after HTX repeatedly failed to engage over breaches of UK financial promotion rules.
- Thirty three public companies object to OKX and ICE tokenized share platform
JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Alphabet, and thirty other publicly traded firms formally objected to having their shares traded as blockchain tokens on a proposed platform operated by OKX and Intercontinental Exchange. An updated public notice dated October 27, 2026 recorded the corporate objections to the platform planned by OKX and the New York Stock Exchange parent.
- DTCC subsidiary launches tokenization service for custody securities
The Depository Trust Company launched the DTCC Tokenization Service to enable eligible users to create tokenized representations of securities held in DTC custody. The service aims to link digital ledger applications with regulated market infrastructure while supporting asset mobility, collateral use, and liquidity access.
Since the last briefing
- · 3 new major stories
- · Crypto remains the most-covered topic