Qivalis, susținută de bănci, a anunțat pe 14 octombrie că a primit licența de instituție de monedă electronică (EMI) de la De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), banca centrală a Țărilor de Jos. Autorizația îndeplinește una dintre condițiile de licențiere pentru tokenul planificat de Qivalis, însă nu acoperă integral cerințele de lansare. Compania este susținută de 37 de bănci europene din 15 țări. Qivalis intenționează să înceapă emiterea de tokenuri de monedă electronică (EMT) denominate în euro „în următoarele luni”, condiționat de respectarea cerințelor aplicabile din Regulamentul privind piețele de criptoactive (MiCA) și de publicarea unui white paper. Potrivit informațiilor de pe site actualizate pe 14 octombrie, Qivalis nu a început încă să emită monedă electronică și nu oferă servicii de plată publicului. Nu există o dată fixă de lansare, iar calendarul pentru următoarele luni rămâne un plan al companiei. Distribuția va fi realizată prin bănci eligibile, burse, furnizori de servicii de plată și participanți la infrastructura de piață. Qivalis ar urma să emită tokenul, iar partenerii să asigure accesul utilizatorilor finali printr-un model cunoscut sub numele de B2B2X. Dimensiunea consorțiului nu stabilește care instituții vor oferi tokenul clienților și nici momentul în care aceștia vor avea acces la el. Articolul 48 din MiCA cere, în general, emitentului să obțină autorizare ca instituție de credit sau instituție de monedă electronică înainte de oferta publică ori de admiterea la tranzacționare. Cadrul impune, de asemenea, notificarea și publicarea unui white paper, cu anumite excepții. Ghidurile DNB obligă emitenții să notifice autoritatea de reglementare cu privire la intenția de a emite un EMT și să transmită white paper-ul aferent. Qivalis afirmă că emiterea rămâne condiționată de cerințele MiCA aplicabile. White paper-ul trebuie să descrie emitentul, tokenul, drepturile și obligațiile deținătorilor, tehnologia și riscurile. Informațiile publicate le oferă potențialilor utilizatori detalii despre produs dincolo de anunțul de licențiere, inclusiv obligațiile tokenului și riscurile utilizării. Notificarea white paper-ului este distinctă de aprobarea de reglementare. Articolul 51 din MiCA prevede că autoritățile nu pot impune aprobarea prealabilă a white paper-urilor EMT înainte de publicare. Publicarea white paper-ului Qivalis și începerea planificată a emiterii sunt următorii pași pentru ca tokenul să devină disponibil prin parteneri.

Patrick Witt (@patrickjwitt) a părăsit funcția de principal consilier al Casei Albe pentru cripto. Un oficial al Casei Albe a declarat pentru The Block că însărcinarea sa temporară a expirat. Witt a contribuit la eforturile de promovare a proiectului de lege CLARITY, care rămâne blocat în Senat. Casa Albă nu a numit un înlocuitor.

Tether paid more than $6 million to consulting firm Nxum, co-founded by former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines, according to an October 15 ME News report citing ODAILY. The payments were divided among the firm’s three partners. Hines reportedly stepped back from daily operations but remained a shareholder and discussed the GENIUS Act with his partners via Signal while advocating for the legislation during his White House tenure. The bill became law in July 2025. Hines resigned in August and was named CEO of Tether’s U.S. stablecoin business in September, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest.

September inflation data beat expectations, ending bets the Federal Reserve could wait before another rate hike. Attention turns to Kevin Warsh, whose fireside chat with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday evening Eastern Time, 11:30 Beijing time October 16, is a key window for policy signals. The Fed starts a media blackout Saturday before its October 27 to 28 meeting.

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour defended federal regulation of prediction markets at DC Fintech Week on October 14, warning that state-level oversight could drive the industry overseas, according to CoinDesk. States argue that Kalshi’s sports event contracts constitute illegal gambling. Kalshi and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) maintain that federal law gives the agency exclusive regulatory authority. Federal appeals courts have split on the issue. New Jersey has requested Supreme Court review, backed by 39 states and the NFL. Meanwhile, the CFTC is advancing rules to explicitly include event contracts in its definition of swaps.

EQX Labs plans to bring tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to Hyperliquid, offering around-the-clock trading. The equity-backed instruments will not confer direct ownership of the underlying shares. The plan, announced on Oct. 14, 2026, covers 11 markets on the platform’s native spot order book and excludes U.S. persons. Planned listings include SPY, QQQ, Apple, NVIDIA and Tesla. The tokens are offshore debt instruments backed by equities, and holders typically sell them on the secondary market rather than redeem them for shares. According to The Defiant, the markets will pair tokens with USDC on HyperCore. EQX filings show a structure in which brokers hold the underlying shares, approved institutions handle creation and redemption, and other eligible users trade on the secondary market. How the markets will trade The 11 planned markets use Hyperliquid’s HIP1 token standard, with equity-backed spot tokens issued natively on HyperCore. Initial products cover the SPY and QQQ ETFs along with single names such as Apple, NVIDIA and Tesla. The design differs from other equity-like products in the ecosystem. In March, Felix launched Ondo-supported stocks and ETFs on HyperEVM, using securities tokenized on Ethereum and bridged into the ecosystem, as described by Ondo. In May, Trade.xyz launched a synthetic pre-IPO perpetual market for SpaceX. EQX’s distinguishing feature is its backing mechanism: the tokens give exposure tied to over-the-counter held shares, not perpetual stock exposure. Stock backing and offshore issuer The tokens legally constitute debt obligations rather than direct equity ownership. The issuer is EQX SPC Ltd., a segregated portfolio company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. The instruments are limited-recourse notes, each corresponding to a separate portfolio tied to its own ticker. A Cayman Islands purpose trust owns the issuer. EQX Labs provides the technology but does not issue the securities. EQX says brokerage accounts opened in the issuer’s name will hold the underlying stocks. Custody sits with Alpaca Securities LLC, StoneX Financial Ltd. and Clear Street LLC. Eligibility, redemption and voting U.S. persons and anyone located in the United States are not eligible to take part. The offering also excludes residents of and persons located in the British Virgin Islands, sanctioned persons, and anyone in jurisdictions fully sanctioned by the United States, the United Nations, the United Kingdom or the European Union. Only authorized participants—entities approved to create and redeem tokens—can normally exchange tokens for shares. Other holders exit by selling on the secondary market. EQX says the creation and redemption mechanism helps keep token prices close to the value of the underlying shares during U.S. trading hours. Dividends are reinvested into the same stock after applicable withholding taxes. Holders can submit voting instructions by signing with their wallet. Fees and disclosure EQX charges issuers nothing for token creation, redemption or holding. Revenue will come from a share of Hyperliquid’s trading fees, while users still pay standard spot trading fees. At launch, EQX plans to release broker statements and dashboards that distinguish settled underlying stocks from those due to settle on the next U.S. business day. This article was generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence and reviewed by the editorial team.

THE BLOCK: VanEck a cerut SEC să retragă declarația de înregistrare pentru un ETF Lido Staked Ethereum planificat, precizând că nu mai intenționează să ducă la bun sfârșit oferta. ethereum:0xae7ab96520de3a18e5e111b5eaab095312d7fe84 Documentul S1 fusese depus inițial pe 16 octombrie 2025, iar firma nu a invocat niciun motiv pentru retragerea anunțată astăzi. VanEck a precizat că nu au fost emise sau vândute acțiuni și nici nu vor fi, în baza declarației de înregistrare.

ChainCatcher, citing The Block — The White House has lost another senior figure overseeing digital-asset regulation. Patrick Witt has ended his tenure as the White House chief crypto adviser. A White House official said in an email to The Block on Wednesday that Witt's "detail period has expired," thanking him for his service to the Trump administration and wishing him success going forward. Crypto In America journalist Eleanor Terrett previously reported that Witt is an employee of the U.S. Department of Defense holding a temporary post on the White House crypto council. As executive director of the President's Advisory Committee on Digital Assets, he drove Washington's effort to pass broad cryptocurrency legislation, the Clarity Act. The House version cleared more than a year ago, after which Witt coordinated negotiations in the Senate. The Senate version faces multiple obstacles: banking and crypto industry groups disagree over how stablecoin incentives should be treated, and lawmakers must weigh potential conflicts of interest tied to President Trump's substantial crypto holdings. The latter became the decisive factor when the bill failed its first procedural vote last month. Democrats argued that provisions allowing enforcement action against the president would be unenforceable, since such decisions rest with the Department of Justice rather than individual states. Witt is the third senior crypto official to leave the White House. David Sacks, who headed crypto and AI affairs, departed in March, saying his 130-day term as a special government employee had ended. Witt's deputy, Harry Jung, left in July.

Polygon finalizează tranzacția Coinme și devine o companie de plăți reglementată în SUA. @0xPolygon deține acum 37 de licențe de stat pentru transfer de fonduri și 11 scutiri, acoperind 48 de state în total, și are înregistrare la FinCEN. Toate acestea se integrează în Open Money Stack al Polygon. Tazapay, Mesh, Toku și Kira se numără printre primele companii care îl folosesc pentru plăți transfrontaliere, alimentarea conturilor, salarizare globală și acces la dolari americani.