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Digital assets

DTIF critiques NCUA’s Proposed Regulations to enact GENIUS Act

17 April 2026 US, UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The registration body proposes that the NCUA requires Applying Issuers to obtain and disclose a DTI code for each payment stablecoin for the application process

Clearing and settlement

DTCC advances ‘Cloud First’ strategy

16 April 2026 US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia
Reporter: Matthew Challis

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation intends to enhance operational resilience through the addition of redundancy, improving fault isolation, and enabling more robust contingency and recovery capabilities

People moves

SimCorp appoints Yegul as Senior Managing Director

16 April 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Neslihan Yegul has more than two decades’ experience in scaling global SaaS businesses, driving digital transformation, and accelerating revenue growth in capital markets

Custody

Ondo Finance, Clearstream, and 360X partner

15 April 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Data services

SIX and Chainlink bring data of Swiss and Spanish equities onchain

15 April 2026 Switzerland, Spain
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Industry

Zodia Custody joins forces with PwC

15 April 2026 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

This partnership allows PwC UK insolvency practitioners to provide custody solutions underpinned by Zodia Custody’s secure infrastructure, designed to address the nuances of digital asset management

Fund Services

6 Monks and HC Global Fund Services cooperate

14 April 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The partnership combines HC Global's fund administration platform with 6 Monks' European AIFM experience to provide access to the EU institutional market

Digital assets

Deutsche Börse Group acquires Kraken stake

14 April 2026 Germany
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Deutsche Börse Group is deepening its partnership with Kraken through a strategic investment of US$200 million in Payward, the unified infrastructure layer behind the cryptocurrency platform

Fund Services

ONE launches money laundering reporting service

14 April 2026 Ireland, Cayman Islands
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

This development enables ONE to act as the named MLRO for investment funds and other regulated entities in both Ireland and the Cayman Islands

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