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TREE NEWS reports: Citrini Research published a 79-page report on October 8, 2026 titled “Breaking The Wall: Has Blockchain Finally Reached Its Moment?”, arguing that agentic finance will be built on blockchain rails. The firm recommends moving capital out of bitcoin, ether and XRP into fee-generating DeFi protocols and infrastructure equities, with Derive, Lighter and ether.fi weighted highest alongside a stock basket including Securitize, Circle and Coinbase. Its 15-token crypto basket excludes bitcoin and ether entirely.

TREE NEWS update: Morgan Stanley expects to support tokenized equities in the first quarter of 2027, the bank’s head of digital asset strategy said. The firm is actively building the infrastructure required for tokenized equities while monitoring industry developments. No specific products, partners or regulatory approvals were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: AI Agent Summit 2026, hosted by Noos and co-organized by Techub News, was held in Singapore with 1,500 online registrations and more than 500 in-person attendees. Noos, a decentralized compute and settlement network for AI agents, says it now runs 4,000+ global compute nodes and hosts over 10,000 AI Skills. Panels covered AI agent evolution, autonomous execution, and RWA tokenization, risk control and compliance.

TREE NEWS reports: An IMF study of Ondo and xStocks tokenized equities found that most trades occur outside U.S. market hours and are for less than one share. The overnight price moves in the tokens show up in the underlying real stocks minutes after the open, the fund found.

TREE NEWS reports: Weekly trading volume on tokenized-stock decentralized exchanges has risen 447% since Robinhood Chain launched on July 1, climbing from an average of $627 million to $3.4 billion. The data points to rapid growth in on-chain trading of tokenized equities roughly three months after the chain went live.

TREE NEWS update: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has opened public comment through Nov. 11 on amendments to the Electronic Securities Act and Capital Markets Act that would extend tokenization to stocks, bonds and funds, with implementation timed to the law’s Feb. 4, 2027 effective date. The first phase would cover institution-only private money market funds, private bonds, trust-based unlisted shares and publicly offered fractional investment securities. Public bonds and funds for retail investors would open later, with individual over-the-counter net purchases capped at 100 million won per year.

TREE NEWS update: Morgan Stanley now expects to begin supporting tokenized stocks on its alternative trading system (ATS) in the first quarter of 2027, digital asset strategy head Amy Oldenburg said, a delay from the previously announced second-half 2026 target. Oldenburg said Q1 is likely more realistic because it aligns with other activity across the broader ecosystem, adding that the team is actively pushing the build-out forward.

TREE NEWS update: Binance will list USDT-margined perpetual contracts for ZCSH, MSTU, SNPS and RDW on October 12 between 17:00 and 17:15 (UTC+8), offering up to 20x leverage. The exchange announced the launch in an official notice, adding four TradFi-linked tickers to its derivatives lineup.

TREE NEWS reports: An IMF analysis found that more than half of tokenized stock trading occurs outside U.S. market hours, indicating genuine demand for round-the-clock access. The roughly $2.3 billion market, however, remains more volatile and less liquid than traditional equities, the analysis said.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood Crypto said it is exploring issuing stock tokens tied to actively managed ETFs on Robinhood Chain with T. Rowe Price Digital Assets, which manages $1.9 trillion in assets. If completed, the project could be the first such stock token. The partnership remains exploratory, requiring legal due diligence, issuer board approval, final terms and regulatory clearance in relevant jurisdictions.

TREE NEWS update: OKX closed a funding round at a $25 billion valuation, with Standard Chartered and Circle among the participants. The exchange also launched OKX Money. The round comes as OKX pushes into the US market, filing for the SEC’s September ‘innovation exemption’ to offer tokenized US equities, which already cover more than 70 tickers but remain barred to American users.

TREE NEWS reports: Tokenized stocks tracked across four chains reached $3.21 billion in value, up 10% in 30 days, while synthetic equity perpetual open interest on trade[XYZ] alone stood at $3.01 billion — 94% of the tokenized-stock total. Holders of the top 100 tokenized equities rose tenfold to 4.21 million addresses in 90 days, with Binance and Robinhood driving 86% of new holders, though 97.5% of 2.5 million addresses hold under $100.

TREE NEWS update: Brazil’s largest stock exchange, B3, now plans to launch its security tokenization platform in the first half of 2027, pushed back from a previous target of H2 2026. Tokenized securities will be interchangeable with traditional shares and share the same pricing and liquidity, B3 products director Humberto Costa said. B3 also plans its own stablecoin and will seek Brazilian central bank authorization for digital asset operations and custody.

TREE NEWS update: HSBC and Ant Digital Technologies said they completed a technical proof-of-concept for AI agent micropayments, with each transaction typically under $2 and settled in real time. HSBC’s Tokenized Deposit Service handled settlement and real-time risk controls via an MCP interface, while Ant Digital’s Anvita Flow managed service invocation and micropayment settlement, with on-chain transactions run on the Layer 2 Jovay testnet. Both parties said the test was exploratory and not a commercial launch.

TREE NEWS update: HSBC and Ant Digital ran a technical trial showing AI agents discovering services and making micropayments using HSBC’s tokenized deposits, with real-time settlement and risk checks. The test demonstrates how tokenized bank deposits could serve as settlement rails for machine-to-machine payments.

TREE NEWS update: Franklin Templeton and Animoca are planning a broader asset lineup for NUVA, the tokenized fund platform that launched on Ethereum in May with vaults tied to YLDS and home-equity credit. The partners also plan to explore tokenized cultural assets, expanding the product range beyond the initial vaults.

TREE NEWS update: LiquidAcre, a fintech company building a platform for real-world assets and digital financial services, has selected Uphold to power trading, custody and KYC for part of its tokenized real estate infrastructure. The partnership covers the backend services LiquidAcre needs for its future tokenized real estate offerings, though no timeline or financial terms were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Coinbase launched tokenized stocks on Base six weeks ago, with daily volume of roughly $70 million to $100 million, Base creator Jesse Pollak said. Pollak said equities and non-dollar stablecoins will lead an upcoming “tokenization supercycle.”

TREE NEWS update: The European Securities and Markets Authority is seeking industry feedback on the legal, liquidity and operational risks of tokenized collateral before deciding whether additional EU regulatory measures are necessary. The consultation focuses on whether tokenized collateral can be cashed out in a crisis.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood Crypto said it is exploring a token tied to an actively managed fund on Robinhood Chain with T. Rowe Price. The company did not name the specific fund, a launch date or the regions where the token would be offered.