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Ripple, Robinhood expand partnership to bring RLUSD to retail and institutional markets
CFTC sues Utah to block action against prediction markets
Majority of Americans want candidates who support US-based financial technology: Poll
Janus Henderson, Centrifuge launch tokenized Nasdaq-100 fund on Stellar
Remarks at the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Meeting
USDC overtakes USDT in euro stablecoin trading as EU rules reshape market: Kaiko
Monetary developments in the euro area: September 2026
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #428 Recap Podcast
Gustavo Flores Echaiz and Brandon Black are joined by Adam Gibson, Vincenzo Palazzo, and João Dias to discuss Newsletter #428.
October 2026 euro area bank lending survey
Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises: lending conditions tightened
Frank Elderson: Taking action for nature – investing in economic resilience and prosperity
Piero Cipollone: Interview with Milano Finanza
SEC Announces Fiscal Year 2027 Examination Priorities
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the Division of Examinations’ Fiscal Year 2027 examination priorities.
ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – September 2026
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #428
This week’s newsletter describes a design for a single-issuer layer 2 whose users can redeem their bitcoin onchain without the issuer’s cooperation and summarizes a proposal for including hash preimages in output…
U.S. refineries have been running at very high rates in 2026
The U.S. refinery fleet has run at higher-than-normal rates this year, with refinery utilization averaging more than 95% of capacity between May and September, the highest for those months since 1998.
Piero Cipollone: Pontes and Appia: unlocking opportunities for banks
Philip R. Lane: Euro liquidity lines and the international monetary system
SEC and AMF Announce Supervisory MOU To Enhance Cooperation for Investment Advisers and Investment Service Providers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to facilitate consultation and…
SEC, FSA Hold Autumn Financial Regulatory Dialogue
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) convened the Autumn SEC-FSA Financial Regulatory Dialogue in Tokyo on Oct.
Euro area monthly balance of payments: August 2026
Frank Elderson: Interview with Die Presse
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #427 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Erick Cestari and Adam Gibson to discuss Newsletter #427.
SEC Announces Roundtable on Machine-Understandable Data in the Age of Super Intelligence
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it will host a roundtable on November 9, 2026, to discuss the use of machine-understandable data and Super Intelligence (SI) and related risks and costs.“In…
Hybrid sales rise while battery electric sales remain lower after tax credit expiration
In the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26), 23% of new light-duty vehicles sold in the United States were hybrid electric, battery electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, down slightly from 24% in 3Q25.
Frank Elderson: From climate and nature risks to economic resilience and competitiveness
Christine Lagarde: IMFC Statement
Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with Gardner Bancshares, Inc. and Small Business Bank
U.S. small-scale solar generation has quadrupled in the last decade
We estimate that U.S. generation from small-scale or rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (smaller than 1 megawatt of capacity) has increased from 18,812 gigawatthours (GWh) to 92,979 GWh over the last decade.
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #427
This week’s newsletter summarizes the disclosure of two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in older versions of Eclair and describes a proposed scheme for running complex multi-round contracts inside Lightning channels.
PJM, ERCOT, and SWPP all set peak load records this summer
Three regional transmission organizations (RTOs) set records for peak hourly load this past summer, according to data reported on Form EIA-930 and presented in the Hourly Electric Grid Monitor.
PPI for final demand increases 1.3% in September; goods advance 2.6%, services rise 0.8%
The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.3 percent in September. Prices for final demand goods rose 2.6 percent, and the index for final demand services advanced 0.8 percent.
Bowman, Supervisory Modernization After Silicon Valley Bank
Speech At the Bangkok Economic Festival, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, Bangkok, Thailand
SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Discuss IPO Modernization and Regulation Crowdfunding
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee announced that it will hold a meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 10 a.m. to continue discussing IPO modernization and…
Monthly wind generation in ISO-NE is about 68% higher than last year
Monthly wind generation in the first nine months of 2026 was an average of 68% higher compared with the same period in 2025 in ISO New England (ISO-NE).
CPI for all items increases 0.6% in September; gasoline rises
In September, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted (SA), and rose 3.7 percent over the year, not seasonally adjusted (NSA).
Statement on the Commission’s Approval of a Proposed Rule Change to Permit the Listing of Binary Options Overlying Key Performance Indicators
Frank Elderson: Ensuring resilience in the face of uncertainty
Philip R. Lane: The AI opportunity for Europe
Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026