Enterprise Payments: European firms are moving from “crypto curiosity” to real strategy, weighing faster cross-border settlement and vendor readiness under MiCA-style rules. Tokenization Push: Asset managers are accelerating tokenized fund pilots, with Calastone research pointing to tokenized fund distribution rising from 13% (2026) to 28% (2030). Wall Street On-Chain: DTCC plans to connect its tokenized securities platform to Stellar (XLM) for issuance and lifecycle management, targeting availability in 2027. House Crypto Policy: The House Financial Services Committee is lining up tokenization as the next big agenda after stablecoins and market structure, aiming for bipartisan momentum on the CLARITY Act. XRP “North Star”: Anodos Finance says it’s been buying, holding, and paying staff with XRP across chains since 2023, framing XRP as a connective treasury asset. Security Shock: Gravity Bridge shut down after a reported ~$5.4M exploit tied to a signing key compromise. Stablecoin Reality Check: River says illicit activity has shifted from Bitcoin to stablecoins, with stablecoins at ~84% of illicit on-chain volume. Prediction Markets: Premu launched user-created event markets with up to 2.5x leveraged event trading. Regulatory/Market Watch: US prosecutors charged a Google engineer over a ~$1.2M Polymarket insider-trading scheme; meanwhile, USDT saw a sharp $1.2B redemption-driven supply contraction.