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Crypto Daily Brief — October 27, 2026

Top story: Ripple Gets OCC Approval for National Trust Bank. At publication, Bitcoin was at $79,575 (-0.5% in 24h), Ether at $2,303.3 (-0.5% in 24h) and the total crypto market cap at $2.68 trillion (-2.4% in 24h).

CoinArticle · The Daily Brief · 2026-10-27

BTC $79,575 (-0.5%) · ETH $2,303 (-0.5%) · Total mcap $2.68T (-2.4%)

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Ripple Gains OCC Approval for National Trust Bank, RLUSD Custody

Ripple received final OCC approval to operate a national trust bank that will manage RLUSD stablecoin reserves and provide fiduciary custody services. The approval allows RLUSD to remain under New York regulation while the trust bank handles reserve management and digital asset custody.

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Aviva Investors Tokenizes £22B Sterling Fund on XRP Ledger

Aviva Investors and Ripple launched a tokenized share class of a £22 billion sterling fund on the XRP Ledger with initial commitments of £50 million. The deployment serves as a test case for institutional asset tokenization on public blockchain infrastructure.

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Payward Seeks First CFTC-Regulated Deployer Status on Hyperliquid

Payward, parent of Kraken, is pursuing CFTC approval to become the first regulated deployer of HIP-3 markets on Hyperliquid, enabling on-chain perpetual futures for US clients through subsidiary Bitnomial. The move could reshape how US derivatives trading integrates blockchain infrastructure.

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Visa Expands USDC Settlement to U.S. Banks After $3.5B Pilot

Visa is expanding USDC settlement capabilities to U.S. banks following a successful $3.5 billion pilot program. Cross River Bank and Lead Bank are the initial participants settling transactions with Visa over the Solana blockchain.

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Akash Network Moves to Leave Cosmos for Solana With 98% Support

Akash Network's community voted 98% in favor of migrating AKT tokens from Cosmos to Solana as an SPL token via Prop 346. The migration would establish a one-way token conversion and require a separate vote to end staking rewards at a future marketplace cutover.

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