Why Switzerland’s first genuine spot bitcoin ETF could soon attract overseas banks and brokers

SIX Swiss Exchange confirms international access, while FINMA explains why it approved the fund and whether ether and solana ETFs could follow. Source

Chainlink adds weekend pricing for tokenized assets, with Aave as launch partner

The service uses perpetual futures quotes to update reference prices when traditional markets close. Source

New quantum model slashes hardware needed to break bitcoin keys by 17 times

Alice & Bob’s new model reduces the hardware required for a potential attack, bringing it closer to reality and increasing pressure to adopt quantum-resistant security sooner. Source

CFTC chief poses questions about policing AI but calls it a road to ‘autonomous trading’

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a forum in which the chairman, Mike Selig, suggested AI agents may usher in a financial revolution. Source

Crypto isn’t a partisan fight, proven by data

Treating crypto as a political battleground only makes it harder to build the secure, transparent, American-made financial system that most Americans say they want, argues DeFi Education Fund’s Jennifer Rosenthal. Source

Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, as expected

A rate hike in December remains likely as the U.S. central bank continues to focus on inflation, which remains well above its 2% target. Source

Coinbase earnings: Wall Street divided on trading rebound after Robinhood crypto revenue sinks 55%

Coinbase faces a key earnings test as analysts debate the strength of its trading rebound following a sharp drop in Robinhood’s crypto revenue. Source

Crypto Long & Short: What happens when an AI agent pays for the wrong thing

The largest card networks now sit in the top governance tier of x402, the standard that AI agents use to pay for things online. Albert Castellana of GenLayer Labs explains why that standard has no way to dispute a charge, and what happens when the payment settles but the agent receives something wrong or useless. Source

Wall Street backbone DTCC brings $30 trillion securities closer to blockchain with major banks

DTCC’s tokenization service went live on Canton Network and private chain Besu, with JPMorgan, Citi and Morgan Stanley among 20 firms signed up. Source

JPMorgan, Coca-Cola, Dell also say ‘no’ to OKX-ICE tokenized stock trading plan

Nearly half the companies on the venture’s original roster have now objected to their shares trading on the planned blockchain-based venue. Source