AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoSEC/Regulation Shake-Up: Hester Peirce (“Crypto Mom”) resigns from the SEC effective Oct. 2, leaving crypto oversight in limbo as the CLARITY Act stalls and the SEC–CFTC split stays unresolved. Stablecoin & Sanctions Scrutiny: A Senate Democratic report says Tether’s USDT is “pervasive” in Iran’s shadow banking, citing 847 wallets and claiming 84% transact mainly in USDT; Tether counters with claims about freezing nearly $550M in Iran-linked USDT. Market Structure & Flows: XRP spot ETF demand looks highly concentrated, with Canary’s XRPC taking the full ~$3.96M net creation in one session while peers were flat. Institutional Tokenization Push: Citi expands tokenized dollar transfers to Japan for 24/7 cross-border payments, aiming to compete with stablecoin rails for institutional settlement. Security & Risk: Apple patched a CoreGraphics iOS/iPadOS flaw that may have been exploited in targeted attacks, and Bitget’s North Korea-linked $388M hack keeps getting funds blocked or refused by cross-chain services like NEAR Intents and Chainflip. Enterprise/Infrastructure: Radware rolls out Agent Trust Management to control what trusted AI agents can do with apps, while Singapore’s Digital Assets Summit returns Oct. 6 with tokenization and stablecoin scaling on the agenda.
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