• SEC allows DTCC to tokenize.

• Octant introduces StreamVote.

• Cork Protocol Protected Loops.

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The Depository Trust Company (DTC), a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), which handles the majority of U.S. securities clearing and settlement, has secured a crucial No-Action Letter from the SEC to launch a new tokenization service. The milestone authorizes DTC Participants to tokenize select DTC-custodied Real-World Assets (RWAs), including stocks, ETFs, and fixed-income securities. Scheduled to be production-ready in the second half of 2026, the service aims to bridge TradFi and DeFi by initially supporting highly liquid assets such as the Russell 1000, major index ETFs, and U.S. Treasury securities. Powered across L1 and L2 blockchain providers, the platform will deliver a Common Liquidity Pool Across Identical Legal and Ownership Rights, Embedded Compliance and Controls, and Programmable Assets.

Octant, a public goods funding project, introduced StreamVote, a new funding mechanism combining Octant vaults with a continuous voting system. Octant is launching a StreamVote pilot round featuring a 25 ETH initial funding pool, supplemented by yields from assets deposited to the vault by the Golem Foundation. The mechanism leverages Superfluid to distribute funds continuously and in real-time, based on the current vote tally, rather than at the end of a fixed period. Voters can update and change their vote allocations at any time during the round. The pilot will fund impactful projects mentioned in the Ethereum Magicians forum.

Cork Protocol, a protocol for trading onchain risk, introduced Protected Loops, a DeFi primitive designed to facilitate looping strategies for illiquid or long-duration assets, such as Real World Assets (RWAs) and yield vault tokens. The feature shifts duration risk away from the core Looping Vault and onto specialized underwriters. The primitive combines a managed Looping Vault with an embedded liquidity hedge provided through Cork Pools. It provides a liquidity hedge that is tokenized as a Swap Token, which the Looping Vault buys. The token guarantees the vault the ability to swap the illiquid collateral for a liquid asset. The product is currently in a pilot phase.

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