The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has categorized Ripple’s XRP and Stellar’s XLM as digital commodities alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum. The move reflects the CFTC’s stance on how certain digital assets should be classified, but it does not carry formal legal force. Whether XRP is a security still depends on court rulings and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s determination, leaving markets cautious about drawing firm conclusions from a single agency’s statement.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a Cboe BZX rule change on Oct. 2, clearing the way for 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded products. The approval covers six VS Trust funds proposed by Volatility Shares, spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, crude oil and natural gas. The products are daily-reset leveraged vehicles, a structure that can erode capital for long-term holders. The move marks the first time the SEC has allowed Bitcoin to use the same leverage framework commonly applied to commodities less than three years after its legal dispute with Grayscale over a spot Bitcoin ETF.

Ripple has obtained a full Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license in the European Union. The authorization allows Ripple to provide regulated crypto-asset services across the European Economic Area, supporting its expansion plans. The company said its project pipeline is growing.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission advanced an early rulemaking process on Oct. 5 aimed at building a federal framework for crypto asset transactions and markets. The initiative could create an optional CFTC registration route for qualifying crypto platforms, but final requirements have not yet been proposed. The move follows the Senate’s failed Sept. 15 procedural vote on the CLARITY Act, which sought a federal crypto market framework. Earlier this year the CFTC and SEC issued a joint interpretation on the regulatory treatment of crypto assets.

Superform has activated yield strategies for Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base, automating rule-based operations through SuperformOS and using Aave. During the pre-deposit period, superNVDA drew nearly 10% of all NVDAc issued on Base. The launch is part of Superform’s SuperStocks lineup, which aims to turn tokenized equities into yield-bearing onchain collateral and expand using Aave V4. Coinbase tokenized stocks have surpassed $1.5B in onchain volume on Base in 6 weeks, but returns are variable and subject to borrowing-rate, liquidity, market, oracle, smart-contract, and liquidation risks.

Aave V3’s Monad market is nearing a rollover of about 67.4 million PT-AUSD-8OCT2026 tokens posted as collateral as the fixed-yield position approaches its Oct. 8 maturity. Over the past 15 days, active AUSD loans rose 113% to $8.7 million while user deposits more than doubled to $11.2 million. The collateral market started with a 20 million-token supply cap and was later raised to 40 million. Pendle’s December-maturity PT implies a yield of about 5.64%, and the Aave-Pendle integration is keeping fixed-yield capital circulating inside DeFi rather than exiting.

Centrifuge said it has deployed three tokenized credit funds on Circle’s Arc public mainnet. Arc went live on September 16, 2026, positioning the blockchain to bridge traditional finance and digital assets. New York Life Investment Management managed about $807 billion in assets, according to a Centrifuge recap published in July. The deployment brings on-chain credit funds to the Arc ecosystem, adding momentum to institutionally focused tokenization of real-world assets on compliant infrastructure.