Newton Labs notes that the SEC proposed the first major update to transfer agent rules in about 40 years, citing tokenization.
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The SEC just proposed the first major update to transfer agent rules in about 40 years. The reason is tokenization. Most of the chatter is about access, and the separate…
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Newton Labs
Enforce compliance, identity, jurisdiction & spending rules directly in smart contracts without gatekeepers.
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- Financial Services
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- 2–10 employees
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Newton Labs reported that Chilean exchange Orionx halted withdrawals and began winding down after an audit found more than $7M in customer assets had been transferred to wallets the company did not control.
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Newton Labs noted that Arkham attributed a $2M to $3M PONS position on Robinhood Chain to Wintermute, built through incremental purchases over a few days.
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Newton Labs published a piece in Wintermute about RWAs being the most likely liquidity channel for the next cycle.
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