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Figure partners with moomoo and Keplr to expand access to OPEN
05 February 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The On-Chain Public Equity Network allows companies to issue their equity native on blockchain and enables investors to invest in US public equities while accessing DeFi for borrowing against and lending out stock

Repo ADV climbs 17.4% YoY for January, reports Tradeweb
05 February 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Average daily volume across all asset classes for the month of January reached US$3.1 trillion, up 26.2 per cent year-on-year

FSB warns of financial stability challenges in repo markets
05 February 2026 Global
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The report warns that leverage, demand and supply imbalances, as well as high levels of concentration within repo markets, have the potential to create strains

PASLA welcomes McCardle to board of directors
05 February Hong Kong
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

As the first non-bank to join the board, the appointment of Head of EquiLend Andrew McCardle comes at a pivotal time in PASLA’s governance evolution

Ripple’s prime brokerage platform enables support for Hyperliquid
04 February 2026 British Virgin Islands
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The integration enables institutional clients to access onchain derivatives liquidity while cross-margining decentralised finance exposures with all other asset classes supported by Ripple Prime

OCC average daily loan volume rises 19.2% for January
04 February 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The firm’s recent monthly report also reveals an 11.28 per cent increase in total securities lending transactions cleared on the Options Clearing Corporation platform

ICE Clear Credit’s Treasury clearing service gets stamp of approval
04 February 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The new service provided by the Intercontinental Exchange will provide an alternative venue for clearing US Treasury securities, and soon repos

Securities lending revenues hit US$1.232bn in January
04 February 2026 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

All asset classes performed well with many of the common themes seen during 2025, carried over into the new year, says S&P Global Market Intelligence

MarketAxess hits US$570 billion in repo ADV
04 February 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Total trade volume on the platform grew 30 per cent YoY for Q4 2025, to US$40 trillion, averaging 6,000 matched repos per day

BrokerTec US repo ADNV rises 20% YoY for January
04 February 2026 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

For US Treasuries, ADNV in January was US$93.4 billion, despite US Treasury volatility remaining at multi-year lows, with the CME Group Volatility Index showing levels measuring a 34 per cent decrease in volatility

Transcend launches new collateral stress testing service
03 February 2026 UK and US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The service is designed to assist UK insurance firms meet the Prudential Regulation Authority’s new rules which provide stricter requirements for monitoring, and projecting collateral needs under stressed market conditions

Provable Markets enhances Aurora with updated FIX specifications
03 February 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The firm will look to onboard third-party vendors and clients to the updated interface in the first quarter of 2026