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  <title>Cryptoeconomics: Trading venues</title>
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    <title>Robinhood launches its own Ethereum layer-2 network with 24/7 tokenized stock trading</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Robinhood began operating Robinhood Chain on mainnet on 1 July 2026, alongside round-the-clock tokenized stock trading, perpetual futures and onchain lending. The tokens give price exposure rather than direct share ownership.</description>
    <category>Tokenized capital markets</category>
    <category>Trading venues</category>
    <category>Market design</category>
    <source url="https://robinhood.com/us/en/newsroom/robinhood-accelerates-global-expansion-robinhood-chain-mainnet-stock-tokens-agentic-trading/">Robinhood Newsroom</source>
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    <title>Senate Banking Committee advances crypto market structure bill as CLARITY Act text is revised</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The Senate Banking Committee released its version of the CLARITY Act on 11 May 2026 and advanced the crypto market structure bill out of committee that month. A further revision was reported in July 2026 as negotiators worked toward a bipartisan compromise.</description>
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    <category>Trading venues</category>
    <category>Market design</category>
    <category>Decentralised finance</category>
    <source url="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13187">Congressional Research Service</source>
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    <title>Tokenized gold trading volume reached $90.7bn in the first quarter of 2026</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Trading volume in tokenized gold reached $90.7bn in the first quarter of 2026, exceeding the total for all of 2025, according to research published by CEX.IO. Tether Gold and Pax Gold account for most of the outstanding supply, whose combined market value passed $6bn in February 2026.</description>
    <category>Tokenized capital markets</category>
    <category>Trading venues</category>
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    <source url="https://blog.cex.io/ecosystem/tokenized-gold-q1-2026-report-35490">CEX.IO research: Tokenized gold Q1 2026 report</source>
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    <title>Intercontinental Exchange invests a further $600m in Polymarket as CFTC clears intermediated US access</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Intercontinental Exchange announced an additional $600m investment in Polymarket on 27 March 2026, adding to its earlier stake in the prediction-market platform. Separately the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved an amended order of designation allowing intermediated access to Polymarket&#39;s US market.</description>
    <category>Prediction markets</category>
    <category>Trading venues</category>
    <category>Institutions</category>
    <source url="https://ir.theice.com/press/news-details/2026/Intercontinental-Exchange-Announces-New-600-Million-Investment-in-Polymarket/default.aspx">Intercontinental Exchange investor relations</source>
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    <title>SEC approves Nasdaq rule change permitting trading of tokenized securities</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a Nasdaq rule change on 18 March 2026 allowing certain tokenized securities to trade on the exchange, alongside an interpretation of how the federal securities laws apply to tokenized instruments. A related exemption for tokenized stocks that had been expected in May 2026 was not issued on that timetable.</description>
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    <category>Trading venues</category>
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    <source url="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking">US Securities and Exchange Commission: self-regulatory organisation rulemaking</source>
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