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In sovereign debt, securities on loan globally reached 5.86 trillion, up 50% year over year (y/y), while French OAT EquiLend utilization stands at 58%, according to data from EquiLend. Source: EquiLendMarkets experienced a sharp semiconductor selloff, which was preceded by short positioning that had already been building in Samsung Electronics: EquiLend Borrow Quantity climbed above 5.2 million shares this week, up significantly from late-June levels and continuing to rise through August.

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury is increasing, by at least double, the size of liquidity support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities (the 10-year to 20-year sector and the 20-year to 30-year sector). The current maximum size of $2 billion per operation will be at least $4 billion per operation. This change is effective September 9, 2026 and will be in effect for the remainder of this refunding quarter (through November 4, 2026).

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) recently demonstrated the capabilities of the DTCC Tokenization Service, when it processed live production trades using Depository Trust Company (DTC)-custodied assets. We hear from Jason Emery, managing director and head of Product at DTCC Digital Assets, about the results and priorities ahead of the October launch. This content requires a Finadium subscription. Articles with an unlocked symbol can be accessed with free registration.

Roughly $345 billion of real-world assets are recorded on public blockchains, and only about 8% of that value trades. The standard diagnoses — immature technology, regulatory uncertainty, insufficient liquidity — misidentify the constraint. A recent paper argues that a tokenized real-world asset is neither a security nor the underlying asset, but a synthetic risk transfer: a contract that conveys an asset’s economic exposure while legal title remains with the originator.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a request for comment to better inform its understanding and oversight of derivatives markets in compute. “America cannot win the AI race without a robust derivatives market for compute,” CFTC chair Michael Selig said in a statement. “Just as American markets helped establish the gold standard for trading the commodities that powered the industrial economy, we will do the same for the commodity that will power the intelligence economy.

Over the past month, short interest decreased across global equities in every sector, although commercial and professional services were the most heavily shorted sector overall, , according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The sharpest declines were recorded in consumer services (-46 basis points – bps), transport (-28bps), healthcare (-20bps), and utilities (-15bps), while semiconductors (1bps), materials (-2bps), and media & entertainment (-3bps) experienced the most modest changes.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced appointments that expand the regulator’s global presence, joining a global network that includes existing attachés in Washington DC, Brussels and Singapore, as well as the Asia-Pacific, supporting international co-operation, exports and investment into the UK. “The FCA’s global network is vital to delivering across all parts of the FCA strategy.

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