PANews reported on October 1st that Circle announced, according to its official blog, that its tokenized money market fund, USYC, is now available on the Solana blockchain. USYC is a tokenized fund share launched by Circle, representing ownership of a short-term U.S. government money market fund and earning returns from the underlying assets.
Officials emphasized that USYC is only applicable to qualified non-US institutional investors who have completed KYC/AML and passed wallet whitelist verification, and is a licensed token.
On Solana, USYC can be used as an interest-bearing asset in lending protocols, as margin collateral in perpetual DEXs, or deployed in automated yield vaults. In addition to Solana, USYC already supports networks such as Base, Ethereum, and NEAR.

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate met with cryptocurrency industry leaders in three separate roundtable events this week. Members of the US Congress met with key figures in the cryptocurrency industry to discuss issues and potential laws related to the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve and a market structure.On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers that included Alaska Representative Nick Begich and Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno met with Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor and others in a roundtable event regarding the BITCOIN Act, a bill to establish a strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve. The discussion was hosted by the advocacy organization Digital Chamber and its affiliates, the Digital Power Network and Bitcoin Treasury Council.“Legislators and the executives at yesterday’s roundtable agree, there is a need [for] a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve law to ensure its longevity for America’s financial future,” Hailey Miller, director of government affairs and public policy at Digital Power Network, told Cointelegraph. “Most attendees are looking for next steps, which may mean including the SBR within the broader policy frameworks already advancing.“Read more

