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Tokenization has become a strategic priority for 84% of financial firms
A Broadridge survey found Wall Street is accelerating tokenization efforts while betting on hybrid markets where digi…
Citadel backs two rival crypto exchanges with $600 million as both chase the same Wall Street prize
Crypto.com and Kraken are pursuing the same tokenized-market expansion, while only one has disclosed Citadel’s oper…
Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure
Crypto and blockchain experts say this week's moves show the two established finance companies are increasingly compe…
Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to onboard 10 million casual users onto decentralized finance
The company says its advantage lies in bringing retail customers onchain, but early activity remains dominated by mem…
Bitmine nears its Ethereum buying limit – Now it needs demand to make the bet pay off
Bitmine plans to slow its Ethereum purchases as its holdings approach 5% of the cryptocurrency’s supply, ending a y…
Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire
The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expans…
SpaceX hype collapses with $600 million still carrying leveraged bets before a massive share unlock
SpaceX's record-setting market debut has completed a sharp reversal just over a month after the rocket and satellite …
Airbnb CEO says X account was hacked, attacker posted AI-slop on tokenization
Brian Chesky regained control of his account and told any new crypto followers he would be a "disappointing follow".
JPMorgan says bitcoin outlook sees ‘encouraging sign’ as Strategy boosts cash reserves
Strategy's larger cash reserves and improving institutional demand in bitcoin futures are "encouraging signs" for bit…
Citadel Securities invests $400 million in Crypto.com, valuing exchange at $20 billion
The exchange's first institutional funding round values it at $20 billion and will fund expansion into tokenized secu…
Citadel Securities invests $400 million in Crypto.com at $20 billion valuation
Crypto.com plans to use proceeds from its “first institutional funding round" to expand its tokenization and deriva…
Stripe’s $53 billion PayPal bid is a high-stakes play to own the future of digital payments
If Stripe acquires PayPal, the real prize could be consumer wallets, stablecoin issuance or the infrastructure poweri…
Visa backs Open USD with new stablecoin platform as Circle faces fresh competition
Visa launched a stablecoin platform that lets banks and fintechs issue, manage and settle digital dollars through its…
Keyrock acquires BlockFills trading assets to expand institutional crypto business
The deal adds institutional trading clients, derivatives expertise and regulatory licenses as Keyrock looks to deepen…
SBI extends onchain finance push with Ondo deal to tokenize Japanese stocks
Japan's SBI Holdings will use JPYSC for settlement and collateral while distributing Ondo products through its network.
Crypto brokerage firm Alpaca raises $135 million for tokenized stock infrastructure
The company at one pointed cleared or custodied roughly 94% of tokenized U.S. equities, now holding over $1.5 billion…
Rebooting the internet: inside the open-source project to let AI programs pay each other
The newly-convened x402 Foundation is a neutral space where competitors and payment methods can work together to crea…
Tether invests $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as it expands Latin America push
Ualá’s CEO clarified Tether is acting solely as a financial investor, citing current regional regulations preventi…
U.S. adds four Iran central bank crypto wallets to sanctions, Tether freezes $131 million of contents
The freeze targets TRON-based addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being trans…
BlackRock earned $82M while its crypto funds erased $30B – now it wants inside your wallet
BlackRock generated $82 million in revenue from its digital-asset products during the first half of 2026, even as fal…
Stripe-PayPal deal could accelerate shift to blockchain-based money, Polygon exec says
"Within the next few years the majority of money will live and move on blockchain in one form or another," according …
Coinbase's Jesse Pollak steps back from Base app leadership after admitting his crypto social strategy failed
Pollak said that Jordan Fish, also known on X as 'Cobie,' will lead the Base app team.
Benchmark says Securitize investors should ‘strip out the noise’ after post-SPAC selloff
Separately, Securitize announced a partnership with Cantor Fitzgerald to support blockchain-based IPOs and secondary …
Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak hands Base app leadership to Cobie after admitting social bets fell short
Coinbase executive Jesse Pollak will focus on Base blockchain's infrastructure, prioritizing trading, stablecoin paym…
DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street's blockchain push
DTCC's first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure b…
BlackRock outlines vision for crypto-TradFi convergence as product pipeline grows
The firm seeks to offer tokenized long-term investments like "Treasury funds, iShares ETFs, and even private markets."
Cantor and Securitize collaborate on blockchain-based IPOs
The move creates a pathway for public companies to raise capital onchain and issue tokenized securities.
‘Bull markets everywhere’: Bitwise says crypto equities beat every major asset class but emerging markets in H1 2026
Crypto assets fell 36% while crypto equities gained 23% in the first half of the year, with tokenized RWAs hitting a …
Ostium suffers $18 million exploit as oracle attack wave continues to hit DeFi
A hacker used Ostium's own price-reporting infrastructure against the protocol, submitting falsified future-dated ora…