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R3 bets on Solana to bring institutional yield onchain
As DeFi investors seek stable, uncorrelated returns, R3 is building Solana-native structures to bring private credit …
Binance plans to bring back tokenized stock trading after 2021 retreat
The exchange shut down its earlier effort under regulatory pressure, but it's now back to exploring offering tokenize…
CertiK eyes IPO at $2 billion valuation as it targets ‘first public web3 cybersecurity’ listing
CertiK co-founder Ronghui Gu said the cybersecurity firm is exploring paths to go public in an interview this week in…
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao reflects on prison, Trump and potential bitcoin supercycle after pardon
CZ said he didn't expect to serve time, arguing that past cases typically resulted in home confinement or deferred pr…
Coinbase sees constructive Q1 outlook after late 2025 crypto market reset
Coinbase Institutional’s latest Charting Crypto report has signaled a constructive start to 2026 after a late-2025 …
Binance applies for EU crypto license in Greece under MiCA framework
Binance has filed for a MiCA license in Greece to secure EU-wide regulatory approval and expand its European base.
From prison to Davos, pardoned Binance founder CZ exposes a $33 trillion secret the global elite can’t hide anymore
Changpeng Zhao spoke at the World Economic Forum's 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos this week, his first appearance on th…
Ark Invest sees bitcoin and tokenization driving the next phase of digital asset growth
The asset manager said bitcoin’s institutional adoption and asset tokenization are pushing digital assets toward sc…
BlackRock sees Ethereum as the gatekepper for tokenization even though market share is drifting elsewhere
BlackRock’s 2026 Thematic Outlook put Ethereum at the center of its tokenization thesis, asking whether the network…
Onchain lending protocol USD.AI approves $500 million loan for Australian AI startup
USD.AI primarily operates as an onchain bank for AI startups, accepting tokenized GPUs as collateral for stablecoin l…
AI infrastructure firm secures up to $500 million onchain loan after bypassing banks
The credit facility used GPU hardware as tokenized collateral, enabling faster capital access without traditional cre…
edgeX: Where Mobile Traders Meet Institutional Liquidity
The Rise of On-Chain Derivatives Perpetual decentralized exchanges (perpDEXs) processed $7.1 trillion in trading volu…
Tokenization firm Superstate raises $82.5 million to bring Wall Street onchain
With the new funding, the company aims to bring IPOs and fundraising onto blockchain rails like Ethereum and Solana.
The Base token should give holders voting power over Coinbase itself
If BASE becomes economically tied to COIN, the token would trade not as a memeified L2 token, but as a globally acces…
Superstate raises $82.5 million Series B funding to expand onchain equity issuance infrastructure
The firm plans to use the fresh capital to scale beyond tokenized Treasury products into onchain equity issuance on E…
South Korean prosecutors probe disappearance of seized bitcoin: report
South Korean prosecutors are investigating the disappearance of a significant amount of seized bitcoin, citing a poss…
Nomura’s Laser Digital adds tokenized bitcoin yield fund targeting around 5% returns
Nomura's Laser Digital launched a tokenized Bitcoin Diversified Yield Fund on Jan. 22, targeting around 5% returns.
Binance co-founder Zhao in talks with ‘probably a dozen’ governments on asset tokenization
Tokenization could allow governments to raise funds by selling fractional ownership of state-owned assets like infras…
SagaEVM Chain Pauses After $7 Million Exploit
Saga has paused its SagaEVM chain after a smart contract exploit drained nearly $7 million in assets, forcing the te…
Saga pauses EVM chain following smart contract exploit
The project said the attacker subsequently bridged the stolen funds out of SagaEVM and converted them to ether.
Vietnam opens crypto exchange licensing with nearly $400 million capital barrier to entry
The pilot regime favors domestic banks and securities firms, with ownership rules and capital requirements likely lim…
Tokenized assets could surpass $11 trillion by 2030, Ark Invest says
While sovereign debt dominates tokenization today, Ark expects bank deposits and global public equities to move a gre…
Ripple’s RLUSD just got Binance’s strongest growth lever, can that catapult it into a top 3 asset?
Binance, the largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has listed Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin on its platform. On Jan.…
Private credit may be the breakout use case for tokenization: Maple's Sidney Powell
Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell said blockchain’s biggest opportunity isn’t tokenized Treasury bills or funds —…
The Daily: Trump hopes to sign crypto bill ‘very soon,’ Hong Kong set to issue first stablecoin licenses, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Crypto Long & Short: 2026 Marks the Inflection Point for 24/7 Capital Markets
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, David Mercer of LMAX Group writes on tokenization and capital market…
Former Alameda Research co-CEO Caroline Ellison scheduled for release on Wednesday
After nearly a year in federal custody, Caroline Ellison — the former co-CEO of Alameda Research — is scheduled t…
BlackRock names crypto and tokenization as ‘themes driving markets’ in 2026
The $10 trillion asset manager includes bitcoin, ether and stablecoins in its 2026 outlook, spotlighting blockchain a…
Trump hopes to sign crypto market structure bill ‘very soon’ amid growing tensions over stablecoin rewards
President Trump says he hopes to sign crypto legislation into law "very soon," as key stakeholders splinter on key as…
Want TradFi to embrace tokenization? Crypto's distribution strategy must mature
The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitte…