1+ hour, 39+ min ago   (353+ words) Ripple and SettleMint combine custody, issuance and compliance into one bank stack as BCG warns digital assets could put 30% of bank profits at risk. Ripple’s latest institutional push is increasingly about removing one of the biggest obstacles banks face when…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (444+ words) CZ says IPOs will move on-chain as tokenized stocks approach $3B and pre-IPO crypto trading shows surging retail demand for earlier access. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says IPOs will eventually move onto blockchains, but investors are already showing why the idea…...

1+ week, 25+ min ago   (725+ words) Tokenizing stocks and bonds solves only half a trade. Here’s how stablecoins, tokenized deposits and central bank money could settle assets onchain. Tokenization promises to move stocks, bonds, funds and other financial assets onto blockchain networks. But putting an asset…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (518+ words) If stablecoins can move money instantly and directly on blockchains, why do stablecoin cards still rely on Visa and Mastercard? Stablecoins can move globally, settle 24/7 and avoid many delays associated with bank transfers. So why does a card funded with…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (515+ words) David Schwartz defended Tether’s $42.4M USDT freeze as a new lawsuit puts issuer control in focus, and highlights a key difference from XRP. Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz has defended Tether’s decision to freeze $42.4 million in USDT before receiving a formal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (641+ words) Agentic payments let AI agents buy goods and services within preset rules. Here’s how authorization, cards, stablecoins and machine payments work. AI assistants can already compare flights, find products and recommend what to buy. Agentic payments add the final step:…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (482+ words) Hyperliquid Strategies expanded its equity facility to $2.5B after building a 29.3M HYPE treasury, while PURR fell 7% as dilution risk grew. Hyperliquid Strategies has dramatically expanded the financing machine behind one of crypto’s largest token treasury bets. The Nasdaq-listed company amended its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (401+ words) Ripple is connecting custody, issuance, compliance, collateral and settlement as BCG projects tokenized real-world assets could reach $88T by 2035. Ripple is building more than another crypto custody product. Its new partnership with SettleMint connects Ripple Custody with infrastructure for issuing, managing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (831+ words) What are tokenized stocks, what does an investor actually own, and how are traditional shares and funds moved onto a blockchain? Tokenized stocks are blockchain-based representations of shares or economic interests linked to publicly traded companies. Instead of ownership being…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (331+ words) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed its biggest modernization of transfer-agent rules in decades, explicitly bringing blockchain-based recordkeeping and tokenized securities into a framework largely written during the era of paper share certificates. The SEC said Sept. 1 that its…...