Euroclear’s Jürgen Ouaknine is discussing a 300 billion euro tokenization project with Banque de France, a sign that tokenized assets are moving from conference buzzword territory into the machinery of institutional finance. 300 billion euro scope — The figure points to a serious institutional push, not a toy pilot. Banque de France involvement — Central […]
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ONDO Finance has made tokenized stocks a lot more practical by enabling native swaps for more than 260 of them inside Ledger wallets. It’s another clean shot across the bow for traditional finance: the assets are getting wrapped, routed, and traded onchain whether Wall Street likes it or not. ONDO Finance now supports native swaps […]
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DBS Bank is set to bring tokenized physical gold into its digibank app, giving customers a more digital way to access one of the oldest safe-haven assets on Earth. It’s another sign that major banks are warming up to real-world asset tokenization — but whether this becomes genuinely useful infrastructure or just fintech theater with […]
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Crypto ATM bans are picking up speed, with Delaware and New Jersey now moving to shut down kiosks that lawmakers say have become scam magnets for older adults and other vulnerable users. Delaware: House Bill 441 advanced on June 9 New Jersey: Senate Bill 2141 advanced on June 8 FBI data: 13,460 complaints and more […]
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Bitcoin is still the headline asset in crypto, but financial advisors are increasingly looking past the orange coin and toward stablecoins and tokenization. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says that shift is showing up in real conversations with advisors, and it could shape where the next wave of crypto capital goes. Advisors are still interested in […]
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Helius Labs CEO Mert Mumtaz says crypto is heading into a harsher security era, where AI will expose weak projects, fake decentralization, and sloppy smart contract design. AI is raising the security bar for crypto and DeFi, not just the attack surface. Immutable financial code needs far more rigor than standard web software. “Straw houses” […]
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Solana’s price has been getting smacked, but the network itself is quietly making a stronger case for relevance. Real-world asset activity on Solana has just hit a new high, showing that weak SOL price action and rising on-chain usage are very much not the same thing. Solana RWA transfer volume hit a record above $1.49 […]
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Coinbase wants Washington to stop treating stablecoins like speculative crypto toys and start treating them more like cash. The exchange is pressing Congress to ease crypto tax burdens, arguing that dollar-pegged tokens should be usable for payments without turning every purchase into a bookkeeping headache. Coinbase wants stablecoins treated more like cash Current crypto tax […]
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BlackRock and Fidelity have turned the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF market into a two-horse race, with IBIT and FBTC swallowing the lion’s share of inflows while smaller issuers watch from the sidelines. IBIT and FBTC dominate U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows Institutional buyers want liquidity, trust, and scale Smaller Bitcoin ETFs are getting squeezed ETF […]
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Coinbase is pressing Congress to stop treating everyday stablecoin spending and tiny crypto purchases like taxable investment events, according to its push for tax reform. That’s not a radical ask; it’s common sense that the U.S. tax code has somehow managed to dodge for years. Stablecoin spending should not trigger capital gains tax Small crypto […]
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