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Securitize wins EU approval to operate tokenized trading and settlement system, selects Avalanche

Securitize wins EU approval to operate tokenized trading and settlement system, selects Avalanche

Securitize received authorization under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime to operate a regulated trading and settlement system on Wednesday, becoming the only firm with licensed tokenization infrastructure in both the U.S. and the European UnionSpain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the count…

Not all RWA growth is real, and the industry knows it

Not all RWA growth is real, and the industry knows it

Opinion by: Aishwary Gupta, global head of payments and RWAs at Polygon LabsMost of the eye-popping RWA numbers making headlines are smoke and mirrors. Unless the industry course-corrects, it risks eroding the institutional trust it has spent years trying to build. Every week brings another announce…

Tokenization giant Securitize to go public via $1.25 billion SPAC deal

Tokenization giant Securitize to go public via $1.25 billion SPAC deal

Securitize is the latest crypto-native firm to announce plans to go public — at a $1.25 billion pre-money equity valuation. The tokenization giant plans to list in the U.S. through a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald.The combined company, to be rename…

Apollo and Oppenheimer Among Participants in Kraken's Latest Funding Round

Apollo and Oppenheimer Among Participants in Kraken's Latest Funding Round

According to a recent report by Reuters, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has secured fresh capital from such big names as Apollo Global Management and Oppenheimer. The report, which cites sources familiar with the matter, says that the exchange giant is now valued at $15 billion following the Septemb…

$1.3 Trillion Morgan Stanley to Launch Bitcoin Trading in Months

$1.3 Trillion Morgan Stanley to Launch Bitcoin Trading in Months

The cryptocurrency industry is gaining increasing adoption with traditional finance. The latest signal of this adoption comes from Morgan Stanley’s E*Trade, the online brokerage firm, which plans to launch digital asset trading by 2026.Morgan Stanley partners with ZeroHash for crypto expansionIn a p…

Barry Silbert returns to Grayscale as chairman as the firm prepares to go public

Barry Silbert returns to Grayscale as chairman as the firm prepares to go public

Grayscale Investments has appointed four new senior executives and brought back founder Barry Silbert as board chairman, following its confidential initial public offering filing last month. The four new hires include Diana Zhang as chief operating officer, Ramona Boston as chief marketing officer, …

 BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETF surpasses 700K Bitcoin

BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETF surpasses 700K Bitcoin

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has just crossed over 700,000 BTC, worth approximately $75.5 billion, after registering another $164.6 million inflow on Monday. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, now holds 700,307 BTC in its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF, according to Apo…

Bitcoin Surges Above $87,000 In Sudden Move — Here’s The Catalyst

Bitcoin Surges Above $87,000 In Sudden Move — Here’s The Catalyst

The Bitcoin price spiked to $87,400 on April 21, its highest level since March 29. The intraday rally added more than $3,000 to the asset in less than 24 hours, erasing a substantial portion of April’s drawdown. While the single‑day appreciation of about 4% is not unprecedented for the notoriously v…

Spark and RedStone partner on campaign to reward DeFi users with approximately $6 million worth of RED tokens

Spark and RedStone partner on campaign to reward DeFi users with approximately $6 million worth of RED tokens

Spark, a subDAO that is part of the Sky (formerly MakerDAO) ecosystem, has launched a new initiative to "reward user participation." The program, called Spark Rewards, will offer weekly token payouts to "users who take specified onchain actions that contribute to the growth of the Spark ecosystem."T…