BREAKING
- The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is developing a platform for trading and onchain settlement of tokenized securities and is seeking regulatory approvals for 24/7 trading with stablecoin funding.
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- UAE Central Bank approves the USD-backed stablecoin USDU as a regulated "Foreign Payment Token" with full on-shore settlement and 1:1 reserves held at local banks.
- Government of Bermuda announces the transition to a fully onchain economy with support from Circle (CRCL) and Coinbase (COIN).
- Interactive Brokers (IBKR) enables 24/7 account funding with USDC for cross-border investors via Zerohash.
- JPMorgan (JPM) brings the bank-issued USD deposit token JPMD natively to the Canton Network for the first time via Kinexys.
- Standard Chartered plans to launch a crypto prime brokerage offering through its innovation arm SC Ventures, according to Bloomberg.
- Polygon announces the acquisitions of Coinme and Sequence for more than $250 million and is building a regulated stablecoin payments infrastructure in the US-
- Fireblocks acquires TRES Finance for around $130 million to strengthen institutional compliance and reporting capabilities.
- Coinbase (COIN) launches a quantum computing advisory board and is developing a post-quantum security roadmap.
- X plans to integrate Solana tokens, price data and news directly into posts and timelines with "Smart Cashtags."
- Ondo Finance goes live with more than 200 tokenized stocks, ETFs, bonds and commodities on Solana, connected to NYSE-adjacent liquidity via Jupiter.
- Fetch.ai demonstrates autonomous AI-to-AI payments for the first time, with personal AI agents independently executing real bookings and payments via Visa as well as onchain using USDC and FET.
- Chainlink launches 24/5 data feeds for US stocks and ETFs, enabling onchain markets outside traditional exchange hours.
- CF Inovação announces a BRL stablecoin with BRD that passes on interest from Brazilian government bonds pro rata to token holders.
- Circle (CRCL) brings Circle Gateway to Solana, enabling non-custodial, cross-chain USDC liquidity across twelve blockchains.
- Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) intends to distribute digital tokens to shareholders via Crypto.com without conferring equity rights.
- BlackRock (BLK) files for a Bitcoin premium income ETF designed to generate recurring income through call options on the spot ETF IBIT.
- Sol Strategies launches STKESOL, a liquid staking token for Solana with immediate DeFi usability.
- Superstate raises $82.5 million in a Series B round and is scaling its tokenization platform for public companies.
- Galaxy Digital (GLXY) is preparing the launch of a $100 million crypto hedge fund with a long/short strategy, according to the Financial Times.
- CoinGecko is reviewing strategic options including a possible sale at a valuation of around $500 million.
- Upexi (UPXI) issues a $36 million convertible bond with a SOL-collateralized structure and expands its Solana treasury.
- BitMine Immersion (BMNR) invests $200 million in Beast Industries and continues to position itself as an ETH treasury vehicle.
- Aave commits to sharing future non-protocol revenues with AAVE token holders and intends to put this to a formal vote.
- Ethereum reaches a new all-time high in network usage with around 1.87 million daily transactions.
- Rumble (RUM) integrates a non-custodial wallet with Tether for crypto tips in USDT, XAUT and BTC directly into the platform.
SPEAKERS' CORNER
- The digital asset market has been volatile and overall sluggish year to date. Bitcoin initially started positively but fell back to its original price level.
- We are currently observing a marked redistribution within the asset class: new, more traditional Wall Street investors act differently than earlier crypto whales. This shift in the balance of forces is likely to continue.
- At the same time, the native blockchain industry is working intensively on technological advances — for example on the new Ethereum standard ERC-8004, which will give AI agents a verifiable identity and enable secure autonomous transactions.
- We are convinced that these advances will be reflected in the valuations of selected decentralized networks over the long term.
Translated from the German original, which is the authoritative version. Read the German version
