State Street and Galaxy Asset Management plan to launch a tokenized liquidity fund in early 2026 that uses stablecoins for around-the-clock investor flows, expanding the use of public blockchains in institutional cash management, the companies announced Wednesday. The State Street Galaxy Onchain Liquidity Sweep Fund, or SWEEP, will accept subscriptions and redemptions in PYUSD, a […]
TON, the native token of the Telegram-affiliated blockchain, surged 8.33% to $1.60 in the last 24 hours, driven by a mix of ecosystem milestones and growing support. The move propelled TON to break past the $1.60 mark, driven by rising volume and renewed market momentum, while outperforming the broader crypto market. Based on the performance […]
Grayscale is positioning Chainlink as critical infrastructure for the growing market of tokenized assets, according to a new research report. The asset manager’s research arm argues that Chainlink’s suite of services, spanning real-world data feeds, compliance tooling, and blockchain interoperability, solves many of the real-world frictions that block wider adoption of blockchain-based finance. Chainlink is […]
Paris-based Lise (Lightning Stock Exchange) has become the first company in Europe authorized to operate a fully tokenized equity exchange, the company said on Thursday. The exchange, which targets the SME IPO market in France, received a DLT TSS license from France’s financial regulator, the ACPR, under the EU’s Distributed Ledger Technology Pilot Regime, according […]
Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. As Asia begins its trading day, is trading above $2500 as […]
Global asset manager BlackRock’s BUIDL token, issued in partnership Securitize and backed by U.S. Treasuries, crossed the $1 billion milestone in assets on Thursday, Securitize said. Pushing the fund’s size above the threshold was a $200 million allocation this afternoon by crypto protocol Ethena, a Securitize spokesperson told CoinDesk. Ethereum blockchain data by Arkham Intelligence […]
ATME, a digital assets exchange licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), said on Tuesday it has completed its first tokenized real-world asset (RWA) issuance starting with gold-backed tokens. The tokens, available to accredited investors, each represent one kilogram of gold stored in custody, according to the press release. Investors can trade these digital […]
For decades, your investment portfolio has revolved around a key academic idea that hasn’t held up very well: efficient markets. There’s a direct line from the efficient markets theory of Eugene Fama in the 1960s to modern portfolio theory. It paved the way for index funds, a strategy that has not only weathered market cycles […]