CFTC Clarifies Tokenized Investments With Customer Funds
US futures brokers and derivatives clearing organizations may invest customer funds in tokenized versions of eligible assets, provided existing regulatory requirements are met.
US futures brokers and derivatives clearing organizations may invest customer funds in tokenized versions of eligible assets, provided existing regulatory requirements are met.
BlackRock has expanded its tokenisation strategy with two blockchain-based money market products designed for institutional investors and potential use as reserve assets by regulated US stablecoin issuers.
Binance will delist Viction (VIC) and five other cryptocurrencies on August 17, prompting VIC to fall by more than 25% shortly after the announcement. Viction Foundation said the exchange’s decision does not affect the blockchain’s operations or development roadmap.
Aave is considering one of the largest market cleanups in its history, with a governance proposal recommending the removal of dozens of low-adoption assets and the complete wind-down of deployments on Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium and Aptos.
Lido has launched one of the largest infrastructure upgrades in Ethereum staking and is preparing to migrate more than 8 million ETH to Curated Module v2. The transition is designed to improve staking efficiency, strengthen operator accountability and reduce pressure on Ethereum’s consensus layer.
Crypto exchanges Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has pushed back against the growing tendency of cryptocurrency companies to abandon their blockchain positioning and rebrand themselves around artificial intelligence.
Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has acquired a major portion of IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio, significantly expanding its intellectual-property position in onchain finance.
Uniswap has introduced Permissioned Pools on v4, allowing issuers of tokenized funds, securities and equities to restrict trading and liquidity provision to approved wallets while using an automated market maker.
An attacker drained almost the entire 24.15 million USDC balance held in a bridge operated by AFX Trade. The project temporarily suspended the bridge and launched an investigation into the incident.
Telegram is preparing one of the most ambitious cryptocurrency infrastructure rollouts in history: this summer, the company plans to integrate a non-custodial wallet directly into the app for more than 1 billion users worldwide.
ADGM has officially recognized Tether Gold (XAUT) as an Accepted Spot Commodity within its financial centre in Abu Dhabi, creating a clearer regulatory framework for authorized institutions seeking to develop products linked to tokenized gold.
Exodus Movement is undertaking a major restructuring as the crypto wallet company prepares to cut 25% of its global workforce and redirect capital towards stablecoin payment infrastructure.
Cardano successfully activated the Van Rossem hard fork on July 19, upgrading the mainnet to Protocol Version 11 and reaching an important milestone in the blockchain’s development.