136 posts tagged with "Tokenization"
Asset tokenization and real-world assets on blockchain
After Bitcoin 2026: What Paul Atkins Said and What the SEC Actually Filed
A sourced timeline separates Paul Atkins's Bitcoin 2026 remarks from the SEC, CFTC, and congressional actions that followed—and identifies which crypto rules remained unfinished by August 30.
Tokenized Money in 2026: What Actually Runs 24/7
Tokenized money can move and serve as collateral around the clock, but subscription, custody, liquidity, and legal records still set the real limits. See the 2026 operating model.
RWA Tokenization Hits $19.3 Billion: The Quarter Real-World Assets Crossed the Institutional Threshold
The tokenized real-world asset market surpassed $19.3 billion in Q1 2026, a 256.7% jump from 2025, as BlackRock BUIDL, Franklin Templeton BENJI, and Ondo Finance OUSG drove institutional adoption from pilot programs to core portfolio allocations across nine blockchain networks.
ZKsync's Institutional Bet: How Five Regional Banks With $600B in Deposits Are Going On-Chain
ZKsync is abandoning the consumer DeFi speed race in favor of regulated financial infrastructure. Five U.S. regional banks with $600 billion in deposits have chosen ZKsync's Prividium privacy rollup to build the Cari Network, a tokenized deposit platform targeting customer launch in Q4 2026.
Virtuals Protocol's $479M AGDP: Is the AI Economic OS Thesis for Real?
Virtuals Protocol claims $479 million in Agentic GDP — real economic value transacted through AI agents on Base. We break down whether the AI Economic OS thesis holds up, how AGDP compares to DeFi TVL metrics, and where Virtuals stands against Bittensor, ElizaOS, and Coinbase's agent infrastructure.
Bullish's $4.2B Equiniti Deal: The Tokenization Cycle Just Got Its Transfer Agent
Bullish's $4.2 billion acquisition of Equiniti collapses the missing transfer-agent piece of tokenized securities into one regulated entity, racing DTCC, Computershare, and Securitize to define on-chain capital markets infrastructure.
Coinbase's GOLD-PERP Gambit: When Wall Street Sleeps, Crypto Now Trades the Metals Market
Coinbase's May 6, 2026 launch of GOLD-PERP and SILVER-PERP — 24/7, USDC-settled, up to 25x leverage — collapses the trade-offs between CME, Hyperliquid, and tokenized gold, putting commodities inside the same perpetual-contract format as crypto, equities, and event markets.
RWA Hits $30 Billion: Why the Boring Number Is the Most Important Chart in Crypto This May
On May 1, 2026, on-chain real-world assets crossed $30.24 billion — a 5x in five months driven by BlackRock, Apollo, HSBC, and the DTCC's incoming July pilot. Inside the 4.39% MoM tick that defines crypto's institutional center of gravity.
DTCC Tokenization Service: Wall Street's $114T Backbone Goes On-Chain
DTCC will run limited production trades of tokenized Russell 1000 equities, ETFs, and US Treasuries in July 2026 with a broader October launch, backed by a fifty-firm working group and a three-year SEC No-Action Letter.