Technology
The United Kingdom's largest banks have successfully completed what is being described as the world's first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits, marking a significant milestone in the application of blockchain technology within traditional financial infrastructure. The transactions were conducted among a group of major UK banking
Market
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has partnered with Ondo Finance to launch three investment portfolios onchain. This comes as Ondo rolls out seven tokenized model portfolios, including those from the asset manager. Ad Ad BlackRock To Tokenize Model Portfolios Via Ondo According to a WSJ
Technology
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest has partnered with tokenization platform Securitize to bring a venture fund onto the blockchain, granting investors tokenized exposure to private stakes in artificial intelligence companies including OpenAI and Anthropic. The fund represents one of the more prominent institutional efforts to digitize access to high-profile
Technology
IBM Digital Asset Haven clients can now connect to Swift's shared ledger and instruct tokenized deposit transactions.
Technology
European financial regulators have issued a formal warning that quantum computing represents an imminent threat to the cryptographic foundations underpinning blockchain networks. The alert, published by EU financial watchdog bodies, signals growing institutional concern that quantum technology could compromise the encryption protocols securing digital assets and distributed ledger systems across
Technology
Blockchain.com and NYSE have signed an agreement to explore tokenized stocks and ETFs, subject to regulatory approvals.
Exchange
Bitpanda will provide crypto infrastructure to Raiffeisen network banks, potentially extending digital asset access to about 18 million customers.
Exchange
BitMEX officially ended exchange operations after more than 11 years, while withdrawals remain open as the crypto derivatives platform urges users to remove their funds.
Technology
Solana has begun testing a major protocol upgrade that aims to reduce transaction finality from 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds, according to a report by CoinDesk. The improvement would represent a reduction of roughly 98.8% in the time required for transactions to be considered irreversible on the
Technology
Canada's six largest banks have announced a joint initiative to launch an interbank tokenized deposit system, marking a significant step toward blockchain-based settlement infrastructure in the country's financial sector. The effort brings together the so-called "Big Six" — Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank
Regulation
European central banks are pushing to broaden existing restrictions on stablecoin yields to encompass crypto lending and staking activities, according to a report from CoinDesk published on September 22, 2026. The proposal would extend the current ban — which already prohibits stablecoin issuers from offering interest or yield to holders — to
Technology
SoFi launches live SoFiUSD stablecoin settlement on Mastercard's network, with its card program targeting $25 billion in annualized volume.