Tagged: digital assets

October 9, 2025 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York residents are now finally able to stake their crypto on digital assets exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). Staking assets is described as a straightforward process sp that investors can put their crypto to work, securing blockchain networks and periodically receiving rewards in return. Thanks to Governor… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) supply on centralized exchanges has recently plummeted to a six-year low of approximately 2.83 million BTC, as reported by Glassnode, reflecting a surge in self-custody trends and aggressive institutional accumulation that reduces available sell-side liquidity. This scarcity aspect has coincided with BTC breaking… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) (NYSE: BK), which claims to be one of the world’s largest custodian bank with over $55.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration, is said to be actively piloting tokenized deposits in order to integrate DLT / blockchain technology… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (OTCQX: CNSRF), a global asset manager specialising in digital assets, announced the launch of the CoinShares Altcoins ETF (ticker: DIME), a U.S. ETF designed to capture the altcoin opportunity via investors’ brokerage accounts. Spot Bitcoin and spot Ethereum ETFs are the only… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the provider of institutional technology and data for digital asset trading and portfolio management, announced the integration of its order and execution management system (OEMS) with Aladdin, which is BlackRock’s tech platform that unifies the investment management process. Together, Talos and BlackRock’s Aladdin will… Read More

October 8, 2025 @ 12:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GLXY) launched GalaxyOne, a financial technology platform offering U.S.-based individual investors access to so-called high yields on fiat cash, alongside crypto and equities trading in “a single digital experience.” Accredited investors are now able to access 8.00% APY via Galaxy Premium… Read More

October 7, 2025 @ 10:09 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Akemona, a digital infrastructure provider, this week released Tokenization Cloud, an infrastructure platform that enables financial institutions and businesses to adopt digital assets at scale. The launch comes at a pivotal moment in U.S. financial regulation. The SEC’s recently announced Project Crypto aims to modernize custody rules and integrate decentralized finance (DeFi)… Read More

October 7, 2025 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform and the second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of market cap and overall adoption, has come back into the spotlight, closing the third quarter of 2025 with a 66.55% gain, marking its strongest Q3 performance since 2016. According to… Read More

October 6, 2025 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) claims to be focused on building the trusted bridge to the on-chain ecosystem. According to an update from the digital asset firm, this means making crypto easy to access — “anytime, anywhere, and for anyone.” Now, Samsung Galaxy users who are residing in… Read More

October 6, 2025 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken has announced enhancements to their equities offering for U.S. users, introducing a suite of features designed to provide a better trading experience. According to the announcement from Kraken, these latest additions aim to further bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets. The… Read More

October 5, 2025 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, is now increasingly focused on the nascent digital assets industry. The  rise of DeFi and its convergence with TradFi is now pushing platforms and service providers to develop… Read More

October 3, 2025 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple noted that the Multi-Purpose Token (MPT) white paper is now live. As explained by Ripple, MPTs are a type of digital token standard on the XRP Ledger that are built to meet the needs of both application developers and institutions. MPTs embed metadata as… Read More

October 3, 2025 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI) has opened their first permanent UK office in London. Gemini noted that this will provide a space for the Gemini team to work cooperatively, collaborate on various initiatives and continue to grow their headcount in one of the world’s fastest-evolving… Read More

October 2, 2025 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, announces the launch of the Starboard Sygnum BTC Alpha Fund in collaboration with Starboard Digital and Starmark as AIFM, with Sygnum providing “regulated distribution and banking infrastructure.” The fund addresses demand from investors “seeking to generate yield on… Read More

October 2, 2025 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev recently noted during a professional gathering at Token2049 in Singapore that there should be a proper framework for asset tokenization in the world’s biggest markets, and it could be rolled out within the next 5 years. Tenev said that… Read More

October 2, 2025 @ 4:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, this week announced the appointment of Thomas Sullivan as managing director of DTCC Digital Assets. Sullivan will report to Nadine Chakar, managing director and global head of DTCC… Read More

October 1, 2025 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FalconX, the institutional digital asset prime broker, announces a strategic partnership with Marex, the diversified financial services platform, to provide each firms’ clients with access to digital asset derivatives on both the CME and digital asset-native exchanges. This new partnership aims to provide select “non-US… Read More

October 1, 2025 @ 1:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group, Inc., a firm focused on the blockchain sector and tokenization for capital markets, announced that its subsidiary, tZERO Digital Asset Securities, LLC, reached a new milestone in its role as a Special Purpose Broker-Dealer (SPBD) permitted to custody tokenized securities. A year after… Read More

October 1, 2025 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (OTCQX: CNSRF), the European asset manager specializing in digital assets with ~US$10 billion in AuM, announced the acquisition of Bastion Asset Management Limited, a London-based, FCA-regulated crypto-focused alternative investment manager. The acquisition is subject to regulatory “approval from the UK Financial Conduct… Read More

October 1, 2025 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse Group and Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL)  signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the use of Circle’s EURC and USDC stablecoins “within Deutsche Börse’s financial market infrastructure.” This agreement in Europe aims to deliver new solutions for market participants… Read More