The phrase “tokenization” could quickly develop into redundant. Because the idea has merely succeeded — quietly, and sooner than most anticipated. The whole worth of tokenized RWAs on public blockchains reached $31 billion as of July 2026, up greater than 400% for the reason that begin of 2025, unfold throughout 167 platforms and held by…
KelpDAO, Drift, Balancer—the listing of high-profile DeFi exploits retains rising, and the assaults are getting extra refined. Social engineering, compromised developer gadgets, AI-assisted intrusion: the menace floor has expanded nicely past sensible contract bugs. And as conventional monetary establishments speed up their transfer on-chain, they’re strolling into the identical setting—one the place settlement is atomic,…
The MERGE Madrid 2026 convention, an institutional blockchain and Web3 occasion, is scheduled to happen from October 27 to 29 within the Spanish capital, convening key architects of next-generation monetary methods. Major European banks, together with BBVA, Cecabank, BNP Paribas, Banca Sella, Raiffeisen Bank, and Piraeus Bank, have confirmed their attendance to debate regional digital…
Digital asset firm Anchorage Digital introduced that it has built-in Lido‘s liquid staking answer into its institutional platform, enabling purchasers to entry wstETH inside a digital asset custody atmosphere extensively utilized by institutional individuals within the United States. The integration is meant to handle a key consideration for institutional Ethereum holders, for whom entry to…
(*1*) Cryptocurrency trade Binance is constant its transition towards compliance with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, in response to an announcement from the cryptocurrency trade’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, Richard Teng. In a message printed on the social media platform X, Teng said that the corporate stays targeted on supporting customers all through…
China’s AI-generated brief drama {industry} has expanded at a startling tempo this yr, however new information suggests the sector is now colliding with the bounds of an “abundance” mannequin constructed on low cost content material alone. According to a report from analysis agency DataEye, roughly 1,300 new AI-produced brief dramas at the moment are uploaded…
Web3 summit Proof of Talk has launched its inaugural “The State of Web3 Capital 2026” report, drawing on greater than 200 startup functions submitted to Proof of Pitch 2026 and a survey of 13 lively Web3 enterprise funds. The findings level to a maturing early-stage fundraising panorama, one the place business fundamentals are changing the…
Financial know-how firm Circle has expanded its partnership with international monetary companies supplier BNY to introduce new stablecoin capabilities for institutional shoppers. Under the initiative, USD Coin (USDC) turns into the primary stablecoin supported on BNY’s Digital Asset Custody platform. The integration permits institutional shoppers to retailer, switch, mint and redeem USDC immediately via BNY’s…
DeFi platform Ondo Finance launched 24/7 instantaneous minting and redemption providers for chosen U.S. tokenized shares and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), increasing entry to those digital property past conventional market hours. The function is now obtainable on the Ethereum and BNB Chain networks, whereas help for Solana is anticipated to be added within the close to…
The dialogue surrounding the tokenization of economic belongings has more and more shifted from questions of feasibility to questions of performance and scale. With the worth of tokenized real-world belongings exceeding $30 billion on blockchain networks in 2026, together with roughly $15 billion in tokenized US Treasury merchandise, monetary establishments have largely moved past pilot…