The new onchain products are geared for a crypto-native audience who prefer to access their investments through a digital wallet.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The firm’s application was approved on March 23, three days after it was submitted, appointing Visa the highest Super Validator weight.
The supply of non-USD stablecoins hit $1.1 billion in February, while aggregated transfer volume surged over 1,600%.
Bitget Wallet launched the Onchain Payments Matrix, connecting Ripple, Mastercard, and Tether within a global stablecoin payments network.
Kraken is set to be the first platform to integrate STS’s structured products, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
The company continued accumulating ether and remains the largest ETH treasury holder, followed by SharpLink and The Ether Machine.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
TD Cowen said policy risk remains high for prediction markets, flagging the 2028 election as the "real threat" as bipartisan concerns grow.
The platform offers three API modules to help issue RWAs, support payments, and enable onchain swaps supported by 20 launch partners.
The NYSE, part of Intercontinental Exchange, has partnered with Securitize to develop its 24/7 tokenized securities platform.
US senators recently introduced the 'Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act' to ban sports betting on prediction markets.
Digital asset offerings could arrive as early as next financial year, its executive said, subject to regulatory approval.
Separately, ParaFi has raised $325 million for its ongoing digital asset investment strategies since the beginning of 2025.
Fink's comments come as Congress and regulators explore how tokenization — using blockchain technology — could improve markets.
MoonPay has introduced the Open Wallet Standard, a framework that lets AI agents hold assets, sign transactions, and make payments.
Fidelity said broker-dealers need more clarity to offer, custody and trade crypto assets, and facilitate crypto-security trading pairs.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Gemini is facing a class-action lawsuit in New York accusing it of misleading investors about its strategy before and after its 2025 IPO.
The amendment confirmed that the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust will list on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol MSBT.
Collateral management is the administration, monitoring, and oversight of assets pledged to a counterparty during a financial transaction.
Traction in such decentralized exchanges is likely to grow over time and extend beyond commodities to other assets, JPMorgan said.
Amundi launched the $100 million Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund on Ethereum and Stellar with Chainlink support.
The Polygon-based T-REX Ledger will serve as the official reference chain for permissioned ERC-3643 tokens.
Visa CLI provides automated bots with the ability to pay for web services without having to manage API keys or needing human interaction.
XYZ, a perps provider on Hyperliquid, is launching “the first officially licensed perpetual derivative contract” based on the S&P 500.
RedStone will provide continuous FX and stablecoin feeds enabling applications to price and settle transactions in local currencies.
"We reject the idea that a deal has to come together in the next several weeks," said TD Cowen’s Jaret Seiberg.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
PayPal has expanded access to its PYUSD stablecoin to 70 markets, enabling wallet access, transfers, and rewards for eligible users.