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Hedera Co-Founder Predicts That 'Everything Of Value' Will Be Tokenized (CORRECTED)
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 10:46am | 589Editor's Note: This article has been updated to clarify EQTY Lab's collaboration with Intel and NVIDIA. Hedera (CRYPTO: HBAR) co-founder Dr. Leemon Baird says artificial intelligence will accelerate blockchain adoption by making development accessible to non-technical users, while predicting that...
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XRP Blockchain To Power Fractional Ownership In Dubai Properties Starting At $545
Monday, May 26, 2025 - 11:33pm | 551The Dubai Land Department launched an XRP Ledger (CRYPTO: XRP)-based tokenized real estate platform on Sunday as part of a government-backed initiative to digitize real estate in the Emirati city. What Happened: The government-run entity collaborated with real estate fintech firm...
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Robinhood Submits Proposal To SEC To Regulate Tokenized Assets As Brokerage Firm Seeks To Modernize Wall Street Rules
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:48am | 732Commission-free trading firm Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) proposed a federal framework to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for tokenized real-world assets, according to a report dated Tuesday. What Happened: Robinhood’s letter, addressed to SEC Chair Paul...
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Lendr.fi Launches Liquid-Staked Real-World Asset Tokens
Friday, May 16, 2025 - 10:13am | 429Lendr.fi on Friday introduced a decentralized platform that lets investors gain on-chain exposure to real-world assets like real estate, ETFs and commodities, combined with liquid staking, a structure that adds passive yield while preserving asset ownership. Lendr.fi has emerged as the first...
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JPMorgan Completes First Public Trade Of Tokenized Treasuries
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 10:15am | 451JPMorgan's (NYSE:JPM) blockchain division, Kinexys, on Wednesday announced it has executed its first public transaction involving tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds on the Ondo Chain (CRYPTO: ONDO), marking a step forward in blockchain-based financial settlement. WHat Happened: The transaction used Ondo...
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US Stablecoin Legislation Will Transform Crypto, Says Sui Foundation's Christian Thompson
Monday, May 5, 2025 - 8:54am | 512Christian Thompson, Managing Director of the Sui Foundation, stated that bipartisan U.S. stablecoin legislation will be a powerful mechanism for driving capital formation and retail onboarding into Web3 ecosystems. Speaking with Benzinga on the sidelines of Sui basecamp in Dubai, Thompson, a former...
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SEC Zooms In On Nayib Bukele-Led El Salvador's Crypto Regulation Model
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 3:14am | 454The Securities and Exchange Commission met with officials from El Salvador’s National Commission on Digital Assets on Tuesday to collaborate on cryptocurrency regulation across borders. What Happened: According to a memo dated April 22, representatives from Perkin Law Firm, LLC...
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Bitcoin, Blockchains, Tokenization Form The Core Of New Global Financial Infrastructure: Bernstein
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 2:48pm | 591As global trust in centralized institutions frays, analysts at Bernstein say three foundational decentralized technologies — Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), public blockchains and tokenized assets — are poised to become integral to a new financial order. What Happened: In its report, Bernstein's digital...
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BlackRock Brings Tokenized Money Market Fund 'BUIDL' To Solana
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 9:22am | 507BlackRock (NASDAQ:HOOD) is deepening its engagement with blockchain technology by bringing its tokenized money market fund, BUIDL, to Solana. What Happened: The development was confirmed on Tuesday by Securitize, BlackRock's tech partner, marking another significant step in the asset manager's...
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Cathie Wood Hops On Tokenization Hype Train, Says 'We'd Love To Tokenize Our Venture Fund'
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - 7:34am | 446Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood on Wednesday announced plans to bring the company's funds on-chain through tokenization, signaling a strategic push into digital assets. What Happened: Speaking at the Digital Asset Summit in New York on Tuesday, Wood expressed enthusiasm for transforming traditional...
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Mastercard's Secret Weapon Against Fraud? A 40x Growth In This Security Tech
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 5:02am | 626As Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) surpassed analyst expectations for the fourth quarter, it highlighted an important function that grew massively in 2024, securing the data of billions of users. What Happened: Mastercard tokenized about four billion transactions per month in 2024, which was up 40 times...
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev Pushes For Tokenization To Unlock Private Companies Like SpaceX And OpenAI For More Investors
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 2:44am | 674Robinhood CEO and co-founder Vladimir Tenev made a case for the tokenization of private stocks on Tuesday, encouraging policymakers to explore the untapped potential of blockchains in the U.S. capital markets. What Happened: In an op-ed piece published in the Washington Post, Tenev argued that...
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'We're Seeing These Worlds Merge': Superstate CEO Addresses Role Of Tokenization In Modern Portfolios
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 10:47am | 570The integration of digital assets into traditional investment portfolios is gaining traction, with experts pointing to tokenization as a method to modernize finance and address institutional needs. At a recent panel discussion, professionals discussed how tokenized assets create opportunities to...
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Ondo Finance, Ethereum's BlackRock-Backed Tokenization Crypto, Could Reach $5, Analyst Says
Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 3:43pm | 316Ondo (CRYPTO: ONDO) is gaining traction, building on strong monthly gains fueled by advancements in the real-world asset sector. What Happened: Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez attributes Ondo's parabolic rally to heightened interest in RWA tokenization and strategic moves like its investment in...
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Faster, Cheaper, Smarter: Prometheum CEO Highlights Why Tokenized Securities Are Gaining Ground
Monday, December 9, 2024 - 1:29pm | 581The integration of blockchain into financial markets is advancing rapidly, with tokenized securities expected to drive a new era of efficiency and accessibility. During a recent panel discussion at Benzinga’s Future of Digital Assets conference, Aaron Kaplan, CEO of Prometheum, outlined the...