Tokenized assets can move around the clock. This Strategic Edge analysis examines what must happen before that mobility becomes usable institutional collateral.
Visa stablecoin monetization spans card network fees, payment orchestration and issuance infrastructure. With settlement surpassing a $25 billion annualized run rate, we examine where Visa already earns revenue, where new fee pools could emerge, and what remains undisclosed.
How crypto vaults are evolving from DeFi lending pools into capital allocation and securities financing infrastructure—and what institutions need next.
BIS Project Agora: tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits can operate on a shared ledge to upgrade wholesale cross-border payments...
Onchain vaults, or pooled investment vehicles deployed on blockchain rails, have scaled rapidly from $24B AUM in 2023 to $131B in 2026, a 541% increase according to S&P Global...
Digital assets are pushing global markets towards a 24/7, always-on system. Bank of England's latest paper on extending settlement hours is one of the clearest signals yet of where this is heading...
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) releases framework for fund tokenisation, signalling path towards FULLY ONCHAIN fund operating models. Key takeaways...
Tokenized funds will NOT reach trillions in AUM through product innovation alone. They require institutional-grade operating infrastructure behind them. State Street is now building the infrastructure layer to solve it.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the official nonpartisan research arm of Congress, published a detailed overview of decentralized finance (DeFi), offering one of the clearest windows yet into how U.S. lawmakers are being educated on the role of DeFi within financial markets.
In a bombshell report, BIS explained crypto exchanges replicate core banking and capital markets functions, but without equivalent regulation, transparency or safeguards. Key takeaways...
Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart Group, Cashlink along with 30+ European market participants just called for urgent reform of the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime. Key points...
