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.
Aave, the biggest DeFi platform accounting for 25% of the $100B of value locked in DeFi, saw its TVL tumble from $25B to $20B as one of its lending product suffered a $290M hack last night.
German bank KfW plans to actively switch blockchain infrastructure and security registrar during the lifecycle of a live tokenized bond to stress-test DLT infrastructure resilience.
Deutsche Borse has invested $200 million in Payward Inc., the parent of crypto trading platform Kraken, as the Frankfurt stock exchange operator moves to offer access to a wider array of securities over blockchain rails. The deal, which gives Deutsche Börse a 1.5% fully diluted stake in the company.
The Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets of the SEC issues statement clarifying when digital interfaces (apps, front-ends, wallets) trigger broker-dealer registration. Key takeaways:
ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone laid out the vision for a tokenzied future for the bloc in a recent speech titled Building the Rails for Europe’s Tokenised Financial Markets. Key takeaways:
SEC has approved Nasdaq's request to settle Russel 1000, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ETFs in tokenized forms. But this is NOT a disruptive leap toward on-chain markets. This is tokenization without disruption:
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a no-action letter to Phantom, allowing it to provide software that connects users to registered derivatives platforms without registering as a futures commission merchant. In effect, Phantom can act as a non-custodial access layer to regulated futures markets.
