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TL;DR Aave V4 on Base has launched an Equities Hub accepting seven Coinbase tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral. Eligible non-U.S. users can deposit tokens representing Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla shares to borrow USDC. The tokenized equities…
TL;DR CleanSpark has completed the closing of $2.276 billion in senior secured notes. The Bitcoin miner says proceeds will support data-center expansion and refinancing of existing credit facilities. The financing has closed, making this different from an earlier announcement of…
TL;DR SEC staff has published new FAQs explaining how federal securities laws may apply to crypto-asset buybacks, network upgrades and secondary-market activity. The guidance says a buyback can become relevant to an investment-contract analysis when an issuer presents it as…
Bitget says unauthorized transfers affected approximately $351.6 million held across parts of its hot and warm wallet infrastructure. The exchange says its cold wallets were not affected and its $464 million-plus User Protection Fund covers the loss. Withdrawals have been…
Paxos Labs has launched PAXGy, a token backed by PAXG that can increase in value relative to gold over time. The underlying reserves are deployed to vetted institutional borrowers through the gold-leasing market. PAXGy is live across platforms including OKX,…
HIFI has raised a $37 million Series A led by Left Lane Capital. The company says the funding will expand stablecoin payments, cards and infrastructure for tokenized capital markets. HIFI says its platform currently processes more than $7 billion in…
The Solana Foundation has appointed former Binance global CMO Rachel Conlan as chief strategy officer. Former Polygon Labs executive Jamal Raees has joined as general manager of payments. The Foundation says the hires are aimed at accelerating institutional adoption and…
The Clearing House has selected Quant to provide the interoperability and transaction-management layer for its On-Chain Money Initiative. The planned network will let financial institutions clear and settle tokenized deposits while connecting to existing RTP and CHIPS payment rails. Participating…
IBM Digital Asset Haven can now connect financial institutions to Swift’s blockchain-based shared ledger through a beta integration. Banks can instruct tokenized-deposit transactions using existing ISO 20022 payment messages. Swift’s ledger is already being tested by 17 first-mover institutions, while…
Ondo has launched three tokenized portfolios based on investment strategies developed by BlackRock specifically for the platform. The products package baskets of tokenized assets into individual onchain tokens. BlackRock designed the model strategies, while Ondo Global Markets issues and operates…
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have announced a lawsuit against Polymarket US. The state alleges the prediction platform is operating illegal, unlicensed gambling in New York. The lawsuit seeks to stop the activity and asks…
ARK Invest is tokenizing its ARK Venture Fund through Securitize. The fund has roughly $1.3 billion in assets and invests across private and public technology companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks. The move tokenizes ownership and administration of the…
