Real World Assets - The Wire by FourthWeb - AI, RWA, & Web3 / Web4 Intelligence (Page 109)

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Open USD's "149 Partners" Include Companies That Say They Never Agreed

The stablecoin wars just got messy: Open USD launched claiming 149 partners, but some of the biggest names on that list say they never signed up.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

UBS: AI Infrastructure Stocks Up 600% While Big Tech Flatlines

The picks and shovels are worth more than the gold mines now. AI infrastructure stocks climbed 600% over four years, outpacing the hyperscalers actually building the AI products

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Canada's $1.75B Bet Shows Where Smart Money Goes During AI Hype

Canada's pension giants just showed us what "patient capital" looks like in the age of compute — and it's a bet that the pickaxes matter more than the gold rush.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Samsung and Upbit Deny Ever Agreeing to Korea's Stablecoin Project

When your flagship partners say "we never agreed to this," your stablecoin launch isn't just delayed — it's exposed. Upbit and Samsung have publicly declined participation in Open USD (OUSD), contradicting earlier partner claims and raising questions about the project's legitimacy

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Grvt Lets Traders Build Custom Derivatives Without Leaving The Blockchain

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Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

India's Central Bank Just Banned Banks From Touching Crypto

The Reserve Bank of India just drew a line in the sand, and it's not about banning crypto—it's about making sure your bank can't touch it.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Trump Made More From Crypto in One Year Than Most Blockchain Projects Ever Will

The president who writes crypto's rulebook just disclosed he made more from the industry in one year than most blockchain projects will earn in a decade.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Bitcoin ETFs Break 10-Day Losing Streak With $222M Inflow

The money came back, but the question is whether it's staying or just catching its breath. Bitcoin spot ETFs pulled in $222 million Thursday, breaking a 10-day streak that drained $2.7 billion from the products

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Bitcoin Whales Bought $16.7B While ETFs Hemorrhaged $4B in Two Weeks

While institutions ran for the exit, someone with very deep pockets decided June 2026 was a buying opportunity.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

New York Wants 39,069 Bitcoin Wallets Because Their Owners Went Quiet

When the state decides your silence equals surrender, every dormant wallet becomes a test case for whether "not your keys, not your coins" still means anything. New York filed a lawsuit seeking ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets worth approximately $229 billion under abandoned property law

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Bitcoin ETFs Reverse Longest Selloff Since Launch With $221M Surge

The longest institutional retreat since Bitcoin ETFs launched just ended, and the winner wasn't the fund everyone expected. US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $221.7 million on July 2, breaking a 10-day outflow streak that marked the deepest redemption period since these products launched

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

IMF to Crypto's $600B Tokenization Boom: You Don't Know Who Owns What

The world's most powerful financial institution just told crypto's biggest grown-up use case that it needs to grow up faster. The IMF warned that tokenized assets will stay niche until markets answer two basic questions: who legally owns the token, and where does settlement become final.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

India Bans Banks From Crypto as Digital Rupee Launches

The world's most populous country just drew a line in the sand: state-backed digital money in, private stablecoins out.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

IMF Admits Tokenization Will Move Faster Than Regulators Can Handle

The world's financial referee just admitted it doesn't have a rulebook for what happens when everything moves at blockchain speed.

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Anthropic Kills VPN Workarounds as China Loses Access to Claude

The AI export control game just became a high-stakes game of Whack-A-Mole, and Anthropic is swinging the hammer. Anthropic is closing technical loopholes that allowed Chinese engineers to access Claude despite export restrictions

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Securitize Goes Public, Tokenizes Its Own Stock on Solana—Not Ethereum

Traditional finance just put its money where its mouth is, tokenizing its own stock on the blockchain it chose to trust. Securitize made its NYSE debut and immediately tokenized its own stock (SECZ) on Solana, signaling institutional confidence in the network

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Bitwise: Strategy's $6B Bitcoin Bet Just Became a Warning Sign

The biggest corporate Bitcoin buyer just became a cautionary tale about selling the wrong product to the right market. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says Strategy's STRC approach of promising "high yields and low volatility" was fundamentally incompatible with Bitcoin's actual value proposition

Real World Assets Jul 3, 2026

Securitize Tokenizes Its Own Stock Hours After NYSE Debut

A company that tokenizes assets just tokenized itself on the same day it went public, and if you don't see why that's the bridge moment between Wall Street and Web3, you're not paying attention.