Solana just hit $72 while its core DeFi metrics crater—but trading cards and tokenized stocks are picking up the slack in ways that might actually matter more. SOL rebounded to $72 despite declining DeFi onchain activity, signaling a strategic pivot toward tokenized equities and new asset classes.
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The company that built its empire on wire transfers and payday loan cash-outs is about to hand millions of people their first stablecoin wallet.
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Second time's the charm, or second time you learn if retail actually wants pre-IPO tokens after the SpaceX mess. Kraken's xStocks is opening non-binding registration for Bending Spoons IPO access to retail customers in the EEA and select global markets
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The US just cleared Anthropic's most powerful model for export while accusing China of already stealing it. The US lifted restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 AI model, opening access for cybersecurity and biological research applications.
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A $44 billion blockchain company just picked its competitor's rails to win Japan. Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin launched in Japan after approval from the Financial Services Agency, becoming the first foreign-issued stablecoin under Japan's revised Payment Services Act as a "Type 4 instrument."
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The test is whether Wall Street will pay real money for the infrastructure of tokenization, not just talk about it in panels. Securitize is going public via SPAC merger targeting a $400M valuation, with BlackRock as a backer and NYSE trading under ticker SECZ expected next week
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When the world's most ambitious rocket company raises $111B and the first thing Wall Street does is bet against it, you're watching either genius or mania.
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The World Cup doesn't just make stars — it makes markets, and Spain's timing their fan token launch like a penalty kick in extra time. Spain launched the $SPAIN fan token ahead of their World Cup Group H match against Uruguay, marking a growing intersection between football and digital assets
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The money stopped growing, but the people kept showing up—a sure sign something structural is shifting in who wants tokenized assets and why. Tokenized real-world asset value declined 1.4% to $31.5 billion, the first monthly drop in the institutional-led rally, while holder count jumped 14%
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While Bitcoin treads water and the macro picture darkens, two narratives are pulling real money: Solana's tokenized stock trading and Aave's self-aware treasury management.
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The Foundation that built Ethereum is pulling back, and nobody's filled the funding vacuum yet. A former Ethereum Foundation leader warns the network faces a funding gap as the Foundation deliberately steps back from its central role
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The best way to test your AI agent's security isn't a lab audit—it's posting its inbox to Hacker News and letting the internet try to break it.
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The company that tokenized BlackRock's money market fund is about to become a public company itself, and Wall Street just wrote a $400 million check to make it happen. Securitize goes public on NYSE July 2 under ticker SECZ via SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, raising over $400M total
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The teams building with AI agents just got their first real infrastructure layer — and it's learning which models to use faster than you can decide yourself.
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Wall Street's 9:30-to-4 tyranny just got its first real challenge from a blockchain that never sleeps. Ondo Finance launched 24/7 minting and redemption for tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Ethereum and BNB Chain, eliminating the weekday-only constraint tied to US market hours.
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A housing bill with veto-proof support is being held hostage over voting rules, and the crypto industry just learned that legislative layering cuts both ways.
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The tokenization wave just got its first real ticker symbol, and BlackRock's already in the cap table. Securitize is raising $400 million and expects to close its SPAC merger next week, pending shareholder approval, with NYSE trading to follow.
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When a company doubles its valuation in under two months, it's either capturing lightning or chasing vapor. Kalshi is in talks to raise capital at a $40 billion valuation, nearly double the $22 billion price tag from a $1 billion round that closed just seven weeks ago
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Eight years of discipline just ended with a $123 million lesson in what human psychology costs when you're sitting on digital assets. Four Ethereum wallets that bought 37,602 ETH in 2018 finally sold, banking $27M after watching their stack hit $150M at peak.
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The question isn't whether AI agents will control your crypto wallet — it's who proves you told them to. World Network is expanding access to AgentKit, a framework that ties AI agents to verified World ID credentials, positioning itself as the trust infrastructure for the agent economy.
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