Real World Assets


Finance

Tether Unveils New Platform to Simplify Asset Tokenization for Businesses, Nation-States

The tokenization platform is part of Tether's ambition to diversify its business from its $126 billion USDT stablecoin.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Finance

BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL Beyond Ethereum to 5 New Blockchains

The investment giant is bringing its real-world asset fund to Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Finance

JPMorgan Renames Blockchain Platform to Kinexys, to Add On-Chain FX Settlement for USD, EUR

The banking giant was one of the early leaders in applying blockchain tech to traditional financial activities, executing over $1.5 trillion of transactions since its inception.

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Finance

Solana-Based RWA Platform AgriDex Taps Stripe's Bridge to Lower Cost for Agricultural Trade Settlements

AgriDex is an example of how stablecoins are being increasingly used as a payment vehicle in emerging regions as a cheaper alternative for traditional banking rails.

Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

Finance

Wall Street Financial Services Firm Lazard Plans to Create Tokenized Funds with Bitfinex Securities

Tokenization of conventional financial products is a booming sector within the digital asset industry, with BlackRock, HSBC and now Lazard among the global firms entering the space.

Lazard (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Finance

Aurum Launches $1B Tokenized Fund for Data Center Investments on XRP Ledger With Zoniqx

The vehicle will focus on data center investments across the U.S, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, and Europe, claiming to be the "world’s first combined equity and debt tokenized fund."

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Tech

Gold Arrives on 'Digital Gold' as Bitcoin Gets Tokenized Version of the Metal

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency, is often referred to as "digital gold," but now it is possible to mint and trade physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol – essentially encoding ownership of the yellow metal into an NFT.

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Finance

Crypto-Real Estate's USDR Misled Investors as Tangible Brothers Made Millions

The 2023 crash of Tangible's USDR stablecoin is infamous in crypto circles. But a CoinDesk investigation reveals there's another story to be told.

Tangible CEO Jagpal Singh (Photo illustration by Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk based on images from Tangible and Images Money)

Finance

Ethena Picks BlackRock's BUIDL, Mountain, Superstate and Sky's USDS for $46M Tokenized RWA Investment

The allocation fits into the growing trend of DeFi platforms and protocol foundations investing in real-world asset-backed products to earn a yield without leaving blockchain rails.

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Finance

State Street Works on Tokenized Bond and Money Market Fund; No 'Current Plans' for Stablecoin Project

Tokenized collateral could have helped avoid the 2022 "liability-driven" crisis, said Donna Milrod, chief product officer, in an interview with Financial News.

State Street building in London (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)