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MoneyGram’s CEO says blockchain works best when customers don’t know it’s there

In attempting to modernize and better meet its customers’ needs, MoneyGram has partnered with the Stellar network, which has underpinned many of the company's blockchain...

Inside Robinhood’s high-stakes bet to ‘democratizing’ its 10 million casual users onto blockchain finance

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) account for just $12.66 million in active market capitalization despite the recent spike in trading activity.Much of that larger activity,...

Ethics in Crypto Market Structure ‘Really Not Our Concern,’ Says Blockchain Association CEO

Summer Mersinger, the CEO of the Blockchain Association and a former commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), anticipated a vote on...

ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will...

South Korea’s new economic roadmap is a massive bet on blockchain technology

South Korea plans to update its 76-year-old national asset management system to formally include virtual currencies and intellectual property in the country’s definition of...

DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street’s blockchain push

DTCC safeguards more than $114 trillion in securities, making it one of the most important pieces of financial market infrastructure. Every day, it records...

Ethereum (ETH) Foundation spinout EthSystems targets banks with blockchain privacy technology

A team of former Ethereum Foundation researchers focused on institutional privacy has launched EthSystems, a new for-profit company aimed at building confidentiality infrastructure for...

SBI Holdings’ blockchain initiative pivots to Solana for tokenization, stablecoin issuance

Japanese asset giant SBI Holdings' (8473) blockchain initiative is turning to Solana for its stablecoin and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization efforts.SBI Solana Global, previously...

Battle over blockchain stock ownership is heading to Washington regulators

"I'd encourage the Commission not to dismiss third-party stock tokens, but to treat them as what they are — a different class of financial...

Robinhood’s blockchain finds early success — Thanks to memecoins, not stocks

Yet the composition of activity tells a different story. According to data tracked by Dune Analytics, asset management accounts for 40.5% of value locked...

Swift rolls out new blockchain ledger to bring 24/7 banking to 17 global giants

A roster of 17 banks are preparing to begin testing live transactions on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, a step toward round-the-clock cross-border payments using tokenized...

EToro (ETOR) ramps up blockchain trading push, investing in derivatives venue Extended

Perpetual futures, once a niche crypto product, have become one of the industry's fastest-growing markets. Alongside cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, trading platforms are increasingly listing...