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Ondo Finance Adds 173 Tokenized Stocks and ETFs, Taking Catalog Past 430 Assets Across Three Chains
Ondo Finance expanded Ondo Global Markets with 173 new tokenized stocks and ETFs on Tuesday, lifting the platform's total catalog past 430 assets on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. The batch brings AI, robotics, quantum, defense tech, critical materials, and data center energy names onchain alongside BlackRock active ETFs and covered call strategies.
Backpack's Tokenized SpaceX Token on Solana Crosses 10,000 Holders, Nearly Double xStocks' SPCXx
Backpack's tokenized SpaceX share token has crossed 10,000 onchain holders on Solana, six days after listing alongside the company's Nasdaq debut. The milestone widens the holder gap with rival xStocks' SpaceX product and lands as Backpack chief executive Armani Ferrante stakes out a structural distinction from competing onchain SpaceX exposure.
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Ondo Finance Adds 173 Tokenized Stocks and ETFs, Taking Catalog Past 430 Assets Across Three Chains
Ondo Finance expanded Ondo Global Markets with 173 new tokenized stocks and ETFs on Tuesday, lifting the platform's total catalog past 430 assets on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. The batch brings AI, robotics, quantum, defense tech, critical materials, and data center energy names onchain alongside BlackRock active ETFs and covered call strategies.
Backpack's Tokenized SpaceX Token on Solana Crosses 10,000 Holders, Nearly Double xStocks' SPCXx
Backpack's tokenized SpaceX share token has crossed 10,000 onchain holders on Solana, six days after listing alongside the company's Nasdaq debut. The milestone widens the holder gap with rival xStocks' SpaceX product and lands as Backpack chief executive Armani Ferrante stakes out a structural distinction from competing onchain SpaceX exposure.
Standard Chartered Sets UNI 2030 Price Target at 40x Current Levels
Standard Chartered Global Research initiated coverage of Uniswap, with Geoff Kendrick framing the decentralized exchange as the trading hub for tokenized real-world assets and setting a $100 UNI price target for end-2030, roughly 40x current levels.
Exodus Puts 200-Plus Tokenized Stocks and ETFs Inside Its Self-Custody Wallet via Ondo
The partnership routes Ondo Global Markets equity tokens into Exodus's non-custodial app on Solana, putting a full tokenized-equity menu inside a self-custody wallet. US users are excluded.
Fidelity’s Dollar Stablecoin Taps Curve and Uniswap as Its DeFi Liquidity Layer
The Fidelity Digital Dollar stablecoin deployed Curve Finance Stableswap LP positions and Uniswap LP positions simultaneously in a single Ethereum block Thursday evening, with Curve founder Michael Egorov noting the same-block execution as evidence of DeFi operational expertise.
MetaMask Launches Agent Wallet in Early Access, Giving AI Agents Self-Custody Acces
The Consensys-owned wallet provider opened early access Monday for autonomous AI agents to trade across 25+ EVM chains and Hyperliquid, with transaction simulation and $10,000 in loss coverage as the security pitch.
PENDLE Token Goes Live on Revolut, Reaching 20M EEA Crypto Traders
The yield-tokenization protocol's $233M-mcap token is now buyable inside Revolut's MiCA-licensed crypto app across the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein — the second on-chain yield protocol to land on the fintech's regulated rails after Maple's SYRUP in April.
BlackRock's BUIDL Pushed Avalanche's Tokenized Asset Total Past $1.16B
A single allocation of BlackRock's $2.85B USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund drove more than half of Avalanche's distributed real-world asset total on a 58% two-week jump, putting the network behind only Ethereum among institutional tokenization venues.
Anchorage Digital Becomes Collateral Manager for Ethena's Institutional Lending
The OCC-chartered crypto bank will hold borrower collateral in segregated custody and run real-time margining for Ethena's overcollateralized loan book, configuring DeFi-native lending around bank-grade controls.
Coinbase Ventures Buys ENA on the Open Market as Coinbase and Ethena Strike Distribution Deal
The exchange's venture arm bought ENA tokens directly on the open market rather than through a private round, the first such disclosed purchase, alongside a partnership to push Ethena's onchain dollar and savings products into Coinbase's userbase.