Franklin Templeton has crossed $2.5 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasury assets under management in 2026, doubling its holdings as the third-largest issuer in the growing tokenized sovereign debt market.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce references a staff statement on tokenization to distinguish between issuer-sponsored tokenized stocks and synthetic crypto instruments offering stock exposure.

Spot ETFs tracking Hyperliquid ($THYP and $BHYP) attracted over $16 million in flows yesterday, bringing cumulative net inflows to $69 million.

NEAR Protocol has launched confidential payments on its Intents platform, enabling private cross-chain swaps between NEAR and ETH.

Hester Peirce pushes back against "hyperbole" surrounding a contemplated SEC innovation exemption for tokenized NMS stock, emphasizing it would cover only digital representations of existing equities, not synthetic assets.

Coinbase is expanding its trading offerings by launching perpetual-style equity index futures on June 8, allowing users to go long or short on market sectors and trends.

Steakhouse Fi has expanded its lead to approximately $1 billion over the next largest Morpho vault curator, marking a significant shift in the competitive curator ecosystem.

MoneyGram has become Tempo's anchor remittance validator in a new strategic blockchain partnership designed to enhance cross-border payment infrastructure.

Fireblocks introduced its agentic payments infrastructure, enabling AI agents to execute crypto transactions on behalf of users through embedded wallet and compliance-ready technology.

The SEC is developing a new regulatory framework that would allow digital versions of publicly traded securities to trade on blockchain networks in the US.