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Securitize Tokenizes Its Own NYSE Stock SECZ on Its First Day as a Public Company
TradFi & Fintech

Securitize Tokenizes Its Own NYSE Stock SECZ on Its First Day as a Public Company

Securitize put its own newly listed common stock onchain the same day SECZ began trading on the NYSE, launching tokenized shares on Avalanche and Solana through its regulated platform.
Cloudflare Launches Monetization Gateway for Stablecoin Payments via x402
DeFi

Cloudflare Launches Monetization Gateway for Stablecoin Payments via x402

Cloudflare opened a waitlist for its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday, letting customers charge for web pages, datasets, APIs or MCP tools with payments settling in stablecoins over the x402 protocol. Will Papper, formerly of Syndicate, joined the company as product manager for Agent Payments to lead the effort.
Robinhood Launches Robinhood Chain Mainnet, Adds Stock Tokens, Onchain Lending, and Agentic Crypto Trading
Blockchains

Robinhood Launches Robinhood Chain Mainnet, Adds Stock Tokens, Onchain Lending, and Agentic Crypto Trading

At a London keynote, the trading platform opened its Arbitrum-based Layer 2 to the public, rolled out new stock tokens and a Morpho-powered lending product, and confirmed launches in Canada and Singapore alongside plans for crypto trading in the UK.
SEC Opens 60-Day Comment Period on 'Novel' ETF Rules as Prediction Market Funds Pile Up
Regulation & Politics

SEC Opens 60-Day Comment Period on 'Novel' ETF Rules as Prediction Market Funds Pile Up

The SEC published a formal request for comment on 'Novel ETFs' covering crypto-asset and prediction-market funds, following Chair Paul Atkins' May statement pausing launches for over two dozen pending applications.
Binance and Anchorage Digital Launch Off-Exchange Settlement for Institutional Traders
CeFi

Binance and Anchorage Digital Launch Off-Exchange Settlement for Institutional Traders

Binance and Anchorage Digital launched an off-exchange settlement integration on Tuesday, letting institutional traders access Binance's liquidity while keeping assets in Anchorage's custody through Atlas, Anchorage's settlement infrastructure suite.
Circle CEO Rebuts OUSD Pitch, Defends USDC's Network Effects After Stock Slide
Markets

Circle CEO Rebuts OUSD Pitch, Defends USDC's Network Effects After Stock Slide

Jeremy Allaire argued that stablecoin networks are winner-take-most businesses built over years, two days after the launch of the 140-plus-firm Open USD consortium sent Circle's stock down more than 17% in a single session.
New York Life Partners with Centrifuge on Tokenized Corporate Bonds
TradFi & Fintech

New York Life Partners with Centrifuge on Tokenized Corporate Bonds

New York Life Investment Management is tokenizing a high-yield corporate bond strategy for the first time, partnering with Centrifuge on the NYLIM Anemoy fund settled in USDC.
Securitize Shareholders Approve Merger, Paving Way for First Publicly Traded Tokenization Company
TradFi & Fintech

Securitize Shareholders Approve Merger, Paving Way for First Publicly Traded Tokenization Company

Cantor Equity Partners II shareholders voted Monday to approve a business combination with Securitize, expected to close July 1 and list on the NYSE July 2 under ticker SECZ as the first publicly traded tokenization company in the US.
Open Standard Unveils Open USD, a Bank- and Tech-Backed Stablecoin Governed by Its Users
TradFi & Fintech

Open Standard Unveils Open USD, a Bank- and Tech-Backed Stablecoin Governed by Its Users

A consortium of more than 140 financial and technology companies introduced Open USD, a dollar stablecoin whose reserve earnings and governance are designed to flow to the businesses that adopt it rather than to a single issuer.
JPMorgan's Kinexys Blockchain Hits $4 Trillion, Adds Five APAC Currencies
TradFi & Fintech

JPMorgan's Kinexys Blockchain Hits $4 Trillion, Adds Five APAC Currencies

J.P. Morgan's Kinexys blockchain payments platform has processed more than $4 trillion in transactions since launch and expanded to eight currencies, adding the Australian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Japanese yen, Chinese renminbi and Singapore dollar to serve institutional clients across Asia-Pacific.