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TradFi & Fintech

TD Bank Sees ‘Terrific Opportunities’ in Tokenized Deposits

With JPMorgan known as a pioneer, more big banks are leaning into tokenized deposits as a way to get blockchain’s benefits, without giving up control.
Franklin Templeton Preps Money Market Funds for DeFi
TradFi & Fintech

Franklin Templeton Preps Money Market Funds for DeFi

The asset manager has updated two Western Asset money market funds to support stablecoin reserves and blockchain-based distribution.
 How Stablecoins Are Rewiring Global Payments | Borderless CPO Alex Garn
Podcast

How Stablecoins Are Rewiring Global Payments | Borderless CPO Alex Garn

In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Chris Storaker sits down with Alex Garn, Chief Product Officer at Borderless, to unpack how stablecoins are quietly transforming cross-border payments — and what it actually takes to move money at scale across jurisdictions.
How Digital Asset Treasuries Went Mainstream in 2025
TradFi & Fintech

How Digital Asset Treasuries Went Mainstream in 2025

Expanding from Bitcoin to Ethereum, Solana, and other altcoins, public companies embraced crypto as a core treasury tool — and exposed new risks along the way.
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TradFi & Fintech

Morgan Stanley Unveils Spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs

One analyst called the filings a “shocker” as the first major U.S. bank enters the spot crypto ETF arena.
Shift4 Launches Multi-Chain Stablecoin Support for Merchants
TradFi & Fintech

Shift4 Launches Multi-Chain Stablecoin Support for Merchants

The U.S. payments giant, serving hundreds of thousands of businesses, now offers 24/7 settlement in four stablecoins.
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TradFi & Fintech

Intuit Partners with Circle to Integrate Stablecoin Infra, USDC Across Its Platform

The move aims to speed up payments, refunds, and remittances across the finance management giant's products.
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TradFi & Fintech

US Online Bank SoFi Launches Native Stablecoin

The online banking giant is continuing to dive back into crypto and what it calls the “blockchain super cycle.”
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TradFi & Fintech

DTCC Taps Canton Network to Test Tokenized Treasuries

The global financial infra giant says it chose the Layer 1 to protect sensitive trading data.
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TradFi & Fintech

Russia’s Biggest Bank Sberbank Pilots ‘DeFi Tools’ for TradFi Convergence

Russia’s largest lender says it is piloting DeFi instruments as legal crypto markets in the country remain in early development.