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SpaceX Opens for Public Trading Friday With a Live Crypto Tokenized-Equity Stack Behind It
Markets

SpaceX Opens for Public Trading Friday With a Live Crypto Tokenized-Equity Stack Behind It

SpaceX begins trading on Nasdaq at 9:30 AM ET Friday under SPCX. The same morning, Ondo's SPCXon, Kraken's xStocks SPCXx, a Backpack Securities-issued SPCX token on Solana, and Hyperliquid's pre-IPO perpetual all settle into a single live tokenized-equity stack.
DBS Bank to Offer Tokenized Physical Gold to Retail Customers in Singapore
TradFi & Fintech

DBS Bank to Offer Tokenized Physical Gold to Retail Customers in Singapore

Singapore largest bank will let retail customers buy, hold and trade tokenized gold backed by 1 gram of physical bullion stored in a DBS vault, launching via its digibank app in H2 2026.
Fidelity’s Dollar Stablecoin Taps Curve and Uniswap as Its DeFi Liquidity Layer
DeFi

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.
LG Electronics Pilots On-Chain Ad Network Built on Arbitrum Layer 2
Blockchains

LG Electronics Pilots On-Chain Ad Network Built on Arbitrum Layer 2

LG Electronics is building a blockchain-based advertising network on its own Arbitrum-derived Layer 2, with a pilot completed and a commercial launch targeted for later this year.
Coinbase Gives AI Agents Their Own Accounts to Trade and Pay
CeFi

Coinbase Gives AI Agents Their Own Accounts to Trade and Pay

Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents, a standalone account that lets AI assistants including ChatGPT and Claude execute crypto trades, manage portfolios, and pay for data autonomously under user-defined guardrails. x402 payments integration arrives next week.
Binance Converts Stock Holdings Into On-Chain Tokens With bStocks Launch
TradFi & Fintech

Binance Converts Stock Holdings Into On-Chain Tokens With bStocks Launch

Binance has activated its tokenized-equity layer, converting live stock positions on its brokerage platform into BNB Chain tokens tradable around the clock. The first five bStocks include Nvidia, Tesla, Circle, Micron, and Sandisk.
Brian Armstrong Says Coinbase Processes $1T in Stablecoin Payments Annually
CeFi

Brian Armstrong Says Coinbase Processes $1T in Stablecoin Payments Annually

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong disclosed three platform-scale metrics on Thursday: approximately $1 trillion in annual stablecoin movement, $20 billion in USDC held on platform, and more than 160 million autonomous transactions via the x402 agentic payments protocol in the last year.
Citi Rolls Out Tokenized Private-Company Shares for Wealth and Institutional Clients
TradFi & Fintech

Citi Rolls Out Tokenized Private-Company Shares for Wealth and Institutional Clients

Citigroup is making tokenized interests in private companies available to wealth-management and institutional clients on SIX Digital Exchange, the Wall Street Journal reported. The bank has already completed its first transaction and is in talks with additional private firms.
Wall Street Piles Into Digital Asset as Canton Network Draws $355M Round Led by a16z
Blockchains

Wall Street Piles Into Digital Asset as Canton Network Draws $355M Round Led by a16z

Digital Asset has closed a $355 million funding round led by a16z crypto, with HSBC, Apollo, CME, BNP Paribas, ADIA, ABN Amro, S&P Global, Tradeweb and more than 20 other institutional names joining as investors.
Lava Network Signs Tokenization Pact for Planned 40,000-Unit Caribbean Project
Tokens

Lava Network Signs Tokenization Pact for Planned 40,000-Unit Caribbean Project

The agreement with developer BHL Group is an early-stage memorandum of understanding, and the Alba Bay community is not slated to break ground until 2027