TradFi & Fintech

RL1 inherits SWIAT's production network, which processed more than €700 million in transactions over three years before ownership moved to the Luxembourg cooperative.

The USDC issuer says the roughly 1,000-patent haul makes it the leading US blockchain patent holder, with financial terms undisclosed.

The announcement at Galaxy Unpacked in London came with no timeline, issuers, or markets — but would put stablecoins on hundreds of millions of phones.

The regulator cited money-laundering risk concerns in a rare rejection amid a wave of crypto charter approvals. Wise plans to refile under the GENIUS Act.

The tokenization firm said its broker-dealer subsidiary can now sell tokenized equities, ETFs and funds to American investors under SEC and FINRA oversight.

Coinbase will add exposure to the tokenized private-markets offering, which launched with about $75M in onchain value, KAIO said.

Ondo, Backed Finance, and Robinhood Chain all set all-time highs in tokenized equity holdings this week, while dYdX's new Arcus exchange posted record perps volume — signs the market for onchain stocks is scaling on multiple fronts at once.

Digital assets head Sandy Kaul argues card rails can't handle $0.001 machine payments, making blockchain tokens the way to capture agentic AI value.

Bridge converts dollars for Bill Pay while Privy stores balances, splitting the roles across Stripe's stablecoin infrastructure.

The 18-constituent benchmark excludes Bitcoin and meme coins, screening for protocols with positive revenue verified by onchain data.