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Evernorth Taps Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo for XRP Yield Push
The Nasdaq-listed treasury company plans to start institutional strategies in Q4, with direct XRP Ledger credit-market investments to follow as the infrastructure matures.
L2 Capital Signs On To Tokenize $500 Million Of Pre-IPO AI Shares With Newton
The Hong Kong firm is the first partner on a platform Newton Labs is still building. Compliance rules would sit inside each token and be checked before every transfer settles.
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Evernorth Taps Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase and BitGo for XRP Yield Push
The Nasdaq-listed treasury company plans to start institutional strategies in Q4, with direct XRP Ledger credit-market investments to follow as the infrastructure matures.
L2 Capital Signs On To Tokenize $500 Million Of Pre-IPO AI Shares With Newton
The Hong Kong firm is the first partner on a platform Newton Labs is still building. Compliance rules would sit inside each token and be checked before every transfer settles.
Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ether Trading for Affluent UAE Clients
The bank’s closed-loop service bars external crypto transfers and charges a spread of up to 2%.
BNY and Citadel Securities Use Tokenized Treasury in Overnight Repo
A two-year note settled within minutes on BNY’s private digital ledger before Citadel Securities used it to raise cash.
Robinhood Opens Social Trading Feed to Eligible US Customers
Users can share charts and portfolio allocations, while a rollout on the Legend desktop platform is planned in the coming weeks.
Avalanche Highlights KSD Links Ahead of Korea’s 2027 Tokenization Rollout
KSD’s platform is being built to connect with Avalanche, Hyperledger Besu and Hyperledger Fabric, with Samsung SDS targeting completion in February 2027.
Interactive Brokers Launches Ethereum Staking Through Zerohash
Eligible clients keep at least 70% of staking rewards under the broker’s agreement, while withdrawals remain subject to network waiting periods.
DRW and Marex Execute Bond-Index Swap on Canton
The Derivnex trade links a shared contract record to licensed S&P benchmark data, with cash and collateral integration planned next.
Metaplanet Plans ¥52 Billion Bond Sale to Refinance Bitcoin Loans
The company would replace some Bitcoin-collateralized borrowing with unsecured debt and devote up to ¥28.3 billion to share repurchases.
21Shares Lists Anthropic Synthetic ETP on Vienna MTF
CLAU holds FalconX notes tied to perpetual futures, with financing and funding costs on top of its 1% annual product fee.