Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, announced the Eliza Foundation is shutting down and its native token is dead following a class-action settlement with token holders represented by Burwick Law that exhausted its treasury.
S&P Global Ratings assigned an AAAm principal stability fund rating to BlackRock's new tokenized money market fund, BRSRV, highlighting its robust risk management and investment creditworthiness.
BlackRock has launched tokenized share classes for six European money market funds, totaling $311 billion in assets. This move offers on-chain access to these funds via tokens minted on Ethereum by J.P. Morgan's Kinexys, targeting professional investors.
Tether Gold (XAUt) reserves increased 9.5% in Q2 despite gold's 14.1% decline, reflecting demand for tokenized gold. Holdings rose 36% year-to-date, with XAUt now valued at $2.4 billion.
Pump.fun, plateforme de memecoins sur Solana, a licencié plus de quarante employés en deux vagues, juste avant le déblocage de leurs allocations de tokens PUMP. Cette coïncidence temporelle, documentée par Sandmark, soulève des questions sur les pratiques RH de l'entreprise et sa gestion des coûts.
Dubai-based crypto exchange Bybit has expanded the financial utility of blockchain-based equities by enabling six tokenized stocks, including Nvidia and Tesla, to serve as collateral for margin trading and lending products for eligible users.
Perpetual futures for tokenized stocks and commodities on Hyperliquid and Binance nearly matched Bitcoin's trading volume, reaching $61.7 billion last week. This growth, particularly in equities and commodities, signals a shift in crypto markets and draws attention from traditional finance leaders.
Tether and Nairobi Securities Exchange explore tokenized securities, blockchain infrastructure, and USDT as a settlement layer in a new MoU, amidst growing tokenized real-world assets sector.
Alpaca, a California brokerage, custodies over $1.5 billion in shares backing tokenized equities, dominating a market promoted as decentralized. However, the upcoming launch of DTCC's Tokenization Service in October threatens to disrupt this concentration by offering tokenized stocks with full shareholder rights, potentially undermining Alpaca's position.
Perpetual DEX Hyperliquid's weekly trading volume in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) reached $25.1 billion, exceeding all other asset categories combined for the first time. This milestone, accounting for 52% of its total $48.2 billion volume, reflects growing demand and marks a significant shift in crypto markets.
La plateforme néerlandaise Finst lance le trading de plus de 400 paires de cryptomonnaies directement en USDC en Europe, simplifiant les opérations pour les traders et offrant des avantages fiscaux aux résidents français grâce à la conformité MiCA.
Hackers took over Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account, promoting a fake "VLAD" memecoin with a malicious contract address. The scam attracted over 175,000 views, and hackers reportedly exploited 650 ETH, worth $1.2-1.3 million, with one sleuth identifying a wallet profiting from VLAD tokens.
Grayscale a déposé un formulaire S-1 auprès de la SEC pour un ETF spot Worldcoin (WLD) visant le Nasdaq. Le prospectus révèle que les 100 principales adresses détiennent environ 90 % des WLD en circulation, un détail gênant pour le token cofondé par Sam Altman.
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), fondateur de Binance, affirme que la capitalisation des cryptomonnaies représente moins de 1 % de la richesse mondiale, contredisant l'idée d'un marché saturé. Il identifie les passerelles fiat, le manque de stablecoins attractifs et la faible tokenisation des actifs réels comme les principaux freins et opportunités de croissance.
Arcus, a decentralized exchange backed by Robinhood Crypto, has launched tokenized stocks and perpetual futures on Robinhood Chain, offering over 95 stock tokens and derivatives. The platform uses a self-custodial model, but its stock tokens are unavailable in the US, Canada, and the UK due to ongoing regulatory questions.
Hyperliquid plans a HIP-4 upgrade allowing external operators to create prediction markets, challenging Polymarket. Deployers must stake 500,000 HYPE ($31.7M), with validators retaining broad oversight. This aims to expand market creation beyond validators, mirroring the success of HIP-3's perpetual futures.
Tether Gold (XAUT) has been recognized as an Accepted Spot Commodity in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), enabling regulated firms to offer services involving the tokenized gold asset. This follows USDt's prior acceptance and supports business growth, with XAUT's TVL tripling to $2.86 billion.
SenseTime CEO Xu Li predicts a significant shift in AI commercialization from a 'token economy' to a 'task economy' as token prices decline. He states that future value will lie in users paying for complex, completed tasks rather than raw computing usage, expanding the market tenfold beyond programmers to the masses.
Hugging Face, an AI model and dataset hosting platform, disclosed an internal systems breach last week. Attackers exploited a security vulnerability in an uploaded dataset to run malicious code, gaining broader access and compromising service credentials. The company has revoked credentials and urged users to do the same, while investigating potential customer data theft.
The FBI is seeking potential victims of a malware campaign involving eight Steam games that allegedly infected 8,000 devices, accessed 80 crypto wallets, and stole over $220,000. Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins was arrested in connection with financing and marketing the infected games.
Alibaba has previewed its Qwen3.8 AI model, claiming it's "second only" to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 with 2.4 trillion parameters. This launch, coinciding with China's top AI summit, highlights the country's push to match US AI leaders.
Un rapport de Grayscale du 9 juillet 2026 analyse 5 blockchains susceptibles de capter la valeur des marchés financiers traditionnels, estimés à 300 000 milliards de dollars. Le secteur des actifs réels tokenisés (RWA), bien que naissant, pourrait migrer vers la finance décentralisée.
Crypto exchange Backpack now offers 24/7 trading for tokenized US equities like SpaceX and Micron, allowing international investors direct ownership and instant settlement in fiat or stablecoins. This move aligns with a broader trend of traditional finance embracing tokenized assets.
Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC are carving out distinct market roles, with USDT dominating payments and USDC settling DeFi activity. Euro stablecoins are also gaining traction under MiCA regulations, diversifying the market beyond the US dollar. Meanwhile, traditional finance giants like Vanguard are increasingly embracing tokenization.
