BlackRock: Blockchains Will Settle the AI Agent Economy
Stablecoin volumes topped $11 trillion in 2025 with rules clarifying across the US, Europe, and APAC, evidence BlackRock cites for blockchain's shift from speculation to machine settlement.
Decentralized finance — DEXs, lending, yield strategies, on-chain derivatives, and tokenized real-world assets.
Stablecoin volumes topped $11 trillion in 2025 with rules clarifying across the US, Europe, and APAC, evidence BlackRock cites for blockchain's shift from speculation to machine settlement.
The move lands weeks after OSFI clarified tokenized deposits are not legally distinct from traditional deposits, removing the biggest regulatory question standing in the way of bank-grade blockchain…
The 28-21 committee vote on a bill locking the government's 325,000 BTC into a 20-year Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, paired with an SEC exemption for tokenized stocks, drove the broadest rally among…
The buyer opened a brand-new wallet for the entry, a pattern traders read as a deliberate fresh position rather than a rebalance, in a memecoin market thin enough for one order to move price.
The privacy coin's breakout is pulling leveraged money with it: one Aster DEX position opened at roughly $224K is already sitting on $70.7K in unrealized profit.
The world's largest asset manager is pointing at a future where computing power itself becomes a tradeable, on-chain asset, extending its tokenization push beyond funds and treasuries into…
All six of Canada's largest lenders are building blockchain-based deposits together, a coordinated move that puts bank money directly on 24/7 payment rails and signals how far TradFi is now willing…
New guidance restricts when exchanges can list contracts tied to what public figures say, marking a fresh line in the sand for the fast-growing prediction-market sector.
The advisory stops short of banning markets tied to a named person's words or actions, but sets a high bar that could narrow which event contracts clear supervisory review.
The fund applies business-based underwriting to a market where banks face regulatory constraints and crypto lenders typically require asset-backed collateral.
The warning puts prediction-market operators on notice as regulators test whether event contracts can be protected from insider trading and outcome manipulation.
Tokenization, onchain finance and 24/7 trading are moving from experimentation toward a regulatory agenda spanning the CFTC, SEC and Treasury markets.
Regulatory rulemaking, expanding tokenized assets and new exchange revenue streams give both companies catalysts beyond spot trading.
The joint venture keeps customer funds inside the regulated banking system while testing 24/7 programmable payments, joining a global race among lenders to put deposits on blockchain rails.
Crypto's 24/7 perpetual rails are absorbing equity trading demand while U.S. markets are shut, with more than $8B combined volume across two recent event windows.
The LlamaRisk plan lifts WBTC and cbBTC leverage to 81% LTV with an 85% liquidation threshold, but the price drop a fully leveraged loan can absorb shrinks from about 6.4% to 4.7%.
The five-chain footprint shows tokenized ETFs are no longer a single-chain story; BNB's lead reflects deep liquidity, but the longer tail of growing venues is what makes Q3 notable.
A 57-page ESCB response to the MiCA review would bar CASPs from offering any indirect returns on stablecoins and scrap the 30% to 60% bank-deposit reserve rule in favour of liquidity-based…
Coinbase is the first major consumer platform to run Morpho's fixed-rate engine at scale, layering defined loan terms on top of a $1.4B variable-rate book already live on its app.
The world's largest futures venue keeps widening its regulated crypto lineup, with 24/7 trading already averaging $8.3B in daily notional volume through the first half of 2026.