Consensys Splits: MetaMask Spins Off as IPO Speculation Mounts
Joe Lubin chairs the new MetaMask Inc. while a slimmed Consensys chases banks and tokenization, leaving the IPO question open for both entities to answer later this year.
Strategic partnerships, integrations, and M&A — exchange and protocol deals, and enterprise blockchain agreements.
Joe Lubin chairs the new MetaMask Inc. while a slimmed Consensys chases banks and tokenization, leaving the IPO question open for both entities to answer later this year.
With 100 million downloads across 190 countries, MetaMask's consumer spinout is one of the largest wallet brands in crypto history stepping out on its own.
By cutting out the intermediary issuer and partnering directly with a lender of record, FACTOR offers a rare on-chain yield structure backed by real working capital assets rather than synthetic…
The campaign adds retail distribution for tokenized gold at a moment when RWA flows are widening beyond stablecoins, putting $XAUT in front of Changelly's swap base through Sept. 21.
Prediction-market volumes have already outpaced the 2024 cycle, with $133M+ traded in some races as of mid-August, putting Kalshi's political pricing on the same institutional rails as sports and…
A 9.99% Bastion block and the largest Solana treasury are now aligned against SkyAI's full board, with the 7%-plus dilution from a 2026 equity plan the real target of both campaigns.
The planned models would expand blockchain-based access while highlighting a critical divide between owning shares and holding stock-linked tokens with fewer rights.
The $3.72B in tokenized assets settled on XRPL is a 30x YoY jump, but it's still a rounding error against the hundreds of billions needed before triple-digit XRP stops being mathematically absurd.
The sell-out points to genuine consumer demand at the intersection of crypto-native branding and mainstream sneaker culture, a space few institutional Bitcoin holders have tested.
The CEO exit mid-sale is a flag, but the real read is the $2B-to-$200M valuation gap, which is what institutional counterparties now underwrite crypto custody names for this cycle.
The equity stakes are priced off Citadel's $20B Crypto.com mark; the real signal is Robinhood's prediction markets out-earning its crypto unit for the first time in Q2, with NFL season and midterms…
The investment pairs a US-listed, SEC-regulated retail brokerage with a globally licensed digital-asset venue, locking in commercial alignment without the regulatory load a controlling stake would…
MEXC led the surge with 78 new listings while OKX jumped from 3 to 24, with tokenized stock listings emerging as a key driver behind the recovery.
The minutes-long transfer shows tokenized deposits can extend institutional dollar payments beyond traditional banking hours, with broader adoption still dependent on network expansion.
The recovery is substantial but incomplete: roughly $47M remains with the hackers as an apparent bounty.
Evernorth, a major XRP-focused company founded by a former Ripple executive, is awaiting a Nasdaq listing as the XRP Seoul 2026 conference signals renewed institutional momentum in South Korea.
The September 5 transaction settled in minutes outside traditional banking hours, marking the first live proof that tokenized deposits on Swift's Digital Ledger can sustain 24/7 cross-border USD…
WOO X's ownership is under fresh scrutiny after its FusionX Digital acquisition and ZachXBT's claims of ties to BitMart's founder. BitMart is exploring restructuring and possible platform resumption.
Rehypothecation is the real story: Better can reuse borrowers' pledged BTC, leaving them holding an IOU rather than specific coins for the 30-year life of their mortgage.
The competing views focus on two value streams: gasless user transactions and fee revenue from activity beyond Robinhood's own frontend.