Paradigm leads $5.5M seed in M1X Global to scale tokenized bond
The round backs the issuer of USDM1, an onchain sovereign bond, as it pushes the instrument into regulated collateral use across traditional finance.
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The round backs the issuer of USDM1, an onchain sovereign bond, as it pushes the instrument into regulated collateral use across traditional finance.
Four wallets potentially tied to Paradigm Capital deposited 11,615 ETH — valued at approximately $27.29 million — into…
Co-led by Paradigm, a16z crypto, and Ribbit Capital with participation from Apollo, Circle Ventures, and VanEck, the round ranks among the largest in DeFi history and signals TradFi's deeper push…
The 800-billion-dollar asset manager is the largest U.S. insurer to put a live product on a public tokenization rail, and high-yield corporate bonds are an unusually conservative lane for the…
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