ProBix, an AI-powered platform for event intelligence, has joined Origins Network, a popular decentralized infrastructure entity. The partnership aims to advance innovation within the Web3 ecosystem with the use of AI. As per ProBix’s official X announcement, the development merges its AI capabilities with the decentralized infrastructure of Origins Network to establish relatively intuitive and>
Fragmented Standards Restrict Scale Tokenized funds, securities, and cash instruments have moved beyond technical demonstrations, but differences among Layer 1 blockchains, interoperability systems, and permissioned and permissionless networks continue to limit scale. Franklin Templeton (NYSE: BEN), which reported assets under management of $1.78 trillion as of May 31, 2026, is among the major asset managers
Tokenized equities are moving from pilot programs into live trading, but the market infrastructure that makes equities coherent — corporate actions, entitlements, reference data and settlement — isn’t built for assets that trade continuously across multiple venues. Earlier this year, Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange received SEC approval to list tokenized versions of
Public financial companies are significantly adopting Bitcoin ($BTC), with 1,201,521 $BTC (nearly $79.02B) in total holdings of the top 151 firms. This marks a notable landmark in the inclusion of digital assets within conventional finance, as Bitcoin dominates 5.72% of public companies’ holdings. As per the data from Phoenix Group, Strategy, Twenty One Capital, and
Japan could launch its first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund as early as 2028 as regulators prepare rules that would allow investment trusts and ETFs to hold crypto assets directly. A July 23 Nikkei report said the Financial Services Agency plans to revise investment-fund rules after lawmakers approved amendments that bring crypto assets under the Financial Instruments
Following a merger of Ethereum’s [$ETH] Layer 1 (L1) and Layer 2 (L2) into one holistic roadmap, the scaling upgrades seem to be working. For instance, Pectra Upgrade expanded L2 blob throughput, while Fusaka Upgrade increased data availability by 8x. That is not just heresy. It is backed by the recent on-chain data. Here are
Blockchain Moves Beyond the Crypto Hype Digital assets are moving from speculative markets into the infrastructure used to issue assets, transfer money, and settle financial transactions, according to CNBC and Statista’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026, an annual survey of leading financial technology businesses across eight industry segments. Forty companies were recognized in the digital
The UK Treasury has set Q1 2027 for its first tokenized sovereign bond transaction, but the project has remained dependent on finding a workable method to settle its cash leg on-chain. CoinDesk reported that the missing payment mechanism has held back institutional use of digital bonds for almost seven years, even as governments and financial
Bitcoin prices fluctuated close to $65,000 on Wednesday, July 22, as analysts pointed out key technical levels that traders should monitor. The world’s largest digital currency by total market value fell to as little as $65,484.00, according to Coinbase data from TradingView. At this point, the cryptocurrency had fallen close to 50% from the all-time
A $16.3 billion U.S. pension fund has increased its exposure to Bitcoin through a larger investment in Strategy, the business intelligence firm widely known for building the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. The Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System has boosted its holdings of Strategy’s stock (MSTR) to 21,300 shares, representing a position worth approximately $2.13