Executives from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), OKX and Securitize warned that synthetic tokenized stocks are creating market and retail risks, as ICE moves ahead with a regulated platform for tokenized U.S. equities. Michael Blaugrund, who works on strategic initiatives at ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), said during a panel at Consensus
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2210.86, up 2.5% (+53.36) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. All 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+16.0%) and ICP (+10.4%). Laggards: BTC (+0.9%) and ETH (+1.5%). The
Stablecoin infrastructure platform OpenTrade closed a $17 million funding round Wednesday led by Mercury Fund and Notion Capital, with participation from a16z Crypto, AlbionVC and CMCC Global, bringing its total funding to more than $30 million. The London-based company said the funding will be used to expand its permissioned and permissionless infrastructure and support plans
Bullish (BLSH) shares surged more than 11% following the company’s $4.2 billion agreement to acquire transfer agent Equiniti, with the stock climbing another 1.5% in pre-market trading Wednesday as analysts framed the deal as a transformational move beyond crypto trading. The acquisition gives Bullish, the crypto platform led by former NYSE president Tom Farley (also
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he expects 30% of Ripple Treasury’s $13 trillion yearly payment volume to move on-chain within the next five years. He made this statement during a conversation with Bullish CEO Tom Farley at the ongoing Consensus 2026 conference in Miami. Key Points Brad Garlinghouse said 30% of Ripple Treasury’s yearly volume
Author of the bestselling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, issued another forecast in which he described 2026 as a period of major transformation for baby boomers’ savings. In his view, the traditional retirement savings model is losing stability, while U.S. government bonds are no longer functioning as a “safe haven” due to inflationary
Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, used the Milken Institute Global Conference stage on Tuesday to dispel concerns about an AI bubble. He maintained that a new tradable asset class, computing power futures, will emerge due to growing demand for computing capacity. Fink said that there is no AI bubble and emphasized that the
Intel (INTC) is back in Wall Street’s face after a brutal rally that pushed the stock above 17% in one day. Shares gained 13% on Tuesday and reached a record $110 before another 4.76% jump after regular trading ended. The reason was simple: traders saw a new chance that Intel could land deeper work with