The tokenized real-world assets sector just crossed a major threshold. Total value locked in RWAs surpassed $31 billion in 2026, up nearly four times from $7.8 billion at the start of 2025. Market capitalization reached $19.3 billion by the end of Q1 2026. With a 256.7% increase in just fifteen months, according to CoinGecko’s RWA
Grayscale Investments, a crypto asset management company, announced changes to its DeFi Fund, a decentralized finance-focused investment fund, as part of a rebalancing process for the first quarter of 2026. The company removed the Aerodrome Finance (AERO) token from the fund and replaced it with the Ethena ($ENA) token. According to data shared by Grayscale,
Pantera says the tokenization market has grown to $321 billion, but remains structurally immature. Its Tokenization Progress Index found most tokenized assets still operate as wrappers around traditional financial products. Pantera says tokenization is growing fast, but not yet becoming the financial redesign many in crypto expected. Most tokenized assets are still wrappers The crypto
Japanese markets reopened after the Golden Week holidays to a powerful AI-driven rally on Thursday, with SoftBank stock soaring as investors rushed to catch up with gains already seen across global technology stocks. Shares in the Japanese investment group jumped 16.4% on Thursday, according to market commentary, after a long holiday stretch in which US
The cumulative net inflows of US-traded spot Bitcoin ETFs has reached roughly $59.7 billion, with BlackRock’s IBIT alone holding $66.7 billion in assets. Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab are now pushing direct crypto trading into ordinary brokerage accounts. The driver is that both firms can already see demand within their own client base, with clients
Investors are getting ready to see if CRCL’s recent Agentic Economy narrative really translated into quantifiable growth, as the company prepares for one of its most significant earnings reports to date. The results of Circle’s upcoming May 11 earnings report could have a significant impact on USD Coin, the larger stablecoin market, and the stock
BNY, the world’s largest custodian overseeing $59 trillion of assets, is expanding its digital asset custody business to the United Arab Emirates through local partners. According to a Thursday press release, the global financial services giant is working with Finstreet and ADI Foundation to build regulated digital asset infrastructure anchored in Abu Dhabi Global Market
Institutional investors are increasingly treating crypto as a portfolio diversification tool rather than a speculative trade, according to a quarterly survey published by CoinShares Research on May 6. The survey, which cut across 26 fund managers overseeing a combined $1.3 trillion in assets under management (AUM). It found that diversification and client demand now account
The VTI stock price rarely makes headlines the way individual stocks do — and that’s precisely the point. Vanguard’s Total Stock Market ETF is designed for investors who want to own the entire U.S. equity market in a single ticker, without making bets on any one company, sector, or trend. As of May 5, 2026,