European financial and crypto industry groups urged lawmakers to scrap limits on tokenized securities platforms or set a ceiling of at least 1.5 trillion euros ($1.74 trillion), arguing that a proposed 100 billion-euro cap would constrain growth. The request came in a letter addressed to the European Council and European Parliament with signatories including French
The US election process, closely followed by the Bitcoin and altcoin markets, has resumed. As the US gradually prepares for the November 3rd congressional elections, President Donald Trump launched his campaign yesterday in Texas. Trump made a bold start to his election campaign, announcing that adult US citizens would receive a $5,000 payment if the
The rapid rise in artificial intelligence (AI) technology investment could pose financial-stability risks if companies fail to generate the returns investors expect, Pablo Hernandez, the head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Thursday. Hernandez’s said the largest AI companies’ capital spending is increasingly outpacing their cash flows and being financed through debt
The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.856% on Wednesday, its highest level since October 2023, despite the Treasury Department’s announcement that it would repurchase $6 billion of long-dated government debt. The buyback, which targets Treasuries maturing in 10 to 20 years, is intended to improve market liquidity and ease upward pressure on long-term borrowing
Pump.fun announced its new Custom Pairs feature on Sept. 9, letting new memecoins trade against tokenized stocks, major crypto assets, and other quote assets, expanding the familiar settlement menu beyond $SOL and stablecoins. If a meme trades against a tokenized stock, traders must acquire or supply that stock token to enter the market. Launchpads can
Anthropic employee Evan Hubinger earned 30 million X views on Wednesday by predicting the end of the world and putting the chance of AI killing all humans within a decade at above 10%. However, before worrying about super intelligent AI agents going rogue, Hubinger worked at one of the world’s oldest crypto companies, Ripple. Commenting
Paolo Ardoino offered a striking answer to a familiar U.S. debt problem: replace concentrated foreign buyers with hundreds of millions of stablecoin users. In an Aug. 31 episode of The Wolf of All Streets, the Tether CEO said the company had created “the decentralized ownership of the US debt” through 650 million people who were
Dubai-based Zamanat has announced its sponsorship of Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited, a DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) domiciled tokenized private credit fund with a target size of up to $100 million, according to information shared with Finbold on September 10, 2026. The fund targets a structural gap estimated at $250 billion, the amount of SME
In brief Nasdaq’s venture arm is putting $100 million into Payward, valuing the Kraken parent at $21 billion. Kraken will distribute Nasdaq’s tokenized stocks, which would carry the same voting rights as ordinary shares. It is the third time this year an established exchange operator has taken a stake in a crypto exchange. Nasdaq is
It is pointed out that investors in the cryptocurrency market should closely follow not only the Fed’s policies but also interest rate and yen movements in Japan. EasyA co-founder Dom Kwok assessed why the Japanese yen is important for global markets and especially for risky assets like Bitcoin and altcoins. According to Kwok, Japan’s interest