Major U.S. financial institutions and market intermediaries are forming a consensus that a transition toward tokenized assets and digital money is inevitable, according to a new sector in-depth report from Moody’s Ratings. The report, published Tuesday and shared with Bitcoin.com News, highlights that while tokenized assets are currently live in the United States, their use
Getting a piece of OpenAI, SpaceX, or Anthropic before they go public used to require either a very large check or a very well-connected friend. Injective is trying to change that by launching on-chain pre-IPO stocks for all three companies, effectively opening the velvet rope on some of the most sought-after private equity in the
The US Treasury Department is going after Iran’s oil money, and this time, the crypto industry is caught in the crosshairs. New sanctions under what the government is calling Operation Economic Fury target a sprawling network of companies, individuals, and vessels involved in smuggling Iranian oil to China. The kicker for crypto markets: $344 million
JPMorgan (JPM) is preparing to launch a tokenized money market fund, the latest sign that major financial institutions and Wall Street asset managers are speeding up efforts to move traditional assets onto blockchain rails. A Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC) outlined plans for a blockchain-based money-market fund investing exclusively in
Michael Green, a well-known figure in the financial world, discussed the current state of the markets and the economic challenges facing the younger generation on the New Era Finance Podcast. Green’s harsh criticisms, particularly regarding Bitcoin and passive investment strategies, attracted attention. Green described comparing Bitcoin to gold or valuing it based on its scarcity
The US Treasury Department has issued fresh guidance telling banks to watch for, and report, suspected money laundering networks tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The directive specifically flags the use of shell companies and cryptocurrency networks as key channels for moving illicit funds. At the center of the guidance is Iran’s sanctioned oil
The Federal Trade Commission just put Big Tech on notice. The agency sent compliance letters to more than a dozen major technology companies, including Amazon, Alphabet, and Apple, pressing them to follow the requirements of the Take It Down Act. The law, known as TIDA, targets the spread of non-consensual intimate imagery, the polite legal
As senators have finalized the text of the CLARITY Act, the digital asset market structure bill is now set for a key vote in the Senate Banking Committee this Thursday, May 14. Against this backdrop, Strategy founder Michael Saylor publicly explained why the legislation is a fundamental pillar of his long-term Bitcoin strategy. While media
Regulated digital securities platform tZERO has integrated its tokenization infrastructure with the Aptos blockchain, paving the way for institutional issuers to mint and manage real-world asset tokens directly on the high-throughput Layer 1, according to a report from ChainCatcher. tZERO plugs regulated tokenization into Aptos The collaboration aims to fuse tZERO’s compliant issuance and transfer