Bullish (BLSH), Equiniti, Alpaca, Apex Fintech Solutions and DriveWealth have formed a new industry group focused on building standards for tokenized securities that remain directly tied to the companies that issue them. The Issuer Sponsored Token Coalition, unveiled on Thursday, was convened by CoinDesk parent company Bullish and Equiniti, a shareholder-services and market-infrastructure firm that
Brazil’s energy market, valued at $200 billion, faces inefficiencies despite its abundant clean power production. Exa’s announcement of tokenizing energy supply on Solana aims to bridge the gap between generators and buyers, fostering a more streamlined market. This initiative could significantly reduce costs for businesses, enhancing the overall efficiency of Brazil’s energy sector. source The
VanEck’s Matthew Sigel says Bitcoin has little long-term correlation with bond yields, while its relationship with the U.S. dollar remains more persistent. Sigel attributes Bitcoin’s recent pullback more to DXY strength than movements in Treasury yields. He points to lower realized volatility and growing institutional adoption as reasons the current drawdown looks more contained than
Hedera transferred the CLPR (Cross-Ledger Protocol) codebase to the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust division under the LFDT Lab framework. The technical contribution opens the GitHub repository for public testing without custodial intermediaries or wrapped tokens. Hashgraph launched a technical call for its virtual pilot program focused on cross-border payments, settlement, and collateral mobility. Through the
Bitcoin climbed past $87,000 after a rate increase that should have made risk harder to own. The public record identifies several sources of demand, but it cannot put a name to every buyer or turn fund inflows into a complete account of the rally. Bitcoin’s rally after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates has an
Sequans Communications has sold its remaining 314 Bitcoin, completing its exit from a Bitcoin treasury strategy that once saw the semiconductor company hold more than 3,200 $BTC. On Thursday, the French semiconductor company said the exit follows the redemption of its convertible debt in May and will allow it to refocus on its core cellular
The slow-motion liquidity crisis in private credit has rolled into its third quarter, with Apollo gating another three months of withdrawal requests from its flagship retail private credit fund. On Tuesday, the fund disappointed investors who had asked to cash out 14.7% of their shares. It will honor about two thirds less at just 5%,
Digital asset treasury companies have mostly lagged the cryptocurrencies they hold, with only four of the 20 largest trading above the value of their token reserves, according to a new analysis by DWF Ventures. DWF Ventures compared the share prices of publicly traded crypto treasury companies with the performance of the tokens they hold. It
Circle has expanded its Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol beyond $USDC on Arc, bringing native $EURC and cirBTC transfers into the network while preparing Gateway and Bridge Kit for additional multi-asset workflows. Arc’s Sept. 23 update said Interop on Arc is now live with CCTP, Gateway and Forwarding Service integrated into the Layer 1, giving developers separate