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Wall Street pushes tokenized stocks, but institutions aren’t eager to trade them

Exchanges are racing toward blockchain-based equities and 24/7 trading. Institutions, however, fear liquidity and funding risks.

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Citi and Morgan Stanley expand bitcoin and crypto custody, trading and tokenization efforts

As Citi plans to integrate Bitcoin into bank-grade custody and reporting frameworks, Morgan Stanley moves to bring crypto trading, lending exploration and tokenized products to mainstream wealth clients.

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Stocktwits CEO on investing in 2026: 'never a better time to start, never a harder time to stay'

Live from the Ondo Summit in NYC, Stocktwits CEO Howard Lindzon joins Jennifer Sanasie for a special Markets Outlook to break down the rise of the Degenerate Economy, where 24/7 speculation has replaced traditional entertainment. As AI and LLMs commoditize Wall Street research, Lindzon highlights how social sentiment has become the last remaining edge for the modern trader. This shift is central to his Social Relative Strength framework for spotting overlooked assets, a strategy he uses to explain why the retail crowd is currently front-running a debasement trade in gold and silver, even ahead of bitcoin.

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Wall Street giants push back on exemptions for tokenized securities in SEC meeting

Executives and industry groups pressed regulators to apply traditional securities rules to blockchain-based trading, pushing back on exemptions even as DeFi enters the debate.

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Want TradFi to embrace tokenization? Crypto's distribution strategy must mature

The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitter, experimenting quickly, and iterating in public. But that's not how asset allocators at pension funds or family offices operate, argues Dean Khan Dhillon, head of growth at RWA.xyz.

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How Wall Street took over the bitcoin options market

Bitcoin is no longer an outlier, says OKX President Hong Fang. It now behaves more like a macro proxy — one that traders use to express their views on growth, risk appetite, and volatility.

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Crypto exchanges brace for pressure as banks like JPMorgan enter spot trading

The national banks regulator OCC released a statement signaling a shift in rules that will have significant crypto market consequences across the United States.

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Prediction markets beat Wall Street in forecasting inflation, Kalshi says

Kalshi's markets aggregate information from diverse traders with financial incentives, creating a "wisdom of the crowd" effect, the platform said.

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Most Influential: Tom Lee

A longtime fixture on Wall Street, Tom Lee’s pivot to crypto comes as the traditional finance industry is increasingly embracing digital assets.

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Wall Street Is Bought In on Crypto’s Upside Potential, But Not Its Tech

Despite record levels of institutional investment, most Wall Street firms are still trading off-chain, says Annabelle Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Altius Labs.

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