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Ethereum Is ‘The Infrastructure’ for Wall Street, Says Former BlackRock Executive

Joseph Chalom is betting his next act on Ethereum, calling it the only chain institutions can trust to digitize finance.

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Finance

Intain, FIS Roll Out Tokenized Loan Marketplace on Avalanche for Small Banks

Digital Liquidity Gateway, built on the Avalanche network, helps regional banks tokenize loans, automate settlement and connect them with investors.

Avalanche (AVAX) (CoinDesk)

Finance

Mercado Bitcoin Commits EUR 50M to Portugal as It Pushes for European Expansion


The firm is expanding its services, including a new offering for high-net-worth clients, and has seen a shift in revenue streams.

Portugal's Praça do Comércio (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Regulator That May Rule Over Digital Assets Pushing Toward Crypto Spot Trading

The CFTC's interim boss, Caroline Pham, is said to be personally guiding exchanges on launching compliant products as she also overhauls the agency.

CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham speaks at SEC (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Bitcoin DeFi Gets Another Institutional Boost Through Anchorage Digital Custody

Anchorage Digital is opening institutional pathways into Bitcoin-native DeFi, providing a regulated gateway to BOB’s hybrid Bitcoin–Ethereum ecosystem.

Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital at Consensus 2025.

Finance

Ex-Alameda Co-Founder's Crypto Trading Firm Lantern Ventures Said to Be Winding Down Funds

A number of the firm's staff are likely to lose their jobs, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Finance

Securitize, VanEck Bring VBILL Tokenized Treasury Fund To Aave

The integration, powered by Chainlink’s NAVLink oracle technology, represents another leap in bridging traditional finance and decentralized finance together.

(VanEck)

Finance

Dinari Taps Chainlink to Tokenize S&P DJI's Upcoming Crypto Market Index

The S&P Digital Markets 50 Index tracks a basket of blockchain-focused stocks and digital assets; Chainlink will provide crucial data to support a tokenized version.


Finance

Animoca Brands' Public Market Ambition Aims at Providing Crypto Access to 'Billions'

"Most of the world still doesn't have crypto," said Animoca Brands' co-founder, adding that his company is planning to help change that through its public listing.

Animoca Brands' co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu speaks at Consensus Hong Kong (CoinDesk)

Finance

RETRACTION: YZi Labs, Animoca, Gate Did Not Take Part in Standard Money Fundraising Round

A company release said Standard Money raised $8 million and named YZi Labs, Animoca, Gate and Crypto.com as participating, claims that three of the four companies denied.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)