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Tech

Ethena, Securitize Target Q2 Mainnet Launch for RWA-Focused Blockchain, Tap Arbitrum, Celestia

The Converge chain is set to have fast blocktimes, let users pay gas fees in Ethena's tokens and support both permissionless and permissioned apps, the teams said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (left) and Ethena founder Guy Young (Securitize)

Finance

Securitize Acquires MG Stover's Unit to Become Largest Digital Asset Fund Administrator

The deal expands Securitize Fund Services' offerings and brings its assets under administration to over $38 billion across 715 funds, the company said.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Markets

BlackRock, Securitize Expand $1.7B Tokenized Money Market Fund BUIDL to Solana

The fund now has $1.7 billion in assets and is spread across seven different blockchains as BlackRock expands its presence in the crypto space.

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Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL, Superstate and Centrifuge Win Spark's $1B Tokenized Asset Windfall

Sky, formerly MakerDAO, announced last year its plan to allocate $1 billion of reserve assets in tokenized real-world asset products.

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Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL Fund Tops $1B with Ethena's $200M Allocation

BUIDL is a key building block for multiple yield-generating offerings as a reserve asset, and it's increasingly used as collateral on trading platforms.

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Finance

Apollo Unveils Tokenized Private Credit Fund as Blockchain Deepens TradFi Links

The Apollo Diversified Credit Fund digital offering marks the first integration for Securitize with the Solana and Ink blockchains.

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Finance

Michael Sonnenshein, Ex-Grayscale CEO, Joins Tokenization Firm Securitize as COO

Sonnenshein left asset management firm Grayscale, issuer of spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, earlier this year.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock Expands Tokenized Fund BUIDL Beyond Ethereum to 5 New Blockchains

The investment giant is bringing its real-world asset fund to Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon.

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Finance

BlackRock's $500M Tokenized Fund Pitches for Ethena's RWA Investment Plan; ENA Rallies 22%

Ethena's proposal to allocate funds to tokenized real-world assets for yield follows similar actions by crypto lender MakerDAO and Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum's development organization.

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Finance

MakerDAO's $1B Tokenized Treasury Investment Plan Draws Interest from BlackRock's BUIDL, Ondo, Superstate

MakerDAO's competition to allocate funds will open next month, and would give a big boost for the $1.8 billion tokenized real-world asset space.

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