Tokenization
Solana lender Kamino taps fintech veteran Michael Weisz as CEO for massive U.S. expansion
Michael Weisz will lead Kamino from a new New York headquarters as the DeFi lender is expanding into tokenized assets.
Robinhood plans share redemptions, voting rights for stock tokens, after criticism
CEO Vlad Tenev said more shareholder features are coming as Robinhood’s offshore stock tokens draw scrutiny over ownership rights.
FCA considers exempting tokenized gold from fund rules to defend London market
The Financial Conduct Authority is exploring a bespoke regulatory framework with the Treasury to carve out digital gold from traditional fund laws.
Robinhood CEO says companies shouldn't get veto over stock tokens in AMC feud
In a post on Friday, Vlad Tenev said securities issuers should control shareholder rights, but not separate products that track their publicly traded shares.
India's richest state is exploring tokenizing its own assets to fund new infrastructure
Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize the state's assets, including the electricity transmission infrastructure.
Is bitcoin on the verge of its biggest bull run?
Ran Neuner, Founder of Crypto Banter, joins Coindesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook with charts in hand to explain why Bitcoin's pullback from $82K is textbook post-golden-cross behavior, and why he thinks the real story is what comes next. Neuner breaks down Scott Bessent's Treasury buybacks as the engine of the rally, why ETH just broke a nine-year downtrend against Bitcoin, and why he's rotating out of layer ones and into apps with real users and revenue. Plus, Energy Substantiation Co-Founder Wil Harris joins Brand New Rails to explain why hard-to-custody assets, like oil, are tokenization's real frontier. - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com. - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. Join the Testnet now at realfi.co.
Why a new SEC plan could ease a legal headache for tokenized securities
The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities.
Indian agri warehouse giant is putting $2 billion in grain-backed loans onchain
Arya.ag is using Avalanche technology to tokenize grain deposits to help lenders verify crops backing agricultural loans.
CLARITY stalls, Kalshi heads toward SCOTUS & Wall Street goes onchain
CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti break down the Ninth Circuit’s ruling against prediction markets like Kalshi, New Jersey’s push to bring the fight before the Supreme Court, and the SEC’s new roundtable on 24/7 trading featuring a roster of TradFi heavyweights. Then, Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, Head of Legal at Chainlink, joins the show to discuss 21 global banks planning a joint stablecoin and what it could mean for Circle and Tether, why Kraken’s Bitnomial acquisition could offer a “creative” path to bring Hyperliquid onshore, and the London Stock Exchange’s push to bring its 100 largest companies onchain. Plus, Kirkpatrick makes the case that legislation remains the only durable way to “future-proof” crypto, while Rebecca and Renato debate whether Congress is entering a post-CLARITY era.
Robinhood isn't backing down after AMC CEO demands halt to stock tokens
AMC boss Adam Aron called Robinhood’s stock tokens “synthetic equity” and threatened legal action. Vlad Tenev says the brokerage stands behind the product.
