Tokenization

Tokenization

Finance

Tether tapped by Kazakhstan’s central bank to explore stablecoin and tokenization

The National Bank of Kazakhstan said it will study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets with Tether.

Flag of Kazakhstan (Gwengoat/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto trading giant GSR's new vault business is a $100M bet on onchain credit

The firm is putting its own capital into stablecoin and tokenized gold vaults as institutional finance moves further onchain.

The cuts came in the third quarter. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

More than 60 U.S. stocks including Nvidia and Tesla are headed onchain. Here’s how it works

The planned 24/7 venue will offer dozens of tokenized U.S. stocks, with trades conducted against stablecoins through blockchain-based liquidity pools rather than a traditional order book.

The SpaceX company logo displayed outside the Nasdaq Marketsite the company's IPO.

Markets

Joint venture of OKX and NYSE parent ICE files for 24/7 tokenized U.S. stock trading

OKXICE, the joint venture of OKX and ICE, plans to launch tokenized U.S. stocks under SEC's new innovation exemption.

Andrew Cuomo. (OKX)

Finance

BlackRock offers a glimpse of how tokenization may change your investment portfolio

Tokenization is not just about putting individual stocks and funds onchain. The next step could be entire investment portfolios that can be traded, rebalanced and eventually managed in real-time.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Finance

Cboe, S&P Dow Jones may explore tokenized options contracts under extended licensing deal

The agreement opens the door to tokenized derivatives as some of Wall Street's biggest institutions, including Nasdaq, NYSE and DTCC, move traditional markets onchain.

The Cboe Global Markets Inc. building in Chicago (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto-friendly institution Franklin Templeton brings its tokenized collateral service to Bybit

Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market shares can be used as collateral for USDT or USDC trading credit lines on Bybit while earning yield on the underlying assets.

Sandy Kaul at Consensus Miami 2026

Finance

Someone was trying to sell Ondo Finance after founder Nathan Allman's death

The company has vehemently denied that it was shopping for buyers. Allman’s estate declined to comment.

Nathan Allman sits on a panel at Consensus 2025

Finance

Bullish, Alpaca, Apex Fintech and DriveWealth form coalition to push issuer-backed tokenized stocks

The group aims to link onchain shares to official shareholder records following the U.S. SEC's innovation exemption for tokenized stock trading.

Crypto platform Bullish goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. (CoinDesk/Nik De)

Policy

U.S. commodities firms can invest in tokenized assets, use blockchain records: CFTC

The U.S derivatives regulator is grinding away at further guidance that welcomes tokenization and blockchain recordkeeping as regular industry elements.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)