TL;DR: Bitso Business says the payment flows passing through its infrastructure have reached an annualized rate above $150 billion, up 83% from $82 billion a year earlier. The November 4 disclosure puts Latin American cross-border payments back in focus as a practical use for stablecoins. Bitso Business says the payment flows passing through its infrastructure…
TL;DR: EDX Markets says it has partnered with BitSafe to introduce spot trading in CBTC, a Bitcoin-backed asset built for the Canton Network. The November 5 announcement describes the token's first centralized-exchange listing and an institutional marketplace where eligible clients can trade CBTC against US dollars. EDX Markets says it has partnered with BitSafe to…
TL;DR: European trading venue 21X and LayerZero say a private, permissioned deployment of Zero handled 10,000 order matches per second in a month-long technical pilot. The companies disclosed the result on November 4, reporting a 45-fold performance improvement against the EVM layer-two baseline they used. European trading venue 21X and LayerZero say a private, permissioned…
TL;DR: Schroders is bringing an emerging-market bond strategy into the tokenized fund market through Centrifuge on Solana. The November 4 announcement concerns the Schroder International Selection Fund Emerging Market Bond strategy, with Centrifuge providing onchain infrastructure. Schroders is bringing an emerging-market bond strategy into the tokenized fund market through Centrifuge on Solana. The November 4…
TL;DR: Ondo Finance says its tokenized real-world-asset products have crossed $4 billion in value, with 484 distinct assets and more than 565,000 onchain holders. The figures appear in a corrected November 5 company announcement citing RWA.xyz data. Ondo Finance says its tokenized real-world-asset products have crossed $4 billion in value, with 484 distinct assets and…
TL;DR: Tokenized stocks have often promised easier access and faster settlement, but a less glamorous question keeps surfacing: can the holder vote? Broadridge and Dinari announced an integration on November 5 that aims to connect eligible holders of Dinari's dShares to established proxy-voting infrastructure. Tokenized stocks have often promised easier access and faster settlement, but…
TL;DR: Broadridge says its Distributed Ledger Repo service processed $7.6 trillion in repurchase agreement transactions during October, averaging $345 billion a day. The November 6 disclosure is a striking reminder that some of blockchain's largest financial use cases are institutional plumbing rather than publicly traded tokens. Broadridge says its Distributed Ledger Repo service processed $7.6…
TL;DR: A tokenized share transaction involving a Nasdaq-listed company has taken place on Canton under a US regulatory exemption, according to an announcement from venue operator TSV. The November 4 transaction involved shares of Canton Strategic Holdings and a permissioned pool using Tradecraft's automated market maker technology. A tokenized share transaction involving a Nasdaq-listed company…
TL;DR: Canton Coin received an important piece of US regulatory clarity on November 3 when staff in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance issued a no-action response. The staff said, based on representations made to it, that Canton Coin fits the description of a digital commodity in the Commission's March interpretation. Canton…
TL;DR: US officials are pursuing the corporate structures behind online investment scams, not merely the wallets receiving stolen funds. On November 5, Treasury sanctioned four individuals and 41 entities it says supported the Prince Group transnational criminal organization, alongside an individual accused of managing another scam network. US officials are pursuing the corporate structures behind…