Tokenization doesn’t ‘magically’ fix illiquid assets: PBW 2026
Tokenization does not automatically make hard-to-trade assets liquid, industry executives said at Paris Blockchain Week, pushing back on the idea…
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UBS Expects 50 bps Fed Rate Cuts as Gov Miran Downplays Inflation Risks
Wall Street banking giant UBS forecasts further Fed rate cuts later this year. This comes as Fed Governor Stephen Miran…
Don’t get AI agents and stablecoin transfers? Enroll in CoinDesk University
Have you had “deploy a stablecoin” and “build an AI agent” on your business to-do list since the beginning of…
Beaten-down digital asset treasury names lead crypto stock surge as bitcoin hits $78,000
Crypto-linked stocks surged Friday, led by a sharp rally in beaten-down digital asset treasury firms, as progress toward ending the…
Rumble begins merging with Northern Data
Two Tether-related entities, German former crypto miner Northern Data and US-based video streaming service Rumble, are set to begin the…
Economist Proposes National USD Stablecoin to Eliminate Currency Controls in Venezuela
Alejandro Grisanti, head of Ecoanalitica, proposed issuing a national USD stablecoin as part of a series of measures to lift…
Citadel Is Circling Prediction Markets as Institutional Infrastructure Falls Into Place
Jim Esposito, president of Citadel Securities, has publicly said his firm is considering entering the prediction market space as a…
Strategy proposes semi-monthly dividends on its popular STRC preferred stock
Leading bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR) has filed a proxy that, if approved, would allow for semi-monthly dividends on its…
Li Hua Yi says ‘no reason’ to take profits as post‑Hormuz rebound rolls on
Liquid Capital’s Li Hua Yi says there’s “no reason to take profits” after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, citing S&P…
Slash hits $1.4B as stablecoin payments move into boring B2B banking
Slash raised $100M at a $1.4B valuation as it processes over $1B in annualized stablecoin payments for 5,000+ businesses, turning…