Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs today as Japan’s 10-year JGB yield reached a 30-year peak, keeping Bitcoin steady near $78,000. Global long-term bond yields are now at the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis as major long-dated sovereign bonds continued to sell off into trading on Tuesday. The sell off comes only days...Continue Reading

Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants. Blockchain enterprise solutions provider Ripple has partnered with digital asset infrastructure company SettleMint to offer financial institutions solutions for custody, issuance and management of tokenized assets across their full lifecycle....Continue Reading

RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected documents. A fake Claude desktop application is being used to distribute RevStealer, a Windows malware strain built to steal crypto, password and browser data. According to a Monday report by cybersecurity company Morphisec, RevStealer was previously distributed through GitHub repositories...Continue Reading

Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined. After a decade of building, has it all been worth it? Sentiment in crypto has dived lower than a snailfish in the Mariana Trench in recent months. Miners are capitulating to AI, cold wallets are getting exploited,...Continue Reading

Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026. Stablecoin payments company Kast has launched a platform combining business accounts, payment cards, cross-border transfers and yield-bearing balances on stablecoin rails.  Kast said its KAST Business platform allows companies to receive funds through fiat virtual accounts...Continue Reading

Crypto wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, weeks after regulators said they were working on a path to introduce the exchange into US markets. Crypto wallet addresses linked to the North Korean state-affiliated hacker collective Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through the decentralized...Continue Reading

The London bourse operator is seeking to offer 24/5 exposure to UK-based tokenized equities, as more TradFi institutions explore tokenized equities offerings. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and cryptocurrency exchange Kraken are reportedly launching tokenized stock trading on the stock market operator’s new night-time trading venue. The LSE has partnered with Kraken’s parent company, Payward,...Continue Reading

Singapore is considering allowing jointly issued cross-border stablecoins into its regulatory regime, revisiting its earlier decision to restrict the framework to domestic issuance. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is reconsidering its earlier restriction on stablecoins issued across multiple jurisdictions, proposing a route for some jointly issued tokens to qualify under its regulatory framework. MAS...Continue Reading

Five equity-backed notes issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund will trade against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors. Bitfinex Securities, the tokenized investment platform associated with crypto exchange Bitfinex, has listed five tokenized notes giving eligible investors exposure to Strategy, Metaplanet and other publicly traded Bitcoin treasury companies.  The trading platform announced that...Continue Reading

Donald Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital will reportedly lead a $1 billion investment round into Polymarket, which would value the platform at $21 billion, just below Kalshi’s $22 billion valuation. Donald Trump Jr.-linked investment firm 1789 Capital is reportedly investing about $300 million in Polymarket, a blockchain-based prediction market. 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. is...Continue Reading