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Bed Bath & Beyond to Acquire Tokens.com, Expand into Tokenized Assets

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Bed Bath & Beyond has signed an agreement to acquire Tokens.com as part of a push into real estate finance and tokenized real-world assets, combining traditional financial products with blockchain-based infrastructure. According to a company announcement on Monday, Tokens.com, a blockchain-focused financial infrastructure company, will be used to develop a platform focused on real estate finance, tokenized securities and other real-world assets (RWAs), integrating blockchain systems with regulated financial services. Bed Bath & Beyond already owns or holds strategic stakes in blockchain businesses, including tZERO and GrainChain. Tokens.com will become…

Hang Seng Taps Ethereum for Planned Tokenized Gold Fund Units

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Hang Seng Investment Management has rolled out a new physically backed gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Hong Kong, with an option for future tokenized access to the asset. The Hang Seng Gold ETF, which began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday under stock code 3170, is designed to track the LBMA Gold Price AM, the widely used morning benchmark set in London. The fund is structured as a passive ETF and holds physical gold bars that meet London Bullion Market Association good delivery standards, according to product…

SEC Releases New Guidance On Tokenized Securities Framework

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has released new guidance on tokenized securities, categorizing assets into two categories to provide more clarity for companies entering the space. The SEC’s statement on tokenized securities, released on Wednesday, defines the assets as issuer- or third-party-sponsored tokenized securities.  “Tokenized securities generally fall into two categories: (1) securities tokenized by or on behalf of the issuers of such securities; and (2) securities tokenized by third parties unaffiliated with the issuers of such securities,” the regulator stated.  Issuer-sponsored tokenized securities enable companies to tokenize…

$159 billion WisdomTree brings full suite of tokenized funds to Solana

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Global asset manager WisdomTree, with about $159 billion under management, is rolling out its full suite of tokenized funds on Solana as it broadens access to regulated digital assets for retail and institutional investors, according to a Wednesday press release. The expansion allows users of WisdomTree Connect and WisdomTree Prime to access tokenized money market, equities, fixed income, alternatives, and asset allocation funds natively on Solana. The company also offers a stablecoin conversion service for USDC and PYUSD. The move is part of WisdomTree’s push to deepen its presence in…

WisdomTree Expands Tokenized Funds To Solana Blockchain

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American asset management company WisdomTree said on Wednesday that it is expanding its tokenized funds onto the Solana network as part of its “multi-chain deployment strategy.” The exchange-traded product issuer said the strategic expansion enables both institutional and retail users to “mint, trade, and hold WisdomTree’s full suite of tokenized funds on Solana, supporting the growth of on-chain offerings.” All of the company’s tokenized funds — including money market, equities, fixed income, alternatives, and asset allocation — can now be traded on Solana. WisdomTree already has a range of tokenized…

Ex-Ripple executive’s USBC, Uphold, and Vast Bank formalize deal for tokenized bank deposits

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USBC, led by CEO Greg Kidd, former Chief Risk Officer at Ripple Labs, announced today that it has reached an agreement on a strategic partnership with Uphold, an on-chain finance infrastructure provider, and Vast Bank, a nationally chartered bank. “Our agreement with Uphold and Vast Bank more clearly defines our vision for bank-regulated digital dollars,” Kidd said in a statement. The definitive triparty agreement formalizes an October 2025 memorandum of understanding and outlines collaboration on the regulatory, banking, and technology stack. The initiative is expected to support tokenized deposits, including…

Gold’s Digital Rally Signals Dollar Stress as Tokenized Gold Surges

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The market for tokenized gold is expanding in step with rising demand for physical bullion, highlighting a broader shift toward traditional safe-haven assets as geopolitical tensions and trade uncertainty push investors away from the US dollar. On Monday, Tether said its Tether Gold (XAUt) now represents more than half of the entire gold-backed stablecoin market, with a total value exceeding $2.2 billion. Tether disclosed that 520,089 XAUt tokens were in circulation at the end of the fourth quarter, with each token backed one-for-one by physical gold held in reserve. Tether…

Binance plans revival of tokenized stock trading on its platform

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Binance is preparing to revive stock trading on its platform, revisiting a business line it shut down in 2021 after regulatory scrutiny, according to a report by The Information. Binance launched tokenized equities in April 2021, starting with Tesla and later adding stocks including Coinbase, Strategy, Microsoft, and Apple. The service was discontinued by July after regulators in the UK and Germany questioned whether the products complied with securities laws. The renewed push comes as interest in tokenized equities accelerates across crypto and traditional finance. OKX is also exploring stock-linked…

Nomura’s crypto arm debuts tokenized Bitcoin fund targeting excess returns

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Laser Digital Asset Management, the digital asset arm of Nomura, Japan’s largest investment bank, announced today the launch of Bitcoin Diversified Yield Fund SP, a tokenized investment fund aimed at delivering returns in excess of Bitcoin’s price performance. Designed for institutional and accredited investors, the fund combines long-only Bitcoin exposure with arbitrage, lending, and options strategies to generate sustainable yield. It is billed as the world’s first natively tokenized Bitcoin yield fund, issued through KAIO with custody provided by Komainu, a regulated digital asset custody platform backed by Nomura. The…

Ondo Finance launches tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Solana

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The integration of tokenized stocks on Solana could revolutionize blockchain finance, enhancing accessibility and liquidity for global investors. Ondo Finance has launched Ondo Global Markets on Solana, introducing hundreds of tokenized stocks and ETFs to the blockchain’s 3.2 million daily users, according to a Wednesday announcement. Built to bring traditional public securities onto the blockchain, Ondo Global Markets enables investors to buy, sell, and trade over 200 tokenized US stocks and ETFs, with crypto rails enabling fast, secure, and scalable transactions. After debuting on Ethereum and expanding to BNB Chain,…