Bullish And Equiniti Form Coalition For Issuer-Backed Tokenized Stocks

Bullish and Equiniti have created the Issuer Sponsored Token Coalition to develop standards for tokenized public securities. Early participants include Alpaca, Apex Fintech Solutions and DriveWealth. The group wants tokenized stocks to preserve the direct relationship between public companies and their shareholders rather than creating disconnected synthetic representations. **ID:** B25-10 **Site:** Bitcoinist **Status:** READY **Author:** […]

Bitwise And Vise Bring Crypto Model Portfolios To Financial Advisors

Bitwise and Vise have launched diversified crypto model portfolios for financial advisers using the Vise platform. Vise says its network covers more than 135,000 accounts and over $140 billion in platform assets. Crypto allocations can now sit inside the same portfolio-management, rebalancing and tax framework as equities, bonds and alternatives. **ID:** B25-08 **Site:** Bitcoinist **Status:** […]

UK Banks Complete First Live Tokenized Sterling Deposit Payments

Major UK banks have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenized sterling deposits on shared infrastructure. Participants include Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds Banking Group, Monzo, Nationwide, NatWest and Santander. The project is using real commercial-bank money and is testing payments including person-to-person transfers and remortgage transactions. **ID:** B25-09 **Site:** Bitcoinist **Status:** READY **Author:** Bitcoinist […]

Swift And Wells Fargo Join Linux Foundation Blockchain Group

Swift, Wells Fargo and 13 other organizations have joined LF Decentralized Trust. The organization has also launched Panarus, a new tokenization project, and CLPR, a cross-ledger protocol research lab. The additions bring more traditional financial institutions directly into open-source blockchain infrastructure development. **ID:** B25-07 **Site:** Bitcoinist **Status:** READY **Author:** Bitcoinist Editorial Team **Focus Keyword:** Swift […]

Kraken Users Can Register For Ōura IPO Access Through xStocks

Payward Services has opened non-binding indications of interest for Ōura’s expected IPO through the xStocks ecosystem. Eligible Kraken users and customers of xStocks Alliance partners in more than 110 countries can register interest before the Nasdaq listing. On listing day, Payward says Ōura exposure is expected to become available as the tokenized ŌURAx product, subject […]

MoonPay Agrees To Buy North Capital In Push Into Tokenized Securities

TL;DR MoonPay has signed a definitive agreement to acquire private-markets infrastructure company North Capital. North Capital brings registered broker-dealers, an alternative trading system, transfer-agent operations and investment-advisory infrastructure. The acquisition has been agreed but has not yet closed. MoonPay is making a much bigger move into regulated securities infrastructure. The crypto payments company has entered […]

WisdomTree Updates SEC Registration For Tokenized Fund Expansion

TL;DR WisdomTree has updated SEC registration materials tied to its digital-asset fund expansion. The filing concerns distribution and registration mechanics for tokenized investment products rather than an immediate launch announcement. SEC registration steps should not be described as final approval or effectiveness. WisdomTree is continuing to build out the regulatory plumbing behind its tokenized investment […]