By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
The new week is off to a silent start as bitcoin looks to establish a foothold above the trendline, characterizing the downtrend line from … [+14283 chars]

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Crypto Daybook Americas: A Bizarre $5.4B Loss Has Left Investors Devastated

Frank Holmes has had a long career as a money manager: financing gold mining companies; getting involved in the creation of gold royalty companies; developing financial products for the airline indus… [+7488 chars]

The company’s chairman, a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, looks at what's next for the mining industry.

Hive’s Frank Holmes on Expanding Bitcoin Mining in Paraguay

John-Paul Thorbjornsen, a former Australian Air Force pilot turned crypto entrepreneur, has spent recent weeks promoting his new crypto wallet, "Vultisig." Built on THORChain a blockchain he founded … [+11399 chars]

Researchers say North Korea used THORChain to launder $1.2 billion following the biggest-ever crypto heist.

Inside North Korea's Favorite Crypto Laundering Tool: THORChain

By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
Fear is gripping financial markets, triggered largely by President Donald Trump's tariff announcements, with Hong Kong stocks plunging … [+10393 chars]

Crypto Daybook Americas: XRP, SOL Lead Drop as Bitcoin, Equities Slide in Tariff-Fueled Wipeout

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
Major coins reversed early gains after Beijing stepped up trade tensions by announcing retaliatory tariffs following President Donald Trump… [+10989 chars]

Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Reverses Gains as China Ramps Up Tariff Retaliation

A Singapore-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, DigiFT, has announced it will launch what it says is the first index fund in which the shares and underlying stocks are tokenized and traded on-chain.
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The funds, available to accredited and institutional investors, aim to revolutionize portfolio management with smart contracts and stablecoins.

Apple, Tesla Among Stocks to Get Tokenized Via DigiFT's New On-Chain Index Fund

U.S.-based asset manager Fidelity Investments has filed paperwork to register a blockchain-based, tokenized version of its U.S. dollar money market fund, aiming to join the tokenized asset race.
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Tokenized money market funds has grown sixfold in a year to 4.8 billion, currently led by BlackRock's product

RWA News: Fidelity Files for OnChain U.S. Treasury Fund, Joining the Asset Tokenization Race

Australia-based digital asset firm Zerocap is in a prime position to observe the development of the structured product space, having operated OTC, market making, derivatives and crypto custody busine… [+8630 chars]

As the institutional demand for such products grows, several trends in adoption are becoming clearer.