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BlackRock’s Tokenized Fund Used to Back New Stablecoin
Frax Finance, a decentralized stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol, has launched a stablecoin backed by a tokenized fund from BlackRock as digital fungible collateral is expected to transform capital markets. On 2 January 2025 Frax Finance said in ...
Read moreActive ETFs and Fixed Income to Drive Flows
Nearly all exchange-traded fund issuers are developing or planning to develop a transparent active ETF product according to Cerulli Associates, the fund data provider. Cerulli said in a report that 91% of ETF issuers are developing or planning t...
Read moreTradFi Expected to Issue Stablecoins in 2025
There will be at least ten stablecoin launches backed by TradFi (traditional finance) partnerships according to researchers at Galaxy, the digital asset and blockchain firm. Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable p...
Read more2025 is Pivotal Year for Tokenization Growth
Coinbase Institutional views 2025 as a pivotal year for growth in tokenization, which involves representing real world assets such as real estate, art, equities, and bonds as digital tokens on a blockchain. The US-listed crypto exchange’s 2025 Cr...
Read moreOSTTRA, FIS Partner to Transform ETD Processing
OSTTRA, the post-trade solutions provider, and financial technology provider FIS are collaborating to make post-trade processing to exchange-traded derivatives more efficient, and help market participants meet the new requirements from the FIA’s D...
Read moreSustainable Investment Expected to Rise Despite Backlash
Nearly three quarters of investors expect the sustainable investment market to grow significantly in the next one to two years despite political backlash and regulatory scrutiny. The fifteenth edition of US SIF Foundation’s Report on US Sustainab...
Read moreGlobal Public Pension, Sovereign Funds Want Private Assets
Four of the top five asset classes with the highest demand from global public pension and sovereign funds are in private markets. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, an independent forum for central banking, economic policy an...
Read moreCboe Data Vantage Reflects New Vision
Cboe Global Markets has renamed its Data and Access Solutions segment as Data Vantage, which it said better reflects the business as it includes data and access; analytics and execution; and indices. Adam Inzirillo, global head of Data Vantage at...
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