The exchange has dealt with alleged securities, money laundering, and sanctions compliance issues since at least 2023, which led to two separate settlements for $4.3 billion and $2.7 billion , respectively. Zhao was later pardoned by President Trump in October.The parties sought a joint stay, or a 60-day pause, in February to seek a resolution to the case, largely thanks to the SEC’s newly established crypto task force , which both parties anticipated could “impact and facilitate the resolution of the case. ...

Wall Street firms have rallied around Ethereum as their preferred blockchain for tokenization. Credit: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Key Takeaways As Wall Street embraces tokenization, institutions are converging around Ethereum. Some of the largest tokenized assets today include money market funds issued on Ethereum. With mass adoption looming, today’s infrastructure choices could set the standard for tomorrow’s on-chain markets. When JPMorgan launched a new tokenized money market f ...

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) is looking to hire people in crypto leadership roles as the world's largest asset manager expands its digital asset offerings across the globe. The firm is the largest issuer of both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It also launched the first tokenized fund, the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), on Ethereum last year. And it seems BlackRock isn't taking a pause. Related: BlackRock reveals $38T U.S. debt will boost Bitcoin's gro ...

As Wall Street increasingly flirts with blockchain rails, tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) has turned out to be the dominant crypto narrative. In simple words, tokenization is the process of using blockchain technology to digitally represent assets like stocks, bonds, Treasury bills, etc., to offer fractional ownership to prospective investors. Related: What is tokenization? Explained The excitement around tokenization has led prominent leaders like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S ...

Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI), a Solana digital asset treasury company, announced that its SEC-registered shares are now live on the Solana blockchain through Superstate’s Opening Bell platform marking the first time a public company’s equity can be used directly within decentralized finance (DeFi). Via this integration, ex-US holders of Forward’s tokenized FWDI shares can now “post their equity as collateral on Kamino, one of Solana’s lending protocols.”Eligible investors can borrow stablecoins against ...

PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ETHZilla Corporation (Nasdaq: ETHZ) ("ETHZilla" or the "Company") today announced that Angela Dalton, chief executive officer and founder of Signum Growth and a veteran technology and media executive, and Michael Edwards, an accomplished institutional investor and strategic advisor, have been appointed to its board as independent directors, effective immediately. "Expanding and diversifying our board strengthens our ability to manage risk, evaluate capital al ...

Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - December 19, 2025) - DeepMarkit Corp. (TSXV: MKT) (OTCID: MKTDF) (FSE: DEP0) ("DeepMarkit" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the engagement of a market maker and capital markets consulting firm, along with a European marketing and communications firm, as the Company continues to execute on its investor awareness strategy.These engagements build on the Company's November 28, 2025, announcement of its engagement of Think Ink Marketing Data and Email Services Inc. to ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doma Protocol, the world’s leading DNS-compliant blockchain to tokenize the internet, today announced the launch of the Doma Names Marketplace on the Base app. Earlier this week in San Francisco, Coinbase announced the general availability of the Base app, an everything app that brings together social, trading, payments, app discovery, and earning into one place. The Doma Names Marketplace embeds domain discovery and trading directly into the Base ecosystem, ...

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) just made a bold play that changes the trading platform game. The crypto exchange announced Wednesday at its System Update event in San Francisco that it’s launching traditional stock trading, complete with 24 hour access five days a week and zero commissions. Translation? Coinbase wants to be your one stop shop for everything from Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares.But here’s the real question: Can a crypto focused platform actually compete with Robi ...

Coinbase (COIN) shares rose as much as 4.6% after the company outlined a roadmap that included equity trading, AI-powered tools, tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure in its end-of-year System Update. The stock rose to as high as $255.41 in early trading Thursday and was priced recently at $249.48 after the Wednesday announcement. J.P. Morgan’s Kenneth Worthington said the event showed Coinbase expanding its reach by introducing more asset classes and tools to keep users engaged. He highlighted the ...