Ondo Finance, in partnership with Franklin Templeton, is tokenizing five ETFs, marking the first time that tokenized FT-managed ETFs are available onchain. This initiative introduces new distribution channels for established asset classes.
In the latest sign of the rapid convergence of Wall Street and crypto, the world's biggest asset manager is moving into decentralized finance or DeFi. BlackRock on Wednesday revealed it will be bringing its Treasury-backed digital token BUIDL onto Uniswap, a leading DeFi platform, where it will be bought and sold by institutional traders. As part of the tie-up, BlackRock is also purchasing an undisclosed amount of Uniswap's own UNI token.
Robinhood Chain, which the company teased last June, is currently in the so-called testnet phase. That means it is publicly visible but restricted to a limited number of partners and participants who can test its infrastructure, and introduce experimental features. In coming months, the "mainnet" version of Robinhood Chain will go live and be used to process customer transactions.
Tandem - $100M Series B HEALTHTECH Tandem, an AI-powered healthcare platform that automates prescription access tasks for providers and patients, has raised $100M in Series B funding led by Accel. Founded by Sahir Jaggi in 2023, Tandem has now raised a total of $100M in reported equity funding. Concourse - $12M Series A Concourse, a platform providing AI agents that automate financial analysis and workflows for finance teams, has raised $12M in Series A funding led by Standard Capital.
JPMorgan Asset Management has placed a very traditional product on the Ethereum blockchain: a tokenized money market fund called the My OnChain Net Yield Fund (MONY). It launched on Dec. 15, 2025, and runs on the bank's Kinexys Digital Assets platform. Investors access the fund through Morgan Money, with ownership interests issued as blockchain tokens delivered directly to their onchain addresses.
Instead, they are methodically rebuilding core financial plumbing, including payments, deposits, custody and fund administration, so these services can operate on distributed ledgers. The work is incremental, technical and often invisible to retail customers, but it is already reshaping how large institutions think about money movement and settlement. Rather than embracing unregulated crypto assets, banks are focusing on tokenization, the process of representing traditional financial claims, such as deposits or fund shares, as digital tokens recorded on a ledger.
According to Pakistan's finance ministry, the MoU with Binance will allow the government to assess tokenising sovereign bonds, treasury bills, and commodity reserves - including oil, gas, and metals - as it seeks new tools to boost liquidity and expand market reach. Tokenization would create digital representations of real-world assets on blockchain networks, potentially widening investor access and supporting secondary-market efficiency.
Homeowners shouldn't have to borrow against themselves just to access the value they've already built, said Nick Liuzza, co-founder and CEO of Beeline. By putting home equity on blockchain rails, we're creating a smarter, more transparent financial alternative one that's free from interest rate swings and credit friction. BeelineEquity allows homeowners to access liquidity from their home equity without taking on debt, making monthly payments or undergoing credit underwriting.
I still remember when social media first felt like magic, a place where creativity could travel the world in seconds. But as my audience grew, I also realized something else: the platforms owned the data, the content, and the rewards. That imbalance is what SocialFi is changing. And Growing. Per Micro Marketing Insights, the global SocialFi market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2033.
Navigating crypto's regulatory maze has long been a hurdle for exchanges. The SEC's recent approval of standardized listing criteria for commodity-based ETPs, highlighted by Commissioner Hester Peirce, marks a turning point. Previously, exchanges faced lengthy approvals for each ETP under Section 19(b) of the Exchange Act. The new rule sets clear benchmarks - assets must trade on surveilled markets, back CFTC-regulated futures for six months, or support ETFs with 40% economic exposure - streamlining the process.
BioSig Technologies, Inc. has merged with Streamex Exchange Corporation, focusing on the tokenization of real-world assets in the commodities sector, positioning itself as a leader in regulated RWA tokenization in the U.S.
The introduction of the xU3O8 token marks a significant shift in uranium investment access, allowing fractional ownership and lower minimum investments to engage retail investors.
