Augustus, a startup building what it calls the Global Dollar Bank, has raised $180 million in a Series B funding round at a $1 billion...
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Korea’s Hanwha is largest investor in listed tokenization firm Securitize
It has emerged from SEC filings that Korea’s Hanwha Group is by far the largest investor in tokenization firm Securitize, which...
Euroclear appoints former Zodia Markets CEO Usman Ahmad as head of digital assets
Last week Euroclear announced the appointment of Usman Ahmad as its Head of Digital Assets, a newly created role. Until late February...
SBI partners Ondo to tokenize Japanese securities
Ondo Finance has inked a deal with SBI Group for a collaboration in which Ondo Global Markets will tokenize Japanese equities and will...
Brazilian securities regulator CVM creates working group for tokenization regulation, sandbox
Brazil’s securities regulator CVM has established a Tokenization Working Group to develop regulation for securities activities...
ECB’s Cipollone argues digital euro will shield banks from stablecoin encroachment
ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone used a speech to Italy’s cooperative credit banks to make one of the sharper central...
Why Japanese logistics firm will use JPYC for driver payments
The Nikkei reported today that Japanese logistics firm AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings, an Amazon partner, plans to use the JPYC stablecoin for...
Tokenized stocks’ main custodian Alpaca raises $135m equity, takes on $300m debt
US broker Alpaca announced a $135 million venture funding led by Peak XV, with participation by Elefund, Opera Tech Ventures, the...