TradFi

BlackRock’s Samara Cohen said “a fair amount of plumbing” is needed to unlock the ability for pensions and endowments to gain BTC exposure

A pilot project from Swift, UBS and Chainlink demonstrates how tokenized funds can bridge traditional and crypto rails

T. Rowe Price’s technology ETF invests in companies across the hardware, software, internet and payments segments

Financial institutions are weighing the business case for tokenizing assets and regulatory considerations, Ripple’s James Wallis says

Institutions to test out the settlement of “digital assets and currencies” on a network that annually carries more than 5 billion financial messages

The Web3 community is stacking bricks when it should be building bridges

Plus, solana flipping ether is looking more likely than the popular “ETH flipping bitcoin” narrative

The $360 billion asset manager’s innovation head says firm is prepping for a future in which blockchain tech transforms the investment industry

Crypto advocacy group’s policy counsel notes the “coordinated attempt to choke off the digital asset industry’s access to the traditional banking system”

There’s a misunderstanding that TradFi players don’t want to transact in bitcoin, says Cantor Fitzgerald’s Howard Lutnick

Asset manager Bitwise has been active this month, revealing deals to acquire ETP issuer ETC Group and the assets within the Osprey Bitcoin Trust

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon also referred to bitcoin as a speculative investment without a real use case

Plus, Galaxy Ventures unveils a new fund focused on early-stage crypto firms

“OpenFi” aims to unbundle to take the “account” out of bank account

This week’s biggest funding round saw Jump Trading, JPMorgan contribute to the round

The former Valkyrie CEO chats with Blockworks about what she has her eye on as Cypherpunk Holdings’ new leader

Plus, do we have an “Amazon of crypto”?

Ledn’s John Glover says it’s not “surprising” that the German government is taking profit

The network sits on Onyx Digital Assets, JPMorgan’s private blockchain network based on Ethereum

Plus, Biden vetoed the SAB 121 overturn

It’s not hard to see why the current open book nature of public blockchains is a cause for concern for many would-be users and enterprise adopters

Some investment pros are mulling crypto allocations between 1% and 10% and seeking ex-BTC exposure for interested clients

Bringing financial products onto the blockchain is “a huge conversation” at most TradFi giants, according to Polygon’s Colin Butler

Experiment involving Visa, Mastercard, JPMorgan and Citibank set to highlight tokenization benefits via shared ledger tech