MARCH 2025 NEWSLETTER
Tokenized Assets & Digitized Securities Insights |
GameStop Shares Soar 16% After Retailer Says it Will Invest Corporate Cash in Bitcoin Like MicroStrategy |
Video game retailer GameStop announced Tuesday its board has unanimously approved a plan to buy bitcoin with its corporate cash, echoing a move made famous by MicroStrategy. Read more |
Trump Family Venture Plunges Deeper Into Crypto With New ‘Stablecoin’ |
The Trump family’s World Liberty Financial is launching a stablecoin, its latest bid to capitalize on a crypto-market revival kindled by the president’s election. Read more |
CME Group Taps Google Cloud for Pilot Asset Tokenization Program |
The companies will start testing the Google Cloud Universal Ledger with capital market participants in 2026. Read more |
TOKENIZED ASSETS & DIGITIZED SECURITIES (TADS) |
Hong Kong Fintech Sector Sees 250% Blockchain Growth Since 2022 |
Hong Kong’s fintech market is projected to hit $606 billion by 2032, driven by blockchain, digital assets, AI and a proactive Web3 licensing regime. Read more |
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Custodia and Vantage Bank Partner for ‘First Bank-Issued Stablecoin’ |
Custodia Bank said it partnered with Vantage Bank to tokenize US dollar demand deposits and issue them on Ethereum. Read more |
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Pirating Pioneer Napster Sells for $207M with Plans for Music Metaverse |
AI startup Infinite Reality has bought the former music-sharing platform Napster with plans to add a music-focused metaverse to the music-streaming app. Read more |
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Resolution to Kill IRS DeFi Broker Rule Heads to Trump’s Desk |
US President Donald Trump is expected to sign off on a resolution undoing a rule that requires DeFi protocols to report to US tax authorities. Read more |
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XRP Surges After Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Says SEC is Dropping its Lawsuit Against the Company |
XRP surged after Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is no longer pursuing its appeal in the case against the payments company. Read more |
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BlackRock Launches It’s European Bitcoin ETP Following U.S. ETF Success |
The move comes on the heels of the firm’s highly successful U.S.-listed iShares Bitcoin Trust, which has grown to $48 billion since its record-breaking debut in January 2024. Read more |
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Trump Media Shares Jump on Announcement of ETF Deal with Crypto.com |
Shares of Trump Media jumped in after-hours trading on Monday after the president’s social media company announced an agreement with Crypto.com to launch ETFs and related products. Read more |
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BlackRock Expands BUIDL to Solana as Tokenized Fund Surpasses $1.7 Billion |
BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund, BUIDL, has expanded to the Solana blockchain as its assets under management (AUM) surpass $1.7 billion. Read more |
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Sony’s Aibo Robot Dog Is Back—In Ethereum NFT Form |
Nearly 10 million free Aibo NFTs have been minted on Soneium, Sony’s Ethereum layer-2 network, granting them tokens that can’t be traded. Read more |
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A Web3 First: China Leverages Cross-Border AI Data For Industrial Use |
In a world-first, China’s Shenzhen Data Exchange (SDEx) facilitates a deal that brings decentralized, community-sourced AI data into real industrial applications through Web3 infrastructure. Read more |
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Join Us for the Panel “RWA Tokenization and the Future of Finance” Hosted by EMURGO & Taisu Ventures During the TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit 2025 on 16 April 2025 in Tokyo! |
We are honoured to have our Founder & CEO of Coinstreet and CSpro.io, SAMSON (SAM) LEE, speaking with the other esteemed speakers at the upcoming RWA Tokenization and the Furure of Finance event, hosted by EMURGO & Taisu Ventures during the TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit 2025 in Tokyo! Read more |
Panel Discussion on “Unlocking Yield: The Growing Potential of Real-World Assets” at IOV2055 Symposium Hong Kong Chapter on 19 February 2025 |
What an inspiring day at the IOV2055 Symposium Hong Kong Chapter on 19 February 2025. The panel discussion on “Unlocking Yield: The Growing Potential of Real-World Assets” provided valuable insights into the evolving landscape of Web3, highlighting innovative strategies for integrating real-world assets (RWA) into digital finance. Read more |
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