Crypto Vesting

Franklin Templeton is letting institutions pledge tokenized money market fund shares as collateral for trading on Binance, while keeping the fund assets in off‑exchange custody.

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Spark is rolling out Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending, aiming to turn its DeFi stablecoin stack into institutional margin and credit lines.

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Bitcoin analysis warned that the $69,000 mark may end up as long-term resistance again, thanks to its significance in BTC price history.

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Crypto political action committee Fairshake spent roughly $130 million during the 2024 US elections to support pro-crypto candidates.

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The second meeting between crypto and the banks at the White House over the crypto market structure bill has yet to come to an agreement on stablecoin provisions.

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Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz says crypto’s high-risk, high-reward reputation could be replaced by lower, steadier returns brought by real-world asset tokenization.

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Tether Gold and the Paxos-listed PAX Gold account for over 95% of the tokenized commodities market, which is now outpacing tokenized stocks and funds.

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Robinhood shares fell nearly 8% in after-hours trading as the platform’s record Q4 revenues weren’t enough to satisfy analysts’ predictions.

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Zero is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2026 and LayerZero Labs claims it can scale up to two million transactions per second by leveraging zero-knowledge proofs and Jolt.

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SafeMoon’s former chief technology officer, Thomas Smith, has also pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing. Alleged co-conspirator Kyle Nagy remains at large.

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