Crypto World News
Crypto World News
Ondo Finance expanded Intelligent Portfolios to seven tokens, adding MAG7Xon, BRAINon, YLD5on and YLD8on alongside three BlackRock-powered portfolios. Each token on Ethereum and BNB Chain offers transparent holdings, programmatic rebalancing, 24/7 transferability and DeFi composability, marking shift from single-asset tokenization to allocation-as-a-token.
SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom says Ethereum is following institutional demand, not trends. As capital scales to billions, institutions prioritize security, trust and liquidity over low fees areas where Ethereum dominates, driving a flywheel for tokenization growth.
Binance faces EU scrutiny for serving customers after missing MiCA's July 1 deadline via reverse solicitation and Abu Dhabi routing. ESMA and regulators in France, Germany and Greece are probing compliance as licensed rivals like Coinbase and Kraken gain full passporting advantage.
Ethereum Devcon 8 will take place in Mumbai from November 3–6, bringing developers, researchers, and ecosystem teams together at the Jio World Centre. The event marks Ethereum’s first Devcon in South Asia and highlights India’s growing role in blockchain development, Layer-2 infrastructure, and the wider Ethereum ecosystem.
UK opens FCA crypto authorisation gateway Sept 30 2026 to Feb 28 2027, ahead of full FSMA regime Oct 25 2027. Activity-based permissions for trading, custody, stablecoins and staking bring asset protection, market integrity and higher compliance bar.
Standard Chartered initiates Ethena ENA at $2 by 2028, projecting USDe growth from $13B to $40B with 95% net revenue funding buybacks, reframing ENA from governance token to cash-flow-linked stablecoin infrastructure asset amid rising tokenization and institutional dollar demand trends.
MetaMask spins off as standalone consumer platform under Joe Lubin as Consensys splits into two companies, while long-awaited MASK token remains under evaluation with no immediate launch as perps trading, rewards program and mUSD growth hint at future utility.
ARK Invest and Securitize tokenized the $1.3B ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) on Ethereum Sept 24, giving eligible investors blockchain-based access to SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe via regulated fund interests, not direct equity, with liquidity still limited to only 5% quarterly repurchases.
MoonPay has launched MoonPay Korea as its Asia-Pacific hub, partnering with Woori Bank, KB Financial Group and KakaoBank to build global distribution, cross-border settlement and wallet rails for future regulated KRW stablecoins, operating strictly as intermediary not issuer.
ESMA shifts MiCA from rulemaking to supervision in 2027, focusing on CASP resilience, outsourcing and EU substance. Its MIDAS surveillance system goes fully live, harmonizing reporting and tightening oversight ahead of the European Commission's June 2027 MiCA review.