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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says tokenization could fundamentally reshape how financial markets operate, marking one of the strongest acknowledgments yet from a global policymaker that blockchain-based infrastructure is moving into the financial mainstream.In a blog published Thursday, Tobias Adrian, the IMF’s financial counselor and director of its Monetary and Capital Markets Department, said tokenization is more than a niche crypto innovation. By bringing assets, settlement and recordkeeping onto a shared ledger, tokenization could compress today’s multi-day settlement process into near-instant transactions.Adrian also warned that tokenization shifts risks away from traditional financial intermediaries and toward the underlying infrastructure, including smart…

Uniswap (UNI), the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) by trading volume, is now live on Robinhood Chain, according to a July 2 announcement from Uniswap Labs. Robinhood Chain, a high-performance Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain launched on July 1, is designed to bring tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) like equities and ETFs into the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Uniswap serves as the primary automated market maker (AMM) on the new network, supporting its v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX protocols. Users can now swap tokens, provide liquidity, and trade tokenized stocks directly on Robinhood Chain using the Uniswap Web App, Wallet, or API. Notably,…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 2nd, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has officially launched the Bybit Card in Peru, marking a significant step in bridging the country’s growing digital asset ecosystem with the practicalities of everyday spending. Over 3 million users globally use the Bybit Card to pay at merchants. Offering year-round rewards on everyday spending, the Bybit Card also unlocks up to 10% cashback and 100% rebates on eligible digital subscriptions including popular services essential to the modern lifestyle, such as Netflix and Spotify.  120 USDT Welcome Bundle To celebrate the launch, new…

Eightco treasury composition as of July 1, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $386 million Worldcoin token (WLD) now listed on Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), expanding access to millions OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., July 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco…

Its launch comes as Ethereum’s support ecosystem undergoes a broader evolution, following the debut of EthLabs and amid ongoing efforts by the Ethereum Foundation to respond to community criticism over transparency, communication and its role within the ecosystem by encouraging more independent organizations to take the lead on adoption and ecosystem growth.Vivek Raman, CEO of Etherealize, said on X that Ethereum Institutional is another example of Ethereum’s decentralized model in action.”Ethereum is not built by or run by a single organization,” Raman wrote. “Ethereum is a network of independent nodes that collectively make the infrastructure inevitable. Ethereum Institutional will play…

Robinhood Chain, the Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain developed by Robinhood Markets, is now live on Dune Analytics, offering data visualization and querying tools for tokenized stocks and other real-world assets (RWAs). This integration aims to enhance transparency for institutional participants and developers analyzing activity on the chain. Robinhood Chain is built using Arbitrum technology and focuses on the tokenization of real-world assets like equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), and other financial instruments. The network advertises capabilities such as 100-millisecond block times, high throughput, and Ethereum compatibility, with ETH serving as the native gas token. It entered public testnet on February 10,…

Tortola, British Virgin Islands, July 1st, 2026, Chainwire VCT combines blockchain transparency, agribusiness intelligence, export-finance infrastructure and real-world asset tokenization on BNB Smart Chain. Valle Capital Token (“VCT”) today announced the development and expansion of its blockchain-powered ecosystem designed to connect global digital capital with Brazilian agribusiness operations and international commodity exports. Built on BNB Smart Chain, Valle Capital Token combines utility-token functionality with a real-world asset-focused model intended to support greater transparency, operational visibility and digital infrastructure across agricultural production, commodity financing, logistics and export activity. The project is structured around a British Virgin Islands tokenization entity and aims…

Cryptocurrency ATMs are fast disappearing from the American landscape as kiosk operators in two US states face bans and restrictions as new laws go into effect.Crypto ATM laws passed by Tennessee and Georgia went into effect on Wednesday, imposing a complete ban in the former and requiring transaction limits and reporting in the latter. The measures by the two states followed bans in Indiana, which went into effect in March, and Minnesota, set to enforce an ATM ban on Aug. 1.The Tennessee law, signed by Governor Bill Lee in April, bans the use and installation of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks,…

Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin fund a new dedicated go-to-market organization built by Ethereum Foundation alumni NEW YORK, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ethereum Institutional, an independent non-profit organization, today announced its public launch as the dedicated institutional front door for the Ethereum ecosystem. The organization consolidates a year of institutional engagement work led by the Ethereum Foundation’s go-to-market team, housing it in an independent organization with a sharper mission, broader geographic footprint and long-term funding. Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), Sharplink, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBET) and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin are anchoring the funding, along with dozens of individual and…

LONDON, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FxPro, the #1 global broker, has announced a massive overhaul of its trading conditions, completely eliminating spreads on major cryptocurrency and index CFDs. By driving spreads down to absolute zero on Bitcoin, Ethereum and more, FxPro is delivering institutional-grade pricing to the retail market, setting a new benchmark for competitive trading conditions. Crucially, these zero spreads are backed by deep liquidity, meaning traders can access them not just with minimum trade sizes but also when executing high-volume orders. Zero Spreads on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dow & Nasdaq100 Traders can now execute positions with no markup whatsoever, backed…