TREE NEWS update: BlackRock is leaning deeper into tokenization through a tie-up with Ondo, as the world’s largest asset managers accelerate the migration of financial products onchain. The move marks a further convergence of traditional finance and blockchain-based asset issuance, following BlackRock’s earlier tokenized fund efforts. No deal terms or product details were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Ethena is expanding the basis trade behind its USDe synthetic dollar to include Binance bStocks and equity perpetuals. The move adds tokenized stock exposure and equity derivatives to the strategy that backs the stablecoin. No figures or timeline were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: CFTC staff updated their FAQs to let futures commission merchants and clearinghouses invest customer funds in tokenized versions of already-permitted investments, and to allow registered firms to use blockchains for recordkeeping. The guidance covers brokers and clearinghouses holding customer money. No new asset classes were authorized beyond those already permitted.
TREE NEWS update: A new Ethereum draft proposal would keep token amounts confidential while preserving issuer enforcement powers, addressing a key requirement behind institutional interest in permissioned networks. The design targets confidential real-world asset tokens, where issuers need the ability to intervene while transaction sizes stay private.
TREE NEWS reports: Tokenized-stock holders across chains reached 4.3 million, with BNB Chain leading. Robinhood Chain ranked second with 1.3 million holders, ahead of Solana’s 997,000. The metric counts token balances rather than distinct investors.
TREE NEWS update: Paxos Labs has launched PAXGy, a product that adds lending yield to tokenized gold, with holders bearing borrower-default risk. Direct redemptions return PAXG through an approval-gated withdrawal queue.
TREE NEWS update: ARK Invest has tokenized its roughly $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) through Securitize, the firm’s first fund to be placed on-chain. The tokenized shares will be issued on Ethereum and offered to eligible investors, with Securitize handling issuance, investor onboarding and on-chain infrastructure. The actively managed fund’s investment strategy is unchanged; its portfolio includes OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks.
TREE NEWS update: The CFTC has updated its guidance on tokenized assets and blockchain records, saying the move is “to provide regulatory clarity.” The agency’s chair did not say the failed vote on the CLARITY Act was behind the new rules for authorized crypto entities, but the guidance follows that vote. The update covers tokenized assets and blockchain-based recordkeeping for authorized entities.
TREE NEWS reports: Tokenization firm Ondo Finance sought a sale to potential buyers following the death of founder and CEO Nathan Allman. A legal dispute over control of the company may have put the sale plan on hold. Ondo Finance offers tokenized US Treasury and equity products, with combined product scale exceeding $3.8 billion.
TREE NEWS update: The CFTC issued updated guidance on Thursday clarifying that tokenized versions of permitted traditional assets may be used for customer fund investments, provided they carry the same or functionally equivalent legal and economic rights and are properly custodied. The agency also said CFTC-regulated firms may use blockchain or other distributed ledgers to create and maintain records required under its rules. Chairman Mike Selig called the update part of ongoing efforts to give the crypto industry regulatory clarity.
TREE NEWS update: Kamino has opened a collateral market on Solana for sUSDai, a token tied to GPU-backed loans, allowing holders to borrow USDC at up to 80% loan-to-value. Liquidations on the Allez Labs-curated market begin at 85%. The market lets users draw dollar liquidity against the yield-bearing asset without selling it.
TREE NEWS update: ARK Invest has brought its $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) onchain through Securitize on Ethereum. The fund holds positions in OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe. The move places a traditional venture vehicle on a public blockchain via Securitize’s tokenization platform.
TREE NEWS update: IBM has connected its Digital Asset Haven to the Swift ledger in beta, allowing banks to instruct tokenized-deposit transactions through existing payment messages while final settlement stays on established banking systems. The move lets institutions use current Swift messaging rails to direct tokenized deposits without migrating settlement onto new infrastructure.
TREE NEWS update: ARK has launched a tokenized venture fund on Ethereum that US retail investors can subscribe to through Securitize, with a minimum investment of $500. Fund buybacks remain limited to quarterly repurchase offers.
TREE NEWS reports: Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman forecast tokenized assets will reach $2.3 trillion by 2030, with collateral mobility accounting for about $1.7 trillion of the base-case projection. Reserve and treasury management contribute another $400 billion to the total, the two firms said.
TREE NEWS reports: Ondo rose more than 20% after putting three BlackRock-designed portfolios onchain. Litecoin added 18% with no announcement behind it. Bitcoin and ether traded lower, while 51 of 60 large-cap tokens screened on Kraken sat above their 00:00 UTC open. The 10-year Treasury par yield closed Wednesday at an unspecified level.
TREE NEWS update: Ondo has launched three tokenized portfolio products built on investment models supplied by BlackRock. The tokens are available on Ethereum and BNB Chain to eligible non-US investors, with Ondo managing the products and BlackRock providing the strategies. No figures were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Bitwise launched the Bitwise Premium+ RWA Vault (PPLUS) on Ember Protocol, holding a curated portfolio of real-world assets with a leveraged strategy targeting a net yield above 10%. The vault’s assets include Huma Finance’s PST, USDai’s sUSDai and HastraFi’s PRIME, tied to cross-border payment financing, AI GPU loans and tokenized claims backed by prime residential equity. Bitwise designs the asset, position and leverage strategy, while Ember handles vault operations and trade execution.
TREE NEWS update: Ondo has launched three onchain portfolio tokens built on model portfolio strategies developed by BlackRock. The tokens bring the asset manager’s strategy models onchain, expanding Ondo’s tokenized product lineup. No further terms or launch details were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: The European Securities and Markets Authority has made AI and tokenized products an EU-wide supervisory priority for 2027, requiring national regulators to catalog client-facing uses of both. Supervisors will run first checks on the firms most exposed to these technologies. The priority covers AI applications and tokenization in securities markets across the bloc.