TREE NEWS update: X Layer’s DeFi total value locked (TVL) reached an all-time high of $232 million. OKX founder and CEO Star noted that while TVL is not the end goal, lending, stablecoins, RWA, yield markets, and on-chain capital markets are interconnecting on X Layer. The network is enhancing DeFi and RWA infrastructure to support more real-world assets and on-chain liquidity.
TREE NEWS update: ARK Investment Management has filed a pending exemptive application with the SEC to allow ARK Venture Fund to record ownership of a new share class using distributed ledger technology and trade it on registered ATS venues. Hearing requests are due by September 18.
TREE NEWS reports: Tokenized equities surged during the US market holiday weekend, with the 42 largest tokenized stocks trading $1.01 billion on Saturday and Sunday, nearly matching Friday’s volume. An additional $398.3 million traded on Labor Day. Robinhood Chain dominated with $572.8 million, while a tokenized Nasdaq-100 fund on BNB Chain alone accounted for $180.5 million.
TREE NEWS update: DeFi Development Corp completed an $11 million offering of CHAD preferred stock, with participation from Fundstrat’s Tom Lee. The company says this is the first Solana-backed digital credit instrument. CEO Joseph Onorati noted that bitcoin proves strong market demand for digital credit.
TREE NEWS update: Nasdaq-listed Datavault AI announced it will launch its asset tokenization platform, Information Data Exchange (IDE), on September 15, 2026. The platform will support identification, certification, scoring, valuation, tokenization, and monetization of data and other real-world assets (RWA), while allowing data owners to retain ownership and control of underlying data. CEO Nathaniel Bradley said “tokenization itself does not create a market,” aiming to build complete infrastructure covering asset identification, certification, valuation, tokenization, trading, and settlement.
TREE NEWS update: Matter Labs, the developer behind ZKsync, has open-sourced the permissioning engine of Prividium, its DLT platform for financial institutions. The move aims to foster transparency and collaboration in the enterprise blockchain space. Separately, the Bundesbank is testing the platform, signaling growing interest from central banks.
TREE NEWS update: CEA Industries (BNC) announced on June 23 a cooperation agreement with YZi Labs, appointing three YZi-affiliated directors and Alex Odagiu as interim president, giving YZi Labs control. The company holds 515,544 BNB (about $380M) and posted FY2026 net profit of $115.2M. BNC’s mNAV is ~0.5, and over $8.9M is queued to buy BNC shares via Four.meme’s tokenized stock.
TREE NEWS update: Circle announced it will acquire Tazapay, a cross-border payments platform processing $25 billion in annualized volume, to expand USDC’s reach. Tazapay offers payout rails across 100-plus markets, extending Circle’s stablecoin payment infrastructure.
TREE NEWS update: Uzbekistan has begun a pilot to test HUMO payments, a stablecoin backed by government bonds, with over 20 merchants. The trial operates under a sandbox overseen by the National Agency for Prospective Projects (NAPP) and the central bank, with Humo Digital managing the initiative.
TREE NEWS reports: Analysts at Bernstein predict the Robinhood chain could generate $160 million in annual fees by 2028, driven by growing demand for tokenized stock trading. The forecast highlights the potential of tokenized equities to boost revenue for the platform.
TREE NEWS update: Switzerland’s stablecoin sandbox has moved into the testing phase, with financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT joining numerous banks to develop a Swiss franc-based stablecoin. The initiative aims to explore a regulated digital franc for payments and settlements.
TREE NEWS update: The Hashgraph Group, Merck KGaA and PwC Germany are testing a system that logs Merck’s physical authentication scans on Hedera to document cocoa origin, ahead of an EU deforestation law effective Dec. 30 for large operators. The pilot names no cocoa farmer, processor or other supply chain participant yet.
TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood’s tokenized AMC stock supply ballooned from 152,106 to 2,895,758 shares in three days, a 19x increase, as its issuance agent bought and custodied about $7.6 million in real AMC shares. The move, which coincided with meme coins $MEME and $CINEMA trading against the token, capped intraday gains at 22% premarket, with prices reverting within a week. IOSG Ventures’ analysis concludes the arb mechanism prevents sustained squeezes, unlike GameStop’s 2021 dead float.
TREE NEWS reports: A large fund has reportedly received a green light from the SEC to tokenize fund shares on-chain, with Fidelity, ARK Invest, or BlackRock potentially involved. The details remain unconfirmed and await SEC Chairman Atkins’ confirmation.
TREE NEWS update: Stock tokenization platform StonkFun integrated Raydium’s LaunchLab infrastructure for permissionless token issuance and market-making pools, cutting deployment costs from 0.29 to 0.03 SOL per token. The move drove STONK up 250% on Sept. 6 to a market cap of about $140 million, while RAY rose over 40% with protocol revenue near $440,000 that day, the highest since July 2025. StonkFun had routed about $219 million in volume via Raydium.
TREE NEWS update: DBS and Citi have completed the first weekend cross-border USD payment between Singapore and the US using tokenized deposits. The settlement marks a milestone in applying tokenized deposits for real-time, round-the-clock transactions across borders.
TREE NEWS update: Citi and DBS completed their first tokenized cross-border transfer over the weekend, using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger to circumvent the constraints of traditional banking hours. The transaction marks a step toward 24/7 settlement for institutional cross-border payments.
TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s Hanwha is developing a tokenized securities platform on Avalanche. The move comes as local regulation takes shape: amendments integrating tokenized securities into the existing financial system were passed and take effect next February. The platform aims to leverage Avalanche’s infrastructure for compliant digital asset issuance.
TREE NEWS update: Pencil Finance, the team behind the project, has funded 1,000 student loans entirely on-chain, supporting thousands of Southeast Asian students. The financing was announced without disclosing borrower costs, defaults, or investor returns.
TREE NEWS update: Banco do Brasil has invested $5 million in tokenized structured notes issued by Citi on Euroclear’s D-FMI platform, marking the first such purchase by a Latin American financial institution. The investment was made on August 19 through its proprietary funds unit, not on behalf of clients. Citi issued the notes via its Luxembourg entity, with its London branch as paying agent.