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JPMorgan Lends Its Expertise to Solana’s Atomic Settlement Program

On Tuesday, the Solana Foundation revealed an open-source escrow program called Solana DvP, calling it an “atomic settlement program built for financial institutions.” The foundation explained that the largest bank…

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SWIFT Services Provider Taps Chainlink to Bring 600 Banks Onchain

Chainlink and Bottomline are teaming up to give more than 600 banking customers access to blockchain-based cross-border settlement while allowing banks to keep using familiar payment messaging systems. Bottomline Brings…

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Saeed Al-Marri: How Tokenization Is Opening Maritime Shipping Funds

According to Saeed Bin Saleh Al-Marri, tokenization can lower entry barriers to expensive maritime assets by fractionalizing vessel ownership into smaller, digital units. However, it cannot magically eliminate underlying asset…

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Interactive Brokers Unleashes Stablecoin Rails, Slashes Crypto Trading Costs

Interactive Brokers announced a major expansion of its digital asset footprint on Tuesday, introducing nine new trading tokens and unveiling bidirectional account funding through prominent stablecoins. The Connecticut-based brokerage firm…

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$12 Trillion Vanguard Signals Deeper Crypto Push With New Head of Digital Assets Position

Vanguard, which manages about $12 trillion in global assets under management, is recruiting a senior executive to oversee digital assets within its Personal Wealth division, signaling a reassessment of how…

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Report: Kiwoom Securities Eyes Bithumb Stake as Korea’s TradFi-Crypto Merger Picks up Speed

South Korea’s Kiwoom Securities is reportedly in early negotiations to buy a stake in Bithumb through a private placement of new shares, adding a major brokerage to the list of…

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Samsung Affiliates Pay $408 Million for Upbit Operator Stake, Closing June 2026

Three Samsung affiliates have agreed to jointly acquire a 4% stake in Dunamu, the company behind South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, for approximately 612.8 billion won ($408 million). Samsung…

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