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Investment bank Goldman Sachs has teamed up with fund servicing giant Apex Group and digital asset exchange Archax to tokenize real estate, the firms said on Thursday. Infrastructure provider Ownera and real estate investment manager LRC Group are also included in the debut of the blockchain-native real estate fund. The tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is all the rage among crypto native firms and traditional finance players alike, but real estate has so far proved elusive as an asset class, at least in terms of scalable distribution. The fund combines blockchain-native issuance with established fund structures, according to a press…

Despite broader market uncertainty, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has emphasized that the network’s underlying fundamentals remain strong. He made this known in a recent update to Cardano enthusiasts. According to Hoskinson, network reliability remains one of the most important indicators of blockchain health, and Cardano continues to excel in that area. He stressed that the network has never been hacked, while block production continues uninterrupted and at a consistent pace. In his view, these operational metrics demonstrate that Cardano’s core infrastructure remains dependable regardless of short-term market sentiment or price fluctuations. Update https://t.co/VGYNjGrBl0 — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) June 29, 2026…

Ripple Chief Technology Officer Emeritus David Schwartz has argued that the regulator repeatedly portrayed $XRP itself as a security before courts rejected that position. The discussion unfolded on X in response to former SEC attorney Marc Fagel, who argued that the agency’s legal case centered on Ripple’s sales of $XRP rather than on the token itself. “To prove a violation of Sec. 5, they needed to establish Ripple sold $XRP as a security; and they say exactly that,” Fagel wrote. “They might have to take that on when suing exchanges, but not here.” Schwartz disagreed, accusing Fagel of oversimplifying the…

Kraken has announced that it would start issuing its recently launched debit card to eligible customers in the UK and the EEA, letting them spend crypto and cash balances straight from their Kraken accounts and earn up to 2% cashback. The Kraken Card runs on Mastercard’s network, which Kraken says reaches more than 200 countries and territories. Cardholders can fund it from any crypto or fiat balance they hold, with more than 600 supported currencies available to be converted at the point of purchase, according to Kraken’s product blog. Cashback is paid weekly in Bitcoin, Euros, or Pounds, and the…

ARK Invest’s director of research pushed back against investor a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt blockchain through permissioned infrastructure rather than decentralized finance (DeFi). Lorenzo Valente said in a Wednesday X post that public blockchains have already outperformed private blockchain initiatives, citing the growth of tokenized assets on Ethereum and other open networks. He added that crypto-native firms such as Circle and Coinbase, rather than incumbent financial institutions, are best positioned to build the next generation of financial infrastructure. A day earlier, a16z crypto argued that traditional financial institutions are not embracing DeFi but selectively adopting blockchain technology…

Bitcoin ($BTC) consolidated near two-week highs into Sunday’s weekly close as traders geared up for fresh market turbulence. Key points: Bitcoin approaches its highest levels in two weeks, but Mondays have been “terrible” for $BTC price action, a trader warns. $BTC/USD is in the process of deciding the fate of its 200-week moving average. Crypto market analysis sees “greener shoots” on the back of the latest US macro data. Trader: Past seven Mondays “absolutely terrible” for $BTC price Data from TradingView showed $BTC/USD focusing on $62,700, the site of a key long-term trend line, the 200-week simple moving average (SMA).…

Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of the Near Protocol, has publicly dismissed a recent community proposal to burn tokens held by the Near Foundation, labeling the move as a highly inefficient use of ecosystem resources. In a statement that has sparked discussion across the blockchain community, Polosukhin argued that simple token burns have historically failed to deliver meaningful benefits to markets or network ecosystems. Why a Token Burn Is Considered Inefficient Polosukhin pointed to examples from other Layer 1 blockchain networks that have executed foundation token burns in the past. He noted that these actions often generated short-term market excitement but failed…

A bespoke regime that splits from the European mainstream Prediction Market Regulations 2026 by the Ministry for Justice, Trade and Industry and came into force today, exempting prediction-market operators from certain provisions of the territory’s Gambling Act 2025 and placing them under a tailored set of rules instead. Nigel Feetham KC MP, Gibraltar’s Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, called it “a bespoke regulatory regime for prediction markets, the first dedicated framework of its kind anywhere in the world.” The 24-page instrument takes what the government describes as an “activity-based and risk-based approach.” Under the rules, every event contract must…

The conversation around institutional crypto adoption has shifted from whether it will happen to what could stop it. For Bybit, one of the largest derivatives exchanges by volume, the bottleneck is no longer technology or liquidity. It comes down to trust. In the official statement, Chief Commercial Officer Yoyee Wang made the case that trust will define the next era for institutions entering digital assets. The timing matters. Walls of capital have stayed on the sidelines while heavyweights like BlackRock, Fidelity, and Franklin Templeton run live experiments with tokenized funds and spot ETFs. The missing piece has been a custody…

Polygon is building a system called AggLayer to let separate blockchains share liquidity and users without traditional bridges. Instead of forcing developers to pick one chain, AggLayer lets many Polygon-linked chains stay independent while still feeling like one connected network. The project has been live since February 2024 and remains Polygon’s main technical focus in 2026. What Problem Is AggLayer Trying To Solve? Blockchains don’t talk to each other well. A token on one chain can’t move to another without a bridge, and bridges have caused billions of dollars in hacks over the years. This fragmentation also splits liquidity and…