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Ripple and Settlemint Combine Custody With Tokenization Ripple and Settlemint, a blockchain technology company specializing in digital asset lifecycle management, formed a strategic partnership to provide regulated financial institutions with an integrated system for issuing, holding, and managing tokenized assets. The partnership announced Sept. 1 connects Ripple Custody with Settlemint’s Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform, known as DALP, which allows institutions to manage issuance, compliance, custody, settlement, and servicing through one governed system. “Financial institutions across Asia Pacific are putting digital assets to work. They are asking how to do more without stitching together separate solutions for custody, issuance and governance,”…

Canada’s second-largest bank, Bank of Montreal (BMO), has disclosed positions in $XRP-focused financial vehicles. The information appears in its latest quarterly Form 13F-HR filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The new filing officially confirms the presence of $XRP within BMO’s massive investment portfolio, whose total value exceeded $303 billion at the end of June 2026. Specifically, the bank’s reportable positions include 323 shares of the Rex Osprey $XRP ETF and 20 shares of the ProShares Ultra $XRP ETF. Text file showing $XRP ETF from Rex Osprey on Bank of Montreal’s balance sheet, Source: Form 13F-HR filing…

While the prize pool for triumphant Dota 2 gamers has been in steep decline in recent years, esports bettors scooped up an unprecedented $204 million in prediction market payouts for the 2026 championship. 🏆 TEAM SPIRIT ARE YOUR TI 2026 CHAMPIONS! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/0O962evZtK — ESL Dota2 (@ESLDota2) August 23, 2026 As much as 90% of the total amount was concentrated on Polymarket, while Kalshi – despite boasting nearly the identical number of trades at 586,845 against 622,475 – accounted for only 10%, per the latest research conducted by Predictbook. The data also showed that the average Polymarket trade was as…

Polymath Research Inc., a provider of enterprise-grade infrastructure for regulated digital securities, said on Sept. 11 that it has partnered with High Ridge Trust, a regulated U.S. trust company focused on institutional digital assets. The collaboration is designed to connect Polymath’s tokenization technology with High Ridge Trust’s custody and trading capabilities, giving institutions a more practical path into tokenized markets, according to an announcement the companies published. Bridging technology and regulated infrastructure The partnership pairs two complementary capabilities. Polymath brings software for the issuance, compliance and lifecycle management of regulated digital securities, while High Ridge Trust contributes the security, transparency…

Arch Lending, the alternative-asset lending platform operated by ChainFi, Inc., said on September 1 that it has begun accepting PAX Gold and Tether Gold as collateral at starting loan-to-value ratios of up to 75%, opening credit access to a class of investors that has largely sat outside digital-asset lending. The expansion, detailed in a company release, makes the platform the first institutional-grade lender to bring tokenized-gold borrowing into a regulated, custodial structure rather than a decentralized protocol. Borrowing Against Gold Is Already Happening Demand for credit against tokenized gold is documented rather than theoretical. On January 29, 2026, Aave governance…

The 21Shares $XRP ETF lost more than half its assets during the first six months of 2026 as falling $XRP prices collided with heavy redemptions that crystallized $13.36 million in losses. TOXR ended June with $112.9 million in net assets, down 54.4% from $247.7 million at the end of December, its Aug. 11 quarterly filing showed. $XRP fell 42.9% to $1.0431 over the same period, while the fund’s outstanding shares dropped 20% to 11.11 million from 13.89 million. The difference shows how investor withdrawals amplified the damage from $XRP’s price decline. TOXR recorded $75 million of redemption distributions during the…

Records from the UK’s Electoral Commission showed that BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo’s contributions to the country’s Reform party made up about three-quarters of the $7.3 million it received in the second quarter of 2026. As of Thursday, the Electoral Commission showed that Delo had made two separate contributions to Reform UK of 1 million and 3 million pounds — about $1.3 million and $4 million, respectively — in April. While the political party also received significant contributions from entities and individuals between April and June 2026, Delo’s donation amounted to 74% of all funds reported in the second quarter. Source:…

Grayscale Research Head Zach Pandl stated that Zcash ($ZEC) mining offers significantly higher profitability compared to Bitcoin mining under current market conditions, and that mining activity on the Zcash network has increased by more than 2.5 times since the beginning of the year. The analysis published by Pandl states that Zcash uses a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism similar to Bitcoin, but also offers additional privacy features. It also notes that the strong performance of the $ZEC price has significantly improved the mining economy. The Bitcoin network is significantly larger than Zcash in terms of scale. According to Grayscale data, the…

Alpha Ladder Finance, a Singapore-based wealth manager operating through its Alpha Ladder WealthX platform, said on Sept. 11 that it has launched access to Payward’s xStocks tokenized equities for institutional and accredited investors in selected Asian markets. The move makes Alpha Ladder one of the first licensed wealth management firms in the region to offer tokenized global equities, according to a release the company published. From licensed wealth platform to tokenized equities The rollout follows a memorandum of understanding between Alpha Ladder, MetaComp and Payward to advance tokenized capital markets across Asia-Pacific. Under the collaboration, Alpha Ladder will act as…

August 2026 has set a bullish tone for crypto. According to The Kobeissi Letter, investors are now putting large amounts of money into both crypto and gold funds at the same time. Last week alone saw crypto funds recording $3.2 billion in inflows, marking their biggest weekly inflow since October 2025. Source: The Kobeissi Letter/X August was bullish for crypto In this influx, BlackRock’s IBIT stole the spotlight as it attracted $928 million after receiving another $1.3 billion the week before. In other words, IBIT alone brought in more than $2.2 billion over two weeks. Besides Bitcoin [BTC] ETFs, other…