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The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.” In its latest Macroprudential Bulletin published on Monday, the ECB said distributed ledger technology (DLT) could help deepen the European Union’s savings and investments union, but warned that benefits will depend on interoperable infrastructure and policymakers keeping pace with new risks. The central bank’s stance highlights a push to modernize market plumbing in the bloc without loosening control over settlement…

London-based Legal & General Asset Management has made its liquidity funds available in tokenized form through Calastone’s blockchain-based distribution network, enabling investors to access and transfer fund shares via digital infrastructure as an alternative to traditional settlement systems. According to Wednesday’s announcement, the tokenized share classes are issued with permissioned access, allowing authorized users to buy, hold and transfer them within a regulated environment, while traditional share classes remain available through existing distribution channels. The funds, denominated in US dollars, euros and British pound sterling, manage more than £50 billion in assets and are designed for capital preservation and same-day…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies chairman Tom Lee said Wednesday that the recent crypto slump was a “mini crypto winter” that may already be ending, in comments that came shortly after the company disclosed a multibillion-dollar quarterly loss tied largely to unrealized markdowns on the company’s Ether holdings. During a keynote speech at Paris Blockchain Week 2026, Lee said that equity markets have bottomed due to the US-Israel war with Iran, and that Ether ($ETH) will emerge from its “massive consolidation,” driven by tokenization and agentic artificial intelligence initiatives tied to the smart contract network. Lee argued that equities have reached their…

Fellowship, a super political action committee (PAC) that claims to have $100 million in its war chest from crypto-aligned parties ahead of the 2026 US midterms, has begun reporting spending and endorsements for the next election. According to a filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Fellowship PAC reported spending $300,000 on advertising for Clay Fuller, a Republican who won a special election for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District to replace resigning congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The spending, reported disbursed on Tuesday, comes about a month before Georgia’s Republican primary on May 19. Source: Federal Election Commission Fellowship is just…

Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is down 0.3% ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. market hours to trade at $2,312. This shallow downtick aligns with the heightened geopolitical tensions, including the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports. The selling pressure further accelerated as retail investors are following a “sell-the-bounce” sentiment, which could spark another reversal in Ethereum price. $ETH Transfers Hit 1.3M as Price Lags Near $2.1K On April 15th, the crypto market witnessed low volatility trading across the majority of major cryptocurrencies. This showdown in recovery momentum follows escalating disagreements between the U.S. and Iran despite the recently…

Former CFTC chair J. Christopher “CryptoDad” Giancarlo has quit his senior role at Willkie to focus full‑time on crypto, AI and policy work, including a new book on digital money under Trump’s second term. Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has stepped down as senior counsel and digital‑assets lead at New York law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher to focus on cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and public‑policy work, he confirmed on LinkedIn and in remarks reported by Crypto in America and Phemex. Giancarlo, who joined Willkie in 2020 and helped build its “Digital Works” crypto practice, said he…

Fresh details of the partnership between Ripple and Kyobo Life indicate that behind what is being called “the first blockchain deal in Korea’s insurance sector” stands a multiyear strategy by head of SBI Holdings Yoshitaka Kitao. While the market focuses on the technological side — the use of Ripple Custody for settlements involving tokenized government bonds — analysis of corporate moves by Crypto Eri, a prominent member of the XRP community, reveals the underlying architecture of this deal. How SBI’s Yoshitaka Kitao engineered Ripple-Kyobo alliance The timeline of events shows that Ripple’s integration into Kyobo’s ecosystem was not a random…

A structural inflection is emerging in Ethereum’s [$ETH] price action, where prolonged compression begins to give way to a potential expansion attempt. Within this context, Ethereum rose nearly 10% in the last 24 hours at writing time, after months of sideways movement following a sustained downtrend. Price now approaches the $2,416 resistance, which acts as the key validation level for confirming sustained upside strength. Meanwhile, recovery follows a sharp drop toward the $1,766 zone, where buyers start rebuilding short-term structure. Source: $ETH/USD on TradingView At the same time, OBV trended lower near 25.2M, indicating declining participation despite rising prices. This…

The U.S. CLARITY Act, the most advanced crypto market‑structure bill to reach Congress, is moving toward a Senate Banking Committee markup in the second half of April, with lawmakers targeting a potential floor vote as early as May. Also known as H.R. 3633, the bill passed the House 294‑134 in July 2025 and cleared the Senate Agriculture Committee in January 2026, putting it closer to becoming law than any previous attempt to define a national framework for digital assets. At its core, the CLARITY Act draws a statutory line between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading…

Another advancement in the growth of tokenized finance has been announced by Layer3 who will partner with Ondo Finance to launch a new Global Markets activation. The activation currently works on the Layer3 platform, which presents the users with a chance to interact with blockchain-based equities representations. Choose your side.A new @OndoFinance Global Markets activation is now live on Layer3.NVDAon vs TSLAon. Pick the tokenized equity you expect to outperform, take your position onchain, and compete for rewards.→ https://t.co/wvzF6tTupi(Eligibility restrictions and terms… pic.twitter.com/5MuXuYntse — Layer3 (@layer3) April 14, 2026 The campaign encourages people to pick their side in a one…