Finance

Prometheum bets Wall Street distribution is the missing link for tokenized securities

Crypto has solved tokenization, but not distribution and Prometheum says broker-dealers and RIAs are the key to bringing digital assets into mainstream finance.

Road sign saying "Wall Street"

Coinbase does not fear competition from Wall Street, says exchange executive

A Coinbase executive called on regulators to implement sensible crypto regulation, while announcing the Stand With Crypto event taking place in over 500 locations worldwide.

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A massive $1 trillion hidden market is waiting to be unlocked in bitcoin, says new report

Ledn forecasts the bitcoin-backed lending market could grow to $1 trillion within a decade as new research highlights strong borrower demand.

Lending money, bills on a person's hands (Christian Dubovan/Unsplash)

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Crypto prediction markets are turning into dangerous national security risks, and Congress wants to ban them

Bubblemaps investigators led by Nicolas Vaiman, discovered 80 bets on Polymarket with a 98% win rate that he said is statistically impossible to achieve.

Bubblemaps CEO and Founder Nicolas Vaiman. (Bubblemaps)

MoonPay expands into tokenized assets and DeFi markets with new platform for banks

With MoonPay Trade, the crypto payments firm is building infrastructure for banks, fintechs to access stablecoins, tokenized funds and yield in a one-stop shop.

Caroline D. Pham, Head of MoonPay Institutional, speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Peer-to-peer trading startup Variational raises $50 million for real-world perps in funding round led by Dragonfly

The company is initially offering perpetual futures on real-world assets including oil, silver, copper and gold.

Variational founders. (Lucas Schuerman/Variational)

Blockchain.com files with SEC for U.S. IPO

The crypto financial services firm submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC as it explores a public listing amid renewed momentum in digital asset markets.

Blockchain.com founder and CEO Peter Smith (Blockchain.com, modified by CoinDesk)