Institutional
DeFi

EtherFi to Tap Plume's Nest Vaults for Real-World Asset Yield

The DeFi neobank will route customer deposits into a basis-trade vault powered by Superstate’s USCC fund. Read Full Story at…
Mar 19, 2026
DeFi

Market maker IMC Trading hires Alex Casimo as chief commercial officer for its crypto business

Casimo will be responsible for growing the Dutch market maker’s institutional crypto offering. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Mar 19, 2026
Institutional

Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust to Trade as MSBT on NYSE Arca

Bitcoin Magazine Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust to Trade as MSBT on NYSE Arca Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF will trade…
Mar 19, 2026
DeFi

Amundi Launches Tokenized Swap Fund on Ethereum and Stellar

Europe’s largest asset manager has launched its second on-chain fund, leveraging Chainlink oracles to publish NAV data. Read Full Story…
Mar 19, 2026
Institutional

BlackRock Staked Ethereum Fund Tops $250 Million in Its First Week

BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB) has hit $254 million in assets under management just one week after launch. Read…
Mar 19, 2026
Institutional

Singapore-based Ryde adopts crypto treasury strategy

The carpool and ride-sharing platform, which already accepted Bitcoin for customer payment, moves to crypto treasury despite challenges of price…
Mar 19, 2026
Institutional

Crypto just opened S&P 500 trading for the weekend while Wall Street shuts down

For decades, the benchmark for US risk lived on US time. S&P 500 opened at 9:30 a.m. Eastern and closed…
Mar 19, 2026
Institutional

LayerZero, Centrifuge Team Up to Expand Multichain Access for Tokenized Funds

Centrifuge’s largest tokenized fund, JTRSY, is among the first of its products to adopt LayerZero. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Mar 19, 2026
Institutional

5 Ways the Fed’s Basel III Pivot Unlocks Institutional Bitcoin Custody

Bitcoin Magazine 5 Ways the Fed’s Basel III Pivot Unlocks Institutional Bitcoin Custody Fed proposal cuts bank capital by 4.8%…
Mar 19, 2026
Institutional

Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens

The stablecoin debate in Washington is increasingly becoming a fight over a single question: who gets to keep deposit insurance…
Mar 19, 2026