Institutions

Tempo’s new “Zones” feature offers private, permissioned stablecoin transactions on its layer-1 for enterprises, but critics warn the operator‑controlled design adds back centralized trust.

Fireblocks launched Earn, giving institutions direct access to Aave and Morpho-based stablecoin lending as firms seek yield on idle balances.

XRPL is integrating Boundless’ zero-knowledge tech into its base layer, stepping into the race to offer banks confidential onchain transactions without losing regulatory visibility.

Almost everyone has a hard time paying their bills every month, said crypto YouTuber Michaël van de Poppe, on why retail may be absent this cycle.

Standard Chartered is reportedly exploring a shake-up of Zodia Custody that would bring parts of the crypto custodian inside its own investment bank.

Crypto trades settle instantly, but at the cost of capital efficiency. This forces firms to overcollateralize and limits how far markets can scale, says Cosmos co-founder Ethan Buchman.

As Iran war odds swing on Polymarket and Kalshi, Sygnum’s Fabian Dori says prediction markets are fast becoming macro tools for crypto desks.

Metaplanet lifted its Bitcoin holdings to 40,177 in Q1 after buying over $400 million of BTC to become the third-largest BTC treasury.

The update adds digital asset accounts and real-time visibility tools for corporate finance teams managing liquidity across systems.

Tokenization startup Midas's Series A round was led by RRE and Creandum to scale an “instant liquidity layer” for onchain yield products.

The Vienna-based crypto broker announced an Ethereum layer-2 designed for European banks and fintechs to issue tokenized assets under MiCA and MiFID II.

Lombard CEO Jacob Phillips announced at the Digital Asset Summit that the platform enables institutions to earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin without moving assets out of custody.

Solana is aiming to attract enterprises and financial institutions to its ecosystem through a new unified developer platform, which is focused on tokenization and stablecoins.

Omnes and Apex plan to issue a tokenized Bitcoin mining debt note on Base, giving eligible non-US investors exposure to hashrate-linked returns.

Cryptography startup Zama is plugging its privacy tech into T‑REX in a bid to let banks and asset managers trade sensitive assets on public blockchains without losing confidentiality.