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TradFi Veteran Joins Tokenization Platform Centrifuge as COO: “This Feels Like the Early ETF Days”
Aug 07, 2025

TradFi Veteran Joins Tokenization Platform Centrifuge as COO: “This Feels Like the Early ETF Days”

After two decades in ETFs at firms like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, Jürgen Blumberg has joined Centrifuge and Anemoy to help bring fund management onchain. In this interview, he explains why tokenized funds are starting with distribution, where today’s wrappers fall short, and how real transformation will come from rebuilding issuance, pricing, and liquidity at the protocol layer..

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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Eurex Clears First Live Transaction on DLT-Based Collateral Platform
Jul 31, 2025

Eurex Clears First Live Transaction on DLT-Based Collateral Platform

This week, Eurex Clearing became the first clearing house to complete a live transaction on a DLT-based system. Unlike other projects, it didn’t rely on tokenizing collateral and moving it onchain.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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Inside the GENIUS Act: 8 Key Questions on the U.S. Stablecoin Framework
Jul 24, 2025

Inside the GENIUS Act: 8 Key Questions on the U.S. Stablecoin Framework

On July 17, the U.S. House passed the GENIUS Act with a supermajority of 308–122 votes. To help you cut through the noise, we’ve answered the 8 most important questions about the GENIUS Act: what it allows, who it empowers, and what comes next.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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Standard Chartered Rolls Out Institutional Crypto Trading
Jul 17, 2025

Standard Chartered Rolls Out Institutional Crypto Trading

On Tuesday, Standard Chartered became the first globally systemic bank (G-SIB) to offer spot Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to institutional clients. Offered through its UK branch, the service will be available globally.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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Exclusive: AllUnity CTO on the Strategy and Vision for EURAU, Europe’s Newest Stablecoin
Jul 10, 2025

Exclusive: AllUnity CTO on the Strategy and Vision for EURAU, Europe’s Newest Stablecoin

Last week, German euro-stablecoin company AllUnity was granted an E-Money Institution (EMI) license by German regulator BaFin. Following this regulatory approval, we sat down with Peter Grosskopf, CTO/COO at AllUnity, for an interview.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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ECB Announces Dual-Track Strategy For Settlement of DLT-Based Assets
Jul 03, 2025

ECB Announces Dual-Track Strategy For Settlement of DLT-Based Assets

The European Central Bank has unveiled a dual-track strategy to enable wholesaletlement of tokenized assets in central bank money.

Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas, +1
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Luxembourg Emerges as Europe’s Institutional Blockchain Hub
Jun 26, 2025

Luxembourg Emerges as Europe’s Institutional Blockchain Hub

In Friday, Coinbase announced it had secured a MiCA license from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). It underlines the country's recent big push into digital assets.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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JPMorgan Takes Deposit Tokens Public with Launch of JPMD on Base
Jun 19, 2025

JPMorgan Takes Deposit Tokens Public with Launch of JPMD on Base

It’s the first time a global systemically important bank (G-SIB) issues a deposit-based product on a permissionless chain.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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Franklin Templeton Adds Intraday Yield to Tokenized Money Market Fund
Jun 12, 2025

Franklin Templeton Adds Intraday Yield to Tokenized Money Market Fund

On Tuesday, Franklin Templeton introduced a new feature for its Benji platform: intraday yield. The upgrade allows investors to earn yield down to the second.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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SG-Forge Partners with BCB to Expand EURCV Stablecoin Distribution
Jun 05, 2025

SG-Forge Partners with BCB to Expand EURCV Stablecoin Distribution

With BCB on board, EURCV enters one of crypto’s largest fiat settlement networks. SG-Forge now doubles down on distribution to banks, brokers, and payment firms.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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BNP Paribas AM Pilots Tokenized Money-Market Fund
May 29, 2025

BNP Paribas AM Pilots Tokenized Money-Market Fund

We spoke with Stefan Brinaru, Head of Digital Assets at BNPP AM, about the strategic rationale and the operational details.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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21X Becomes First DLT Trading Venue Live Under EU Pilot Regime
May 22, 2025

21X Becomes First DLT Trading Venue Live Under EU Pilot Regime

On Tuesday, the exchange opened primary issuance for its first product which marks the first time a regulated market infrastructure has gone live under the EU’s DLT Pilot Regime.

Louis Tellier
Maximilian Vargas
Louis Tellier, +1
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