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Abu Dhabi regulator clears Ondo tokenized stocks for Binance’s regulated venue
Abu Dhabi’s financial regulator has approved Ondo tokenized stocks for listing on Binance’s regulated trading venue, with an initial lineup of nine assets including Apple, Nvidia and the QQQ ETF. Ondo has recorded more than $11 billion in cumulative trading volume and over $600 million in total value locked, representing about 58% of the tokenized-stocks market. Globally, tokenized stocks have surpassed $1 billion in size, while tokenized U.S. Treasuries exceed $16 billion.
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Carbon opens on-chain TradFi derivatives trading with 950+ markets in a single account
Carbon, an on-chain prime broker, has opened public trading on more than 250 traditional finance derivatives markets spanning equities, indices, forex and commodities, alongside 150 24/7 real-world-asset markets. TradFi clears more than $1.5 trillion a day in CFDs, giving on-chain traders a direct route to that liquidity. Carbon has operated since 2023 and says it has processed $20B+ in cumulative trading volume across 36K+ traders.
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Twilio shares jump more than 23% after guidance raise as banks lift price targets to $275
Twilio shares surged more than 23% after the cloud communications company posted better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised its full-year guidance. A series of Wall Street firms lifted their price targets, with the highest raised to $275, while keeping positive ratings. The moves reflect growing confidence in Twilio’s growth outlook, including its Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) business.
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U.S. stocks rise after employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month
U.S. nonfarm payrolls unexpectedly fell by 23,000 in April, a sign the labor market is cooling and easing inflation pressure, which has tempered expectations for further Fed rate hikes. U.S. stocks were mostly higher in early Friday trading, with the S&P 500 up 0.4% and the Nasdaq up 1.1%, while the Dow slipped 0.1%. The 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.60%. Brent crude edged lower.
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Stripe’s stablecoin unit Bridge secures MiCA authorization in Luxembourg, enabling EU-wide operations
Bridge, Stripe’s stablecoin infrastructure subsidiary, has been added to ESMA’s European cryptoasset register after receiving a MiCA CryptoAsset Service Provider authorization and an Electronic Money Institution license in Luxembourg. Under the EU’s passporting framework, the approvals allow Bridge to operate across all 27 member states. Stripe bought Bridge in 2024 for $1.1 billion, and the licensing marks a move to fully regulated stablecoin operations in Europe.
3h ago
3h ago
Chainlink joins Hong Kong tokenized securities framework using CCIP and ERC-3643
Chainlink has joined Hong Kong’s Tokenized Securities Framework (TSF) alongside FORMS HK, Apex Group, CSpro and Cyberport, using CCIP and an automated compliance engine to support tokenized securities across their lifecycle. The framework is designed to enable compliant issuance, settlement and cross-chain movement of tokenized securities under existing rules. Separately, BitGo migrated more than $7.7 billion of WBTC to CCIP, pushing total value moved through CCIP above $16 billion, according to the summary provided.
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