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VanEck chief executive Jan van Eck is outlining what he thinks will be the biggest milestone for the crypto sector in 2025. While speaking with Anthony Pompliano at Bitcoin Investor Week, Van Eck argues that stablecoins are the most interesting part of the digital asset world. The CEO praises the stablecoin legislation working its way through the Senate, but he also says he’s worried US banking regulators will try to kill the bill or “say you have to be a bank to issue a stablecoin.” Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) introduced the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act in February. The legislation, which aims to establish regulatory clarity for stablecoins, passed out of the Senate Banking Committee earlier this month. Van Eck also thinks there’s a “big opportunity” with tokenization. “If Hester Peirce and the SEC do what they say they’re going to do… I don’t think we ...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that memecoins are the canary in the coal mine, foreshadowing a broader trend of the tokenization of culture. In a new interview with CNBC, Armstrong says he expects memecoins to eventually lead to the tokenization of identities, votes and art. “Memecoins in the broadest sense, I think we should find a way for artists to get paid. Anyone should be able to put artwork and get paid for it. I do think memecoins are a canary in the coal mine, that more and more of the world is going to get tokenized and put on-chain. Every asset class, every vote, every identity, every song, every Instagram post, whatever – in the future I think more and more of these things are going to tokenized. Now, we also need to make sure people are following the law and not doing pump-and-dump schemes or insider trading, and there probably has been a little bit of that in the memecoin space which is not helping anybody. In every crypto cycle, there seem...

With the latest move, the U.K. hopes to bolster liquidity in its asset management market. British investment managers have received an approval to develop tokenized funds with the help of blockchain technology as the country seeks to benefit from the global digitization trend. As reported by Reuters, investment managers in the U.K. have been authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the financial services regulator, to start offering tokenized funds, albeit for mainstream assets only. Michelle Scrimgeour, who is the sitting chair of a working group tasked with aligning with the FCA on the matter, told the press that fund tokenization has “great potential to revolutionize how our industry operates, by enabling greater efficiency and liquidity, enhanced risk management and the creation of more bespoke portfolios.” You might also like: UK treasury secretary unveils new law to strengthen digital asset industry The move is expected to help the U.K. to...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in collaboration with leading financial institutions like JPMorgan, DBS, and BNY Mellon, has embarked on a project to explore the potential of asset tokenization, a move that could significantly impact the future of financial transactions and asset management. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has embarked on a noteworthy venture to explore the realm of asset tokenization. Collaborating with major financial players like JPMorgan, DBS and BNY Mellon, this initiative is part of the larger Project Guardian, a collaboration that includes international regulatory bodies such as Japan’s FSA, the UK’s FCA and Switzerland’s FINMA. This endeavor by MAS involves rigorous testing of various digital asset applications, including bilateral digital asset trades, foreign currency payments, multicurrency clearing and settlement, fund management and automated portfolio rebalancing. Notably, JPMorgan and Apollo have demonstrated a ...

In a saturated Web3 game market, a new model suggests industry players must go beyond tokenizing Web2 elements. In a crowded Web3 gaming market vying for adoption, a fresh approach suggests that industry players must surpass mere tokenization of Web2 elements. The joy of playing video games began in the 1950s on large, analog computers. Since then, video games have become more accessible than ever before. German online platform Statistia, which specializes in data collection and visualization, reports that 27% of survey respondents in the United States spend 1 to 5 hours a week playing games, while 11% spend 11 to 15 hours. While critics are quick to point out how much time people waste playing games, gaming has many cognitive benefits in moderation, according to the Economic Times. These benefits are hard to quantify when gamers don’t truly own their progress or have anything tangible to show for their efforts. These games typically exist on centralized platforms, where one party, t...