Here’s a round up of the main headlines today for tokenization and digital assets:
Deals
- Hamilton Lane and Republic partner to bring tokenized private funds to retail. Plus Hamilton Lane partners Allfunds Blockchain for European tokenization and distribution (Ledger Insights)
- DFNS raises $16m funding for crypto wallet infrastructure (Ledger Insights)
- State-owned Zhuhai Huafa Group issues RMB 1.4 billion digital bond with HSBC (Ledger Insights)
- Tokenization firm Brickken raises $2.5m seed round
- Deribit, the popular cryptocurrency options exchange headquartered in Dubai, has received acquisition offers. , at a figure of up to $5 billion, Bloomberg reports.
Policy / regulators
- Tom Emmer was appointed vice chair of the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence (part of the Financial Services Committee)
- Korean regulator FSC postpones decision on corporate acc at cryptocurrency exchanges. The issue needs a more thorough review. Instead, the virtual asset committee, which includes the Commission, other regulators and the private sector, discussed a second phase of the virtual currency consumer protection law to address gaps in the first iteration.
- Atlanta Fed blogger says stablecoins could rival credit or debit cards
- CFTC reviews Crypto.com sports derivatives contracts
- Deloitte wins contract for support services of up to $9.5m from the IRS Office of Digital Assets Initiative (ODAI)
- North Korea was responsible for cryptocurrency thefts totaling $660 million last year, according to a joint statement by the governments of the US, Japan and Korea.
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