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Crypto’s Regulation Rumble, Real‑World Assets Boom, and an XRP-Fueled Rotation As the markets wind down, crypto is closing the day with a familiar split-screen: Washington is wrestling with what this industry should be, while builders and traders keep acting like the future is already here. On the innovation side, real-world assets were front and center. World Liberty Financial (WLFI) grabbed headlines after teaming up with tokenization specialist Securitize to carve out loan revenue interests from the upcoming Trump International Hotel & Resort in the Maldives and put them on-chain. The idea: institutional-grade exposure to luxury real estate, but in token form, with more liquidity than a traditional private deal. It’s another sign that RWAs are moving from buzzword to actual products aimed at bigger investors, and WLFI’s token reacted accordingly. Robinhood is leaning into that same tokenized future from a different angle. Its new Ethereum Layer 2, Robinhood Chai...

Tonight’s crypto tape was a mix of gold-on-chain firsts, institutional chess moves, and some classic DeFi growing pains — all against a backdrop of macro jitters and a market still trying to decide whether we’re in “winter” or just a chilly fall. Let’s start with gold getting a crypto makeover. Elemental Royalty became the first publicly listed gold company to offer dividends in tokenized gold, teaming up with Tether to pay out in Tether Gold (XAUT). Instead of just wiring cash, investors can now opt to receive yield directly in a gold-backed token they can move, trade, or park in DeFi. It’s a small product shift with big symbolism: tokenized real-world assets are moving from crypto-native experiments to the balance sheets of traditional mining companies, right alongside legacy products like PAX Gold (PAXG) and stablecoins like (USDT). On the opposite end of the spectrum from hard assets, Zora is leaning into pure internet culture. The creator platform dropped its new “attentio...

Crypto Talkies: Crypto’s Quiet Shake-Up Crypto may be stuck in neutral on the charts, but under the hood, today was all about big institutions quietly repositioning, regulators drawing new lines, and some very ambitious visions for what comes next. Let’s start with the latest sign that Wall Street still has an appetite for more than just Bitcoin and Ethereum. Grayscale is pushing ahead with altcoin products, filing to convert its existing Aave trust into a spot Aave ETF (AAVE) on NYSE Arca, under the ticker GAVE. The fund would hold AAVE directly and charge a 2.5 percent fee. It is another signal that, despite choppy markets and regulatory overhang, there is ongoing institutional interest in DeFi tokens and onchain lending platforms. For Aave itself, this comes alongside a much bigger, almost sci-fi level pitch from its founder. Stani Kulechov spent the day talking not about the next lending pool, but about a $50 trillion vision. He laid out a future in which DeFi finances tok...

Regulators, politicians, banks, and blockchains all stepped into the spotlight today, giving crypto one of those “everything is happening at once” kind of evenings. Let’s start in Washington, where regulators are finally acting like crypto is here to stay, even if they still can’t agree on the rules. The CFTC, under Chair Mike Selig, just rolled out a beefed‑up 35‑member Innovation Advisory Committee packed with top crypto and finance executives. The idea: get real-world input on AI, blockchain, and digital assets so future U.S. rules aren’t written in a vacuum. For networks like XRP (XRP), this kind of structured engagement could mean fewer surprise enforcement actions and more predictable policy down the line. Over at the SEC, Chair Paul Atkins is talking clarity – literally. The agency is working on token taxonomy guidance to help define what’s a security, what’s not, and where everything in between might land. But Atkins is pretty blunt that real, lasting regulatory certain...

Regulators, politicians, banks, and blockchains all stepped into the spotlight today, giving crypto one of those “everything is happening at once” kind of evenings. Let’s start in Washington, where regulators are finally acting like crypto is here to stay, even if they still can’t agree on the rules. The CFTC, under Chair Mike Selig, just rolled out a beefed‑up 35‑member Innovation Advisory Committee packed with top crypto and finance executives. The idea: get real-world input on AI, blockchain, and digital assets so future U.S. rules aren’t written in a vacuum. For networks like XRP (XRP), this kind of structured engagement could mean fewer surprise enforcement actions and more predictable policy down the line. Over at the SEC, Chair Paul Atkins is talking clarity – literally. The agency is working on token taxonomy guidance to help define what’s a security, what’s not, and where everything in between might land. But Atkins is pretty blunt that real, lasting regulatory certain...

Regulators, politicians, banks, and blockchains all stepped into the spotlight today, giving crypto one of those “everything is happening at once” kind of evenings. Let’s start in Washington, where regulators are finally acting like crypto is here to stay, even if they still can’t agree on the rules. The CFTC, under Chair Mike Selig, just rolled out a beefed‑up 35‑member Innovation Advisory Committee packed with top crypto and finance executives. The idea: get real-world input on AI, blockchain, and digital assets so future U.S. rules aren’t written in a vacuum. For networks like XRP (XRP), this kind of structured engagement could mean fewer surprise enforcement actions and more predictable policy down the line. Over at the SEC, Chair Paul Atkins is talking clarity – literally. The agency is working on token taxonomy guidance to help define what’s a security, what’s not, and where everything in between might land. But Atkins is pretty blunt that real, lasting regulatory certain...