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DTCC Just Tokenized Real Stock and Treasury Bonds in Live Production. JPMorgan, Vanguard, and BlackRock Are Trading Them Now.
The company that settles $4 quadrillion a year just stopped testing and started running tokenized securities with more than 30 firms.
Six markets, one question, one screen
I set out to trade the disagreements between them. The map I had to build first turned out to be the more valuable thing, so I am giving it away, free.
SWIFT Just Put 17 Banks on a Shared Blockchain Ledger. Here's Why Citi and HSBC Signed On.
The messaging giant went live with tokenized deposits and weekend transfers. Final settlement still hits the old rails.
The First Tokenization Company Just Listed on the NYSE. Wall Street May Never Go Back.
BlackRock-backed Securitize went public and tokenized its own stock on day one. The NYSE just got its first RWA rails.
Intercontinental Exchange and OKX Just Built a Regulated Bridge Between Wall Street and Crypto. Andrew Cuomo Is Co-Chairing It.
The NYSE parent and one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges are tokenizing equities and futures under U.S. regulation. Here’s what just changed.
A Blockchain Alternative to SWIFT Just Settled $69 Billion. Investors Should Pay Attention.
The first large-scale CBDC settlement network is moving from pilot to commercialization, and it arrives exactly as the U.S. is betting on stablecoins.
Scotland's Fans Drank Boston Dry.
The Token Meant for Them Reached 183 Wallets.
Crypto Exchanges Just Launched Nasdaq-Style Stock Trading. Here’s Why Robinhood and Schwab Are Next.
Binance, Kraken, and Bybit are now selling U.S. equities alongside Bitcoin. The brokerage war you didn’t see coming has started.
Our Equity Left The Page...
Old Men, New Money's Cap table is now on-chain. Your company's can be too.
JPMorgan, BofA, Citi, and Wells Are Building Their Own Stablecoin to Fight Tether.
Here's What's Actually Happening.
Bothy: A Pass, Not a Password
Give your people a private spot, and a membership that can't leak.
We Picked a Sponsor. Here's Why It's The Bridge.
The deeper-dive newsletter we'd read anyway, now at an OMNM price.
Paxos Just Won the Race to Run Wall Street Settlement on Blockchain. Here's What the SEC Just Approved.
The first blockchain clearing agency is now approved. T+0 settlement just became structurally possible.
Tokenized Stocks Are Going On-Chain. A New Audience Comes With Them.
This is a forward of an article published by The Insumer Model™. I think it is pertinent to the Old Men, New Money® readers…
The SEC Is About to Make Tokenized Stocks Legal. The Hard Part Comes After.
The innovation exemption was drafted and days from release. Then the SEC hit pause — over exactly the operational questions nobody has answered. The law is ready. The plumbing isn't.
From Passwords to Proofs
A founder note on what changes when software starts paying for itself.
Hana Bank Just Spent $670M on Upbit's Parent. Korea's Mega-Banks Aren't Asking Permission Anymore.
When a top-5 Korean bank takes a 6.55% equity stake in a crypto exchange, the regulatory dance is over.
Your AI Will Need a Wallet
Open your wallet. Now open your agent's.
The DTCC Is Tokenizing the Russell 1000 and U.S. Treasuries. Wall Street's Settlement System Just Went Onchain.
When the institution that clears $114 trillion a year builds tokenization infrastructure, T+2 settlement becomes obsolete.
Computershare Just Opened the Tokenization Door for $70 Trillion in U.S. Equities. Here's What Happens Next.
When the world's largest stock transfer agent flips to blockchain rails, the question isn't if equities migrate onchain. It's how fast.
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