Tokenized Equities, Stablecoins, and DeFi Surge

Europe's reliance on dollar-pegged stablecoins could undermine its economic sovereignty, necessitating a robust euro-denominated alternative. The post Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu warns Europe about dollar dominance through stablecoins appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The ECB's stance on stablecoins highlights potential disruptions to traditional banking and monetary policy, urging global regulatory alignment. The post European Central Bank warns stablecoins pose financial risks and challenges to monetary policy appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Fed backs stablecoins as BoE says tokenized deposits may win in 5 years appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller defended stablecoins during a panel at the 32nd Dubrovnik Economics Conference, placing the tokens in the payments debate rather than the wider crypto risk debate. Summary Waller said stablecoins add payment competition and may extend monetary reach across dollar-linked global markets. Greene said tokenized deposits could overtake stablecoins within five years as banks defend deposit bases. Lummis warned CLARITY Act delays could push U.S. digital asset rules into a 2030 window. Waller said, “I’ve always just looked at stablecoins as a payment instrument; there’s nothing evil about it, nothing dangerous about it.” He added that stablecoins bring more competition into payments and can lower costs, as reported by Reuters. Greene says tokenized deposits may overtake stablecoins Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene gave a diffe

Fed’s Waller backed stablecoins as payment tools, while BoE’s Greene said tokenized deposits may overtake them within five years in banking.

The post BTC, ETH price news: Bitcoin, ether, solana slide as AI trade continues to rip higher appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A record 10-session, $2.97 billion outflow streak from spot bitcoin ETFs and a fresh rally in oil prices on stalling U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks have kept bitcoin BTC$73,399.52 and the wider crypto market under pressure even as Wall Street’s AI trade pushed global equities to new records in Asian trading Monday. The MSCI All Country World Index gained 0.2% on Monday and Asian equities advanced 1.1% to an all-time high, with bellwether tech indexes in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan all setting records, Bloomberg reported. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.6% after Nvidia said it would enter the Windows laptop market in direct competition with Intel and AMD, and SoftBank Group jumped as much as 11% on its OpenAI and Arm holdings, putting the Japanese conglomerate on track to become the country’s most valuable listed company. The mood was complicated by oil. Brent crude

The post Aave overhauls listing standards after $230 Million rsETH exploit exposed bridge risks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The most expensive DeFi attack of 2026 began with KelpDAO’s restaked ether (rsETH) bridge, not a bug in Aave’s code. That, the lending protocol argues in an official postmortem published this week, is precisely why the industry needs to rethink how it measures risk. Aave said it is launching a review of every asset listed on V3 and rewriting its listing standards after April’s $230 restaked ETH exploit exposed a new class of DeFi risk. The protocol’s postmortem traced the attack not to a flaw in Aave’s smart contracts but to a LayerZero bridge verification failure, where a single verifier approved a forged cross-chain message that released 116,500 unbacked rsETH. Going forward, Aave says collateral assessments will weigh bridges, oracle dependencies, custodians and operational security alongside the financial and smart-contract risks it has traditionally

Solana captured 97% of tokenized equities spot trading volume, hitting 200K onchain stock holders. SoFi launched the first stablecoin from a U.S. nationally chartered bank, SoFiUSD, on Solana. Mayan crossed 1M bridged wallets with $2.5B in stablecoins moved, reflecting strong network growth. Solana captured 97% of cumulative tokenized equities spot trading volume this week, marking […] The post Solana Captures 97% of Tokenized Equity Trading Volume in Major Week appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

HYPE's rise highlights the growing institutional interest in DeFi, potentially reshaping traditional finance's approach to decentralized platforms. The post HYPE rises to 10th by market cap, signaling a new era for Hyperliquid appeared first on Crypto Briefing.