Tokenized gold volume hits $90.7B in Q1, beats all 2025

Circle shared a recap of its Q1 2026 earnings call led by Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeremy Allaire.

Fresh accusations of market manipulation are surrounding XRP after a wave of unusual whale activity triggered sharp liquidity shifts across major exchanges. On-chain analysts claim that large XRP holders may be strategically moving billions of tokens to influence price action, target leveraged positions, and exploit weak liquidity zones during critical market sessions. Is XRP Becoming A Whale-Controlled Market? XRP whales have now confirmed strategic manipulation of liquidity, turning what appears to be resistance into a calculated market trap. A crypto trader and investor known as Cheeky Crypto on X noted that as XRP tests the $1.45 resistance level for the fourth time, new data suggests this ceiling is a deliberate liquidity zone engineered by large holders. Related Reading: XRP Market Now Controlled By Whales? Dominance Reaches 91% On Binance At the core of this setup lies a staggering 1.16 billion XRP token supply overhang and a hidden market pipe. While retail investors interpret

The post Google just updated its stock investment portfolio appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. While coverage of 13-F filings tends to focus on individual celebrity investors such as Michael Burry or Warren Buffett, or major banks, another important actor in the business world provided an update for its stock portfolio in early May: Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL). The document showed that between the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025 and Q1 of 2026, Google increased the value of its holdings by as much as $1.5 billion despite decreasing the number of company stocks held by 3: from 29 to 26. Simultaneously, it showed that the balance within the portfolio changed significantly, with an entirely new equity taking the top spot and accounting for as much as 26% of the total. Google Q1 2026 stock investment portfolio. Source: SEC Google bought and sold these stocks in Q1, 2026 Specifically, Google appears to have developed entirely new positions in three companies: nearly 3.5 million shares of CME Gro

The rapid growth in tokenized gold trading highlights a shift towards digital assets, raising concerns about market concentration and regulatory risks. The post Tokenized gold trading volume hits $90.7B in Q1 2026, surpassing entire 2025 total appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Why Tokenized Gold Trading Crossed $90B in Q1 2026 (And What It Means for DeFi) appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tokenized gold trading volume reached $90.7 billion in Q1 2026 alone, exceeding the $84.6 billion recorded across all of 2025.  The figure comes from CoinGecko’s Q1 2026 RWA Report, which documented tokenized commodities (overwhelmingly gold-backed) growing 289% from $1.43 billion to $5.55 billion in market capitalization over fifteen months. The numbers point to a category that crossed an inflection point sometime in late 2025. Tokenized gold is no longer a side experiment in DeFi; it’s a measurable segment of on-chain activity with volume comparable to mid-cap altcoins.  This article looks at what drove the surge, how the category breaks down structurally, and what the volume signals for DeFi yield in the rest of 2026. What the $90B Number Represents The $90.7 billion figure covers Q1 2026 spot trading across PAXG, XAUT, KAU, KAG, Comtech Gold, and other token

Tokenized gold trading hit $90.7B in Q1 2026, surpassing all of 2025. What's driving the surge and what it means for DeFi yield categorization.

The post South Korea crypto holdings crash 50% as investors chase stocks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. South Korean investors cut their crypto holdings by more than half over the past year as capital moved toward the stock market.  Summary South Korean crypto holdings dropped from $83.3 billion to $41.4 billion within a year. Trading volume on five major exchanges fell sharply as investors moved toward equities. New AML checks and a 2027 crypto tax may add pressure on local exchanges. Bank of Korea data submitted to Rep. Cha Gyu-geun showed holdings fell from 121.8 trillion won, or $83.3 billion, at the end of January 2025 to 60.6 trillion won, or $41.4 billion, by the end of February 2026. Daily trading volume also dropped across Upbit, Bithumb, Korbit, Coinone, and Gopax. The figure fell to about $3 billion in February from $11.6 billion in December 2024, showing lower activity among retail traders. Investors move toward stocks The decline came as Korean investors turned towar

South Korean crypto holdings fell to $41B as investors shifted to stocks, while tax and AML rules added fresh pressure.