Franklin Templeton adds $150 million sgBENJI to XRP Ledger
All $150 million went to one wallet that shares its eight signers with Franklin's issuing account, CoinDesk's ledger review found.
BaFin authorizes Deutsche Bank for crypto custody
German launch still needs approval; Asia plan for 2027 names no market
Securitize shares fall 38% since Solana tokenized-stock launch
Twelve tokenized stocks trade through Securitize's broker-dealer on Solana; Jump Trading is the market maker.
HSBC rolls out RedCoin stablecoin to PayMe's 3.3 million users
The Hong Kong dollar token is fully backed by high-quality liquid assets in separate accounts; a tokenized money market fund share class is next.
Central Bank of Ireland fines Coinbase Ireland €3.25m over client-fund safeguarding
The regulator faulted the unit's outsourcing governance; Coinbase says coding errors underfunded its safeguarding account by an average 0.54% and that no client lost money.
Blumenthal asks Tether for details of payments to Bo Hines' firm
The ranking Democrat on the Senate investigations subcommittee sent letters to Tether and Nxum Group on Thursday.