2025 was one hell of a ride! 100+ clients served, 2 strategic acquisitions, 140+ Cryptic Talks, 5 Convergence events across the globe. We made it all happen together. Here’s to making 2026 even bigger 🥂

🚨LATEST: The @CFTC is giving regulated firms more clarity on tokenization and blockchain. Updated guidance covers tokenized customer investments and the use of blockchain systems for regulatory recordkeeping. The update builds on CFTC guidance first issued in March 2026 and earlier staff positions covering tokenized collateral and digital assets used as margin collateral.

🚨LATEST: @moonpay Trade is now live inside @TrustWallet. Users can access deeper liquidity and trade across seven blockchain networks directly from the Trust Wallet app while maintaining self custody. The integration brings MoonPay Trade’s routing and liquidity infrastructure into Trust Wallet, giving users a single self custodial interface for cross chain trading across seven supported networks.

⚡️ NEW: @Ledger is bringing cold storage to tokenized stocks. Its new partnership with @Payward lets eligible xStocks users hold supported tokenized equities on Ledger hardware and require a physical device signature before completing trades.

🇺🇸UPDATE: U.S. stablecoin regulation is entering its implementation phase. The Federal Reserve has proposed new rules covering stablecoin reserves, capital, risk management and how supervised banks can apply to issue payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act. The proposals would turn key GENIUS Act requirements into operating rules for Fed supervised issuers, including full reserve backing and standardized capital requirements. The Fed is now seeking public comment before finalizing the framework.

🚨LATEST: @ARKInvest is bringing its venture fund on-chain. @CathieDWood’s firm has launched a tokenized version of ARKVX on @ethereum through @Securitize, offering eligible investors blockchain-based access to private and public technology companies.

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LATEST: 🇬🇧 UK’s largest banks just completed the first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits. Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays completed two live remortgage transactions using tokenized sterling deposits, marking a major step for blockchain-based banking.

🚨 NEW: @IBM just connected its Digital Asset Haven platform to Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. Banks can now instruct tokenized deposit transactions using standard ISO 20022 messages, with 17 institutions already piloting @swiftcommunity's ledger for 24/7 transfers.

BlackRock investment strategies are going onchain. @Ondo launched three Intelligent Portfolios powered by strategies developed by @BlackRock: → High Income → Diversified Growth → High Growth Each portfolio is packaged into a single transferable onchain token, giving eligible non-US investors access to diversified strategies across multiple asset classes. The products also bring DeFi composability, programmatic rebalancing and full onchain transparency. This is bigger than tokenizing a single asset. It puts an entire portfolio strategy into one onchain instrument.

⚠️ ALERT: @bitget just confirmed a $351.6M security breach. The exchange says unauthorized transfers hit parts of its hot and warm wallet infrastructure, while its cold wallets remain secure. Withdrawals have been temporarily suspended, but deposits and trading remain operational. Bitget says its $464M+ User Protection Fund covers the affected amount and that law enforcement and onchain security firms have been notified. The attack vector remains unknown, with Bitget saying a full incident report will follow within 24 hours.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump says “the entire tech world, the entire banking world, and a lot more” will attend tonight's state dinner for Xi Jinping. 📉 Prediction markets give just 10% odds they’ll agree to pace the AI frontier in 2026. Follow the market odds 👉 polymarket.com?via=MLQj8Af

🚨UPDATE: Institutional tokenization is gaining ground in South Korea. @Securitize, KB securities and @Optimism are partnering to explore tokenized securities for institutional investors in the country. The partnership brings together distribution, regulated tokenization infrastructure and blockchain technology, with the three organizations exploring how tokenized securities can reach South Korea’s institutional market.

A Pokémon card just crossed $1 MILLION onchain 🃏 A PSA 10 1st Edition Base Set Charizard sold for $1M on @Beezie, setting the largest known onchain TCG sale. The same card was bought for $300K less than a year ago. $300K → $1M in under a year. Onchain collectibles just hit a new milestone.

🇺🇸UPDATE: The U.S. wants the digital economy running on dollars. Washington is promoting dollar backed stablecoins globally as part of a broader effort to preserve the dollar’s international role as finance moves onchain. Dollar stablecoins already dominate the sector, and U.S. policy is increasingly treating their growth as part of the dollar’s future in digital finance, alongside a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the White House for talks with US President Trump.

Convergence Barcelona 🇪🇸 A few moments from our 6th edition, from the conversations and familiar faces to the packed room and late-night energy that made the night what it was. See you at the next one!

🚨UPDATE: @moonpay is expanding deeper into private markets. The company plans to acquire North Capital(@norcap) for over $60 million, adding regulated infrastructure for private securities and tokenized assets. North Capital brings $8.7 billion+ in transaction volume and a regulated secondary market with more than 1,250 approved assets. It will become a wholly owned MoonPay subsidiary once the deal closes.

🚨LATEST: @BinanceUS is bringing self-custody directly into its app. Eligible users can now hold their own assets, access decentralized applications and move across multiple blockchain networks without using a separate wallet. The new wallet connects Binance.US users directly to onchain markets while keeping centralized trading and self-custody in one app, with support for swaps and cross chain transactions.