Today, we’re bringing the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) onchain with @ARKInvest and making it available on @ethereum. For the first time, eligible investors can access the tokenized version of ARK’s flagship disruptive innovation fund with a minimum investment of $500.

🔥 LATEST: SoFi is moving its $25 billion-plus annual card program to settlement using its SoFiUSD stablecoin. ct.com/news/sofi-moves-25b-c…

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC releases updated guidance for Bitcoin, crypto, and blockchain technology.

Introducing Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, the first three portfolios powered by BlackRock. Ondo Intelligent Portfolios introduces a new onchain product category: curated investment portfolios delivered as single onchain transferable tokens. The first three portfolios are based on portfolio strategies developed by BlackRock for Ondo, marking the first time eligible onchain investors can access exposure to such strategies through a single token. 1. BLKHIon: Ondo High Income Powered by BlackRock 2. BLKDIGon: Ondo Diversified Growth Powered by BlackRock 3. BLKGRWon: Ondo High Growth Powered by BlackRock Diversified, professionally constructed strategies have historically required brokerage accounts and traditional fund structures. Now, delivered as peer-to-peer transferable tokens from Ondo, these onchain portfolios become accessible to eligible non-US investors in permitted jurisdictions through the wallets, exchanges, and DeFi applications they already use. “Tokenization creates new ways for portfolio strategies to be delivered through digital infrastructure. Diversified portfolio strategies can be incorporated into tokenized investment products, enabling eligible investors to access diversified allocations through a single instrument. It shows how established portfolio construction approaches can be delivered through new channels and technologies.” - Lisa O’Connor, Global Head of the Model Portfolio Solutions team and Co-CIO for Global Solutions within the Multi-Asset Strategies group at BlackRock Ondo Intelligent Portfolios can unlock novel capabilities: → Programmatic rebalancing → Full composability with DeFi → Complete transparency onchain → Multiple asset classes in a single token This is just the start for Ondo Intelligent Portfolios. The infrastructure is now in place for leading financial institutions to bring their asset allocation expertise onchain.

Tokenizing the ARK Venture Fund puts our conviction in the evolution, if not revolution, of capital markets into practice. Based on our research, tokenization has the potential to reshape fundamentally the way that investors access and participate in both private and public financial markets. Making the ARK Venture Fund available on chain is a natural extension of our mission to democratize access to technologically enabled disruptive innovation. Because it has built the regulated infrastructure to help make that vision a reality, we are excited to partner with @Securitize in taking this important step forward. Fund holdings and information: ark-funds.com/funds/arkvx

🔥 JUST IN: IBM is connecting its digital asset platform to Swift’s blockchain ledger, letting banks move tokenized deposits 24/7.

JUST IN: BlackRock partners with $ONDO to launch tokenized investment portfolios.

Wow big BlackRock is taking model portfolios onchain. The $13T asset manager has built three portfolios — high-income, diversified growth and high-growth — that Ondo Finance will tokenize, giving non-U.S. investors 24/7 access via crypto wallets. The portfolios hold mixes of stock, bond and bitcoin ETFs, with Ondo tokens tracking each strategy. It’s the first time BlackRock has designed portfolios specifically to be tokenized by another firm.

Galaxy bought $100M of sUSDS and approved it as collateral across our institutional lending book. It's the latest step in a deepening relationship with @SkyEcosystem — from Grove's $500M warehouse facility to Spark-backed financing for GOFR.

Agora has received preliminary conditional approval from the OCC to organize as a national trust bank. A defining early milestone on the path to a full charter for Agora and regulated stablecoin infrastructure. agora.finance/blog/occ-condi…

SoFi is the first national bank to go live with stablecoin settlement across Mastercard’s global payments network. We’re migrating our full $25B card program to blockchain-based settlement. Learn more: investors.sofi.com/news/news…

NEW: @Infosys (NYSE: INFY), the $40B+ global IT leader, enters a strategic partnership with Chainlink to accelerate institutional onchain finance. Infosys supports critical banking and payments infrastructure for more than 1.7 billion customer accounts worldwide and is now standardizing the adoption of the Chainlink platform: • Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) • Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) • Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) • Proof of Reserve • Data Streams • Data Feeds Together, Infosys and Chainlink are creating a path to connect the world’s largest financial institutions to onchain markets. Infosys 🤝 Chainlink

LATEST: @Mastercard-owned @BVNKFinance integrates @StellarOrg into its stablecoin payments platform, giving enterprise customers across 130+ countries another high-speed settlement rail through a single API.

Our latest research paper explores the growing connection between AI and digital assets and explains why broad AI adoption may drive new demand, utility and applications across the digital asset economy. blackrock.com/us/individual/…

With the midterm elections weeks out, investors are asking the same question: how might either outcome shape policy, sentiment, and asset prices? Galaxy's Joe Armao, Beimnet Abebe (@BeimnetAbebe), and Gil Wassermann (@GilWassermann) sit down and unpack their views on what may come next. Topics include scenario planning, reading real-time signals from prediction markets, and how our team is thinking about portfolio positioning through the uncertainty. 🗓️ Tuesday, September 29, 11:00–11:45 AM ET Register here: galaxy.com/galaxy-lens-webin…

🚨JUST IN: Apple hints at adding stablecoin support, potentially allowing CRYPTO payments via Apple Pay. Apple posted a job listing requiring stablecoin expertise for payment roles, offering up to $280,000. This follows Samsung’s plans to introduce the same feature to Samsung Wallet. Together, Apple and Samsung have more than 3.5 BILLION active devices worldwide.

Thank you @SECPaulSAtkins @HesterPeirce @MarkUyedaUS for leading on digital asset policy !!! Innovation exemption moves tokenization ahead. Proud to be first on Nasdaq to tokenize shares. More to come with tokenized $GLXY !

BREAKING: @galaxyhq is now a vault curator on @kamino. The Nasdaq-listed firm, with over $7B in assets under management and stake, is now curating two lending vaults on Kamino, one in USDC and one in USDT.

Galaxy is proud to be named a founding validator on @arc mainnet, the Economic OS for the internet, with USDC as native gas and sub-second finality built for real-world financial markets. Galaxy is helping secure the network supporting lending, borrowing, trading, FX, payments, and tokenized assets on Arc, providing infrastructure built for institutions to build onchain.

Circle (@Circle)'s @Arc mainnet is launching in two days... The open blockchain network will have a top list of validator cohorts, including @BlackRock, @The_DTCC, @galaxyhq, @GlobalPayInc, @Mastercard, @MoneyGram, @Visa, and more.