Sports tokenization has largely been defined by hype cycles, fan tokens, and speculative trading. Fantium CEO and co-founder Jonathan Ludwig is trying to push that narrative in a different direction. In a recent conversation with CryptoSlate’s Liam “Akiba” Wright and… Read More »Fantium’s Jonathan Ludwig on Building Real Utility in Sports Tokenization
Retail traders rarely see an IPO at its official offering price. By the time most people can buy, the stock has already opened on an exchange—often well above where Wall Street institutions got in. A new initiative from crypto platform… Read More »New Crypto Platform Targets Level Playing Field for Retail in IPO Allocations
A proposed upgrade to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) came close to introducing a critical vulnerability that, if activated, could have allowed attackers to spend funds from other people’s accounts without access to their private keys. The issue was caught before… Read More »XRPL’s Near-Miss: How a Batch Upgrade Bug Could Have Let Attackers Drain XRP Accounts
Dragonfly Capital just closed a new $650 million fund — the same size as its 2022 vehicle — in what Fortune has called a venture capital “mass extinction event.” On the surface, that sounds like a resounding vote of confidence… Read More »Crypto VC Is Back, But Most of the Money Isn’t Going Where Retail Thinks
XRP is under pressure despite a wave of upgrades on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and rising on-chain activity, underscoring how short-term market structure can overwhelm bullish technology narratives. While XRPL has shipped new features aimed at regulated institutions, XRP itself… Read More »XRP Price Slumps as Standard Chartered Slashes Target and Whales Move Tokens to Binance
Uniswap’s latest institutional integration gives DeFi a direct line into one of BlackRock’s flagship tokenized funds – but only for a tightly controlled group of market participants. For everyone else, it’s a preview of what a permissioned DeFi future might… Read More »UniswapX Opens a Narrow Door for BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund in DeFi
In less than a year, tokenized equities have gone from a footnote in digital asset markets to an emerging asset class approaching $1 billion in value. That growth—roughly a 30x increase—coincides with a decisive shift in how regulators and major… Read More »How Tokenized Equities Raced to $1 Billion and What Institutional Rails Change Next