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Standard Chartered's acquisition enhances its competitive edge in the growing institutional crypto custody market, aligning with regulatory trends.
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The XRP Ledger has recorded a 120.97% surge in distributed real-world asset value over the past 30 days, with total represented RWA value on the network climbing to $2.43 billion — a 71.24% increase in the same period — according to live data from RWA.xyz, the industry’s primary tracker for tokenized asset activity across public blockchains. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Major Test As 37% Recovery Collides With Bear Resistance The figures place XRPL among the fastest-growing networks in the global RWA sector. XRP community educator and market commentator @Xfinancebull flagged the momentum in a post on X, noting that in just five months the XRP Ledger absorbed over $3.5 billion in RWA value — a pace of accumulation he described as evidence that institutional players ...

The 25th-largest Bitcoin treasury company acquired $15 million worth of BTC as one of only four treasury firms to announce a corporate Bitcoin investment during May.

AFX, a sovereign Layer 1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives trading, has officially commenced the operation of its L1 Mainnet, signaling a definitive end to the era of trade execution compromised by general-purpose blockchain congestion.

South Korea’s FSC is reportedly reviewing Hana Bank’s $668 million Dunamu stake under “banking-commerce separation” rules that limit bank ownership tied to crypto firms.