This week was all about institutional adoption accelerating from every angle: tokenization kept moving into traditional finance, regulators pushed crypto further into the financial system, major brokers expanded access, and the race to build onchain capital markets and payment infrastructure continued.

🔎 Recent Updates & Developments

— DTCC launched tokenized stocks, ETFs & Treasuries infrastructure.

— Japan cleared the path for spot Bitcoin ETFs.

— SBI partnered with Solana to build onchain financial markets.

— Interactive Brokers expanded crypto trading and stablecoin withdrawals.

— BlackRock surpassed $15.3T in assets under management.

— Coinbase opened registration for mainland China users.

— ECB selected providers for the digital euro pilot.

— LayerZero executor wallets compromised, $2.4M drained.