Orca and Loopscale Merge to Finance AI, Robotics and Defense
Orca and Loopscale are combining as Formation, pairing Solana trading and lending infrastructure to finance AI, energy, robotics and defense.
The Tokenized Funds topic follows the rapid emergence of investment vehicles brought on-chain, including tokenized money market funds, investment portfolios, index products, and professionally managed asset pools. This section reports on institutional issuers, regulatory developments, fund performance, yield opportunities, and the infrastructure enabling traditional investment products to operate on blockchain rails. It also highlights liquidity growth, cross-border accessibility, transparency benefits, and the expansion of tokenized fund offerings across global markets. Readers gain insights into how asset managers, fintech firms, and DeFi platforms are reshaping capital markets by transforming conventional funds into programmable digital assets.
Orca and Loopscale are combining as Formation, pairing Solana trading and lending infrastructure to finance AI, energy, robotics and defense.
Grayscale sees room for more crypto ETFs as Zcash demonstrates demand and filings outline tokenized Bitcoin and Ether covered-call funds.
Tether, Kazakhstan’s central bank and Alatau City Authority will study a tenge stablecoin and prepare an asset-tokenization pilot, potentially using Hadron.
Tom Lee links Ethereum’s potential upside to tokenization and AI as BitMine approaches its 5% ownership ceiling, with more than 6 million ETH already held.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan points to declining Bitcoin volatility as evidence of maturation, while research highlights the limits of the digital-gold comparison.
South Africa’s FNB now offers five crypto assets from R10 through its investment platform with VALR, but customers cannot transfer tokens in or out.
Cardano’s CIP-0113 standard is live on mainnet, enabling issuer-defined freezes, seizures and transfer rules for regulated tokens without changing ADA.
LG CNS launches KITL for stablecoins and tokenized assets, with five partnerships covering tokenization, compliance and blockchain connectivity.
Ripple Prime will provide Brevan Howard funds with prime brokerage, clearing and financing across digital assets and traditional markets.
Ondo Private Markets will start with tokenized notes linked to an unnamed AI company, offering eligible non-US investors 24/7 secondary trading.