Securitize will offer what it calls the first fully compliant onchain trading platform for real public stocks in early 2026, blurring the lines between traditional markets and Web3 infrastructure. The company’s system allows investors to directly own tokenized shares of public companies, issued and recorded onchain, and tradable through a blockchain-based interface, according to an announcement on Tuesday. Unlike synthetic token models that track stock prices via offshore entities or derivatives, Securi ...

SEC closes 4-year long investigation into Aave| Credit: Getty Images. Key Takeaways The SEC closed its 4-year Aave probe on December 16, 2025, with no enforcement action. The investigation examined whether the AAVE token or lending pools were unregistered securities. This marked a significant win for DeFi, signaling a reduction in regulatory pressure in 2025. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its 4-year long investigation into the decentralized finance protocol ...

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 16, 2025) - SonicStrategy Inc., (CSE: SONI) (OTCQB: SONIF) (the "Company") a publicly traded infrastructure company focused on the Sonic blockchain, announces a change to its board of directors and management team.Mr. Mitchell Demeter has informed the Company of his decision to resign as Executive Chair and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately in order to allow him to dedicate more time toward his role at Sonic Labs. The Company wishes to thank ...

Ethereum price (ETH USD) has broken below the psychologically key $3,000 level, with Ethereum price action now hovering in a fragile consolidation zone after a sharp sell-off. At the time of writing, ETH is trading around $2,900–$2,950, down roughly 5–7% over 24 hours, while its market cap has slipped toward the mid-$340 billion range. The move comes as nearly $600 million in leveraged crypto positions were flushed out in a single day, and traders brace for a potential volatility spike driven by weak tec ...

Frontera Labs, a blockchain development and research firm, has raised a $3 million seed round led by Maven 11 Capital, with Lightspeed Faction joining as a major investor, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Halo Capital, Heartcore Capital, Anchorage Digital Ventures, Nayt Technologies, Split Capital and a group of angel investors also participated in the round. Frontera Labs is building Strata, a generalized risk-tranching protocol that packages onchain and off-chain yield strategies into toke ...

Credit for images: Supplied photosWeFi’s co-founder and group CEO Maksym Sakharov has positioned himself at the centre of a financial shift that is starting to reshape how money moves, how value is stored, and who gets real control over their wealth. Leading the world’s first deobank, he sits at the intersection of traditional finance, blockchain, and global regulation, arguing that the next big leap in banking won’t come from sleeker apps or faster KYC, but from rebuilding the system on-chain. In this con ...

TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - DeFi Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "DeFi Technologies") (Nasdaq: DEFT) (CBOE CA: DEFI) (GR: R9B), a financial technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance ("DeFi"), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Valour Inc., and Valour Digital Securities Limited (together, "Valour"), a leading issuer of exchange traded products ("ETPs") has received approval from B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão ("B3" or the "B3 Exc ...

公司动态：Sberbank的DeFi战略与测试 - 俄罗斯最大银行Sberbank（市值约830亿美元）正在积极测试一系列去中心化金融产品 [1] - 测试源于其1.09亿零售客户和超过300万公司客户日益增长的需求 [1] - 银行管理层确认正在测试多种DeFi工具，并相信传统银行与DeFi将很快融合 [2] - 客户对便捷访问加密货币的解决方案兴趣浓厚，并有意识地寻求投资加密货币的途径 [2] - 银行计划与监管机构合作开发数字资产产品，并将在明确法规出台后全面进入市场，俄罗斯预计在2026年推出全面监管 [3] 技术路径与市场选择 - Sberbank对基于以太坊的资产代币化解决方案以及与公链的集成表现出兴趣，看重以太坊的灵活性、透明度和国际市场准入 [2] - 在测试加密货币用于贸易支付后，银行正探索将DeFi解决方案整合到其银行业务中 [4] - 银行探索在以太坊上进行代币化，并计划尽快整合DeFi解决方案 [6] 行业背景与驱动因素 - 俄罗斯过去两年转向加密货币和DeFi，以缓解国际制裁带来的金融困境 [3] - 俄罗斯对加密货币及DeFi日益增长的兴趣源于国际制裁和贸易需求 [6] - 俄罗斯银行业存在更广泛的趋势，竞争对手如VTB报告了客户对直接投资加密货币而非衍生品的类似偏好 [8] - 俄罗斯央行估计，到2025年3月，俄罗斯钱包中的加密货币持有量可能达到105亿美元 [8] 潜在影响与行业趋势 - Sberbank的DeFi实验预示着传统金融与去中心化系统的潜在融合，这可能重塑银行业，尤其是在俄罗斯 [7] - 通过将受监管的银行业务与基于区块链的工具（如借贷、代币化）连接，可提供更快速、更便宜、更易获取的服务 [7] - 市场专家预测，在全球范围内，由现实世界资产代币化驱动的DeFi与主流银行的整合，可能引发银行业技术的下一次重大飞跃 [8]

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Company: DeFi Technologies, formerly known as Valour Inc., purports to be a technology and digital asset treasury ("DAT") company that develops exchange traded products in Canada that synthetically track the value of a single decentralized finance ("DeFi") protocol—that is, a set of standards and rules that govern a system of lending, borrowing, and trading a cryptocurrency—or a basket of DeFi protocols. What is the class period? May 12, 2025 – November 14, 2025 What ...

A new decentralized finance model (DeFi) is targeting a persistent problem that soccer clubs face: short-term liquidity gaps caused by uneven cash flows from media and commercial contracts. The Decentral protocol, hosted on the Chiliz blockchain, enables clubs and sports organizations to raise stablecoin liquidity by tokenizing future receivables, such as broadcasting rights, and using them as onchain collateral, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Monday. Investors supply capit ...