Key Points Cryptocurrencies connected to stablecoin and tokenization growth have strong potential. Solana's speed and low costs may appeal to stablecoin issuers. Solana seems to have put its technical problems behind it. 10 stocks we like better than Solana › The best cryptos to own in 2026 are ones that will benefit from major real world blockchain adoption. The growth of stablecoins and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization mean a large number of financial transactions could start to move on chai ...

Grant Cardone is expanding his push into a strategy that links Bitcoin with income-generating real estate, positioning the approach as the U.S. housing market faces growing political and regulatory uncertainty amid President Donald Trump’s renewed emphasis on affordability. The real estate investor and entrepreneur laid out the strategy in a recent Fox Business interview, describing plans to combine large apartment complexes with Bitcoin holdings, tokenize ownership, and ultimately take the structure publ ...

SINGAPORE, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Visa, a world leader in digital payments, announced its support for Chinese Visa cardholders to pay with Apple Pay. Together with Apple, Visa will enable Chinese cardholders to add Visa cards[1] from participating banks to Apple Pay and make payments at overseas Visa-accepting merchants, in-store, in-app and online. Today, 79 percent[2] of in-person transactions globally are made contactlessly with NFC.Yin Xiaolong, General Manager at Visa Mainland China, said ...

Investment management company BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) is placing its biggest strategic wager yet on private markets, outlining a plan to raise $400 billion in gross private-market assets by 2030 as the firm pushes deeper into retirement accounts, insurance portfolios and digital finance.Private Market Inflows SoarDuring the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Thursday, CFO Martin Small noted that its scaled private market platform “delivered $40 billion of full-year net inflows led by private credit ...

BitMine, the world's largest Ethereum treasury firm, expects to generate more than $400 million in annual pre-tax income on its $13 billion worth of ETH, mostly by staking those holdings, chairman Thomas Lee said at the firm's shareholder meeting on Thursday. Lee also told investors that BitMine “probably saved $400 million” on ether purchases over the past several months. He credited the investment advisory firm MOZAYXX and Tom DeMark, a well-known figure in trading circles, for the execution strategy. ...

A stalled crypto market structure bill and a high-profile pullback from Coinbase (COIN) aren’t slowing momentum for firms building around tokenized securities. Hours after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the latest draft of the bill would amount to a “de facto ban” on tokenized equity offerings, the Senate Banking Committee canceled a scheduled markup session. A new date has yet to be scheduled. But key representatives in the tokenization sector see a different picture than Coinbase's. "The current d ...

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the central plumbing behind U.S. capital markets, says it is preparing to support digital representations of all 1.4 million securities currently held within its custody system, deepening its commitment to tokenization and redefining how far the technology could reach in U.S. capital markets. While DTCC’s tokenization platform — built following its 2023 acquisition of Securrency — has already been publicly disclosed, a new comment from DTCC President of ...

Capital-light platforms and financing businesses are emerging as core engines for durable, technology-enabled growth.The firm has signed an agreement to transition the Apple Card, clarifying the future of Apple Savings and Marcus-linked deposits.Goldman Sachs is using AI and automation to raise productivity, free capital and sharpen its platform-driven operating model.The latest earnings from Goldman Sachs, released Thursday (Jan. 15), highlight a firm increasingly defined by digital engagement, artificial ...

Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT), the special-purpose vehicle set to take tokenization firm Securitize public early this year, saw its stock rise Thursday after Citron Research backed the firm and criticized Coinbase (COIN) for withdrawing support for crypto market structure legislation. "Coinbase wants the benefits of CLARITY without the competition it would create," wrote Citron, led by Andrew Left. "[Coinbase isn't] pushing back because the bill is bad for crypto — they're pushing back because a cleane ...

"We are pleased to have leveraged Galaxy's diversified business model to execute this first-of-its-kind transaction," said Chris Ferraro, President and Chief Investment Officer at Galaxy. "By uniting our strengths in debt capital markets, blockchain technology, and asset management, we're opening a new avenue for institutional engagement in credit markets—one that benefits from greater efficiency, transparency, and expanded collateral flexibility through onchain execution." The CLO is financing an uncommitt ...