tZERO2026-09-14 14:52:47tZERO closes new financing round led by Marc and Max CohodestZERO, a platform focused on tokenized securities markets, said it has completed a new financing round led by Marc Cohodes and Max Cohodes. Existing investors including Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Bill Fleckenstein and partner Dinari took part, while Neighborhood Intelligence also committed to the round. The company said the financing forms part of its long-term capital plan and will be used to support operations, fund its next stage of growth, and expand its infrastructure-as-a-service business. tZERO said it is building infrastructure for tokenization, trading, custody and asset servicing across tokenized securities and other assets, with the aim of helping financial institutions issue and trade assets on regulated blockchain infrastructure. CEO Alan Konevsky said the funding will help the company keep expanding its tokenized financial market infrastructure business and move toward capital independence. tZERO also said it plans to broaden its services into tokenization and other derivatives, prediction markets, and spot crypto infrastructure, while seeking to scale further through strategic transactions.830
Nasdaq2026-09-10 10:55:07Nasdaq backs Kraken parent with $100 million as ICE and OKX push joint ventureNasdaq said on Sept. 10 that it invested $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, through one of its investment arms, valuing Payward at $21 billion after the deal. In a separate move already announced in June, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and OKX formed a 50:50 joint venture that plans to operate, subject to regulatory approval, as a U.S.-registered broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, giving OKX users access to ICE futures markets and the New York Stock Exchange’s tokenized equities market. The report also noted that Deutsche Boerse bought roughly 1.5% of Payward for $200 million in April, while the London Stock Exchange is working with Payward on xStocks tokenization for London-listed shares. Payward previously raised $800 million at a $20 billion valuation in November 2025 and confidentially filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, though its IPO has been pushed back to no earlier than the second quarter of 2027. The developments point to a broader shift: major traditional exchanges are treating crypto platforms as market infrastructure rather than rivals.840
U.S. stocks2026-09-07 13:30:00U.S. and Canadian markets close for Labor Day, with futures sessions ending earlyU.S. and Canadian stock markets will be closed for one day on Monday, Sept. 7, because of the U.S. Labor Day holiday, according to Odaily. The holiday schedule also brings earlier closing times across several major futures contracts. At CME Group, trading in precious metals and U.S. crude oil futures will end early at 02:30 Beijing time on Sept. 8, while stock index futures will close earlier at 01:00 Beijing time. At Intercontinental Exchange, Brent crude oil futures will finish trading at 01:30 Beijing time on Sept. 8. The holiday calendar also affects energy data releases in the United States. Weekly U.S. crude inventory reports from the American Petroleum Institute, or API, and the Energy Information Administration, or EIA, have both been pushed back. API data will be released at 04:30 Beijing time on Thursday, Sept. 10, and EIA data will be published at 00:00 Beijing time on Friday, Sept. 11.1040
US stock mark2026-09-06 10:41:59US and Canadian Markets Closed Monday for Labor Day; Early Close for Gold, Silver, Oil FuturesU.S. and Canadian stock markets will be closed on Monday, September 7, due to the Labor Day holiday. CME precious metals, crude oil futures, and equity index futures will end trading early, while ICE Brent crude futures will also close early. Trading hours are adjusted accordingly.780
U.S. Labor Da2026-09-04 13:27:02US Markets Closed for Labor Day on Monday, CME and ICE Adjust Trading HoursU.S. and Canadian stock markets will be closed on Monday, September 7, for the U.S. Labor Day holiday. The CME will close precious metals and U.S. crude oil futures early at 2:30 a.m. Beijing time on September 8, and equity index futures at 1:00 a.m. ICE Brent crude oil futures will close early at 1:30 a.m. Investors should adjust their trading schedules accordingly.830
data center c2026-09-03 06:43:09Social Graph VC: Data Center CapEx to Surpass $1 Trillion by 2026, CME to Launch GPU FuturesVenture capital firm Social Graph VC released a primer on the computing market, forecasting that data center capital expenditure will exceed $1 trillion in 2026, roughly double the combined spending of the four major hyperscale cloud providers in 2025. Jensen Huang predicts annual spending could reach $3-4 trillion by the end of the decade and $10 trillion by 2031. AI investment currently accounts for about 0.9% of global GDP, rising to 1.4% by 2028. The training costs for Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 are each around $120 billion, with power consumption below 2 GW. CME plans to list cash-settled H100 and B200 monthly lease futures on NYMEX on October 5, 2026, pending regulatory review, referencing the Silicon Data Index. ICE also announced GPU futures based on the Ornn Index.950
ICE2026-08-31 14:44:26ICE partners with tZERO on tokenized securities and takes stake in the firmIntercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is working with tZERO as part of its tokenized securities effort. According to tZERO, the arrangement adds transfer-agent and settlement infrastructure to ICE’s plans for an NYSE-affiliated market for tokenized stocks. The headline also states that ICE is taking a stake in tZERO. The report points to a deeper link between the exchange operator’s tokenization plans and the infrastructure needed to support issuance, ownership records, and post-trade processing. No additional financial terms were disclosed in the provided summary.820
tZERO2026-08-31 13:57:10tZERO and ICE strike deal as ICE joins latest financing round and receives blockchain patent licensetZERO said Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE, has agreed to participate in its latest financing round and, as part of that investment, will receive a license to use tZERO’s blockchain patent portfolio. The license will support the development of a New York Stock Exchange-affiliated tokenized securities platform under ICE, referred to as the Digital Trading Platform, along with other possible use cases. tZERO said the portfolio covers 23 patent families and 103 patents tied to core parts of the security token lifecycle, including compliance-aware transfer logic, upgradeable smart contract frameworks, scalable corporate actions processing, and broker-level identity interoperability. The two companies also signed a memorandum of understanding under which tZERO will act as a core design partner for digital transfer agent and broker infrastructure supporting on-chain settlement. Under the MOU, ICE and tZERO plan to develop standards for digital transfer agents, tokenization agents, and broker users on the platform, while also evaluating whether tZERO tokenized assets could be used in collateral management across ICE clearinghouses and affiliated entities.820
