crypto indust2026-10-04 14:00:57Crypto’s next hurdle is no longer building products, but getting users to stayCrypto firms spent years building blockchain-based financial products and the infrastructure behind them. Now the industry is confronting a tougher problem: persuading people and institutions to use those products regularly instead of treating them as one-off experiments. Coinbase says adoption comes down to whether crypto tools solve everyday financial needs, with rewards, trust and ease of use helping turn trial into habit. Ben Shen, the company’s head of financial services and loyalty products, said customers care less about the underlying blockchain than about what they can do with their money — hold it, grow it, send it, spend it or borrow against it. Coinbase frames adoption as a cycle in which funds come onto the platform, stay there for a reason and then get used across more services. Elsewhere, O’Leary Ventures chairman Kevin O’Leary argued that blockchain networks chasing institutional business need to prove real usage and real deals rather than relying on technical tests alone. WisdomTree is taking a distribution-focused approach, pushing its tokenized funds onto more platforms, including MoonPay, so eligible U.S. retail users can access WTGXX with stablecoins without a separate WisdomTree onboarding process. Across the sector, the question is shifting from whether crypto products can be built to what will make customers keep coming back.280
WisdomTree2026-10-01 01:06:47WisdomTree confirms native deployment of tokenized RWA fund on ArbitrumAsset manager WisdomTree said on Sept. 30 that it has natively deployed a tokenized real-world asset, or RWA, fund on Arbitrum. The update points to another case of a traditional finance firm using blockchain infrastructure for asset management products. According to the item carried by Techub News and attributed to NewsBTC, the move is part of WisdomTree’s broader strategy to integrate digital asset services into a wider institutional framework. The report also described the deployment as an important step toward delivering asset management services on-chain with greater scalability and transparency. It added that ongoing technology upgrades remain important for maintaining user confidence and market stability. As institutional participation accelerates across global markets, the event was presented as a notable precedent for the sector.390
US Treasuries2026-09-30 03:00:58Jim Bianco Turns Bullish on Treasuries for the First Time in Six Years, Citing a Cushion at 5.2% YieldsVeteran bond bear Jim Bianco has turned constructive on U.S. Treasuries for the first time in six years after the 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.27%, its highest level since 2007. Bianco, president and founder of Bianco Research, said buying Treasuries at around 5.2% now offers a substantial cushion, even if yields continue to rise. His shift is not a call that the selloff is over. Instead, he argues that the risk-reward profile has changed materially after the sharp move higher in yields. Bloomberg-compiled data cited in the report showed that if the 10-year yield rises to about 6% over the next year, coupon income would roughly offset the price decline, while a 1 percentage point drop in yields would generate gains that exceed the losses from a 1 percentage point rise. Bianco has already reflected that view in positioning, raising the duration of the active bond index he manages to more than six years, above the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index’s 5.7 years. He said he is entering the market gradually rather than making a single large bet.800
WisdomTree2026-09-18 13:38:51WisdomTree to Open Tokenized Treasury Fund Access to MoonPay’s 35 Million AccountsWisdomTree and MoonPay said Thursday they are building a new access point that will allow eligible U.S. investors to buy shares of WisdomTree’s tokenized government money market fund, WTGXX, inside MoonPay’s platform. The deal also gives the fund a second role: MoonPay plans to use WTGXX in the reserve management behind its stablecoin business. Neither company disclosed a launch date, the share of reserves that may be allocated to the fund, or which stablecoin products it would support. According to rwa.xyz, WTGXX held $1.23 billion as of Friday, making it the fifth-largest tokenized Treasury product and the largest among WisdomTree’s seven tokenized funds. WisdomTree’s tokenized fund lineup totals $1.2 billion in a $15.40 billion tokenized Treasury market. The companies said MoonPay’s network reaches more than 35 million accounts and over 1,700 enterprise partners. The arrangement expands MoonPay’s earlier work with tokenized money funds and adds a reserve-management function on top of distribution. It also continues WisdomTree’s push to place tokenized funds with crypto-native counterparties across multiple channels, including Solana, DeFi lending, and business cash management.590
ARK Invest2026-09-08 05:15:46ARK Invest May Be First to List Tokenized Securities via SEC Innovation ExemptionAccording to a tweet by The Rollup founder Andy, citing sources, ARK Invest could become one of the first asset managers to list tokenized securities through a transfer agent, leveraging an SEC innovation exemption. The process is expected to start with ARK's own funds and then expand to other products. Fidelity, WisdomTree, and others are "very likely" to follow.880
SEC2026-09-03 21:05:29SEC Approves Options Trading for WisdomTree Bitcoin FundThe SEC has approved Cboe's rule change to list options on the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (BTCW), opening a new regulated derivatives avenue for spot Bitcoin ETFs. While options enable hedging and risk management, actual trading awaits exchange and clearinghouse readiness.1040
Stable Sea2026-08-27 15:51:37Stable Sea adds two WisdomTree digital funds for corporate cash allocationStable Sea, an on-chain treasury management platform, has added two WisdomTree digital funds to its platform: the WisdomTree Short-Term Yield Digital Fund and the WisdomTree Treasury Digital Fund. With the addition, eligible corporate clients can now access three products registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission through Stable Sea, with a minimum investment threshold of $1. The move is intended to give businesses more compliant options for managing digital-asset cash positions as demand for on-chain treasury management grows. The update was reported by Techub News, citing Crypto.news. No additional product details were disclosed in the source material, and the announcement focused on access, eligibility, and the platform’s stated goal of expanding regulated cash management choices for enterprise users.940
WisdomTree2026-07-23 22:45:15WisdomTree Posts $137 Million in Q1 Crypto ETP Inflows, Reversing Prior-Year OutflowsWisdomTree reported $137 million in net inflows into its crypto ETPs in Q1 2026, reversing an $89 million outflow a year earlier, while crypto AUM ended the quarter at about $1.8 billion.500