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Finance

Franklin Templeton Brings Tokenized U.S. Treasury Fund to European Investors

The asset manager's U.S.-registered version of the fund Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund has attracted $580 million in assets.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton President and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Videos

Crypto Policy Talk With Circle's Dante Disparte and Stellar's Candace Kelly

Dante Disparte, Head of Global Policy at Circle, joins Stellar Development Foundation's Chief Legal Officer Candace Kelly at CoinDesk Live to discuss the future of stablecoins, the importance of democratizing today's payments systems and empowering the underbanked community.

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Videos

Stellar Development Foundation CEO on Fintech and the Future of Crypto

Denelle Dixon, CEO and executive director at Stellar Development Foundation, joins CoinDesk Live to discuss the Stellar Meridian 2024 event. Plus, insights on wallets and the company's growth as the Stellar Network celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

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Videos

Stellar's 10 Years of Transformation

Stellar Development Foundation Chief of Staff and Vice President Lauren Thorbjornsen joins CoinDesk Live to discuss this year's Meridian theme of transformation. The Stellar network is celebrating its 10-year anniversary since its launch.

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Finance

Tokenized RWA Platform Huma Finance Gets $38M Investment, Plans Expansion to Solana and Stellar’s Soroban

Huma's payment-finance platform aims to address the liquidity needs of trade financing using blockchain technology for faster settlement.

Founders of Huma Finance and Arf (PRNewsfoto/Huma Finance, Arf)

Finance

Avalanche Becomes Latest Blockchain to Support Franklin Templeton's Tokenized Money Market Fund

The fund, which launched in 2021, currently stands at a $420 million market cap.

Avalanche. (Unsplash)

Tech

Stellar Starts Phased Rollout of 'Soroban' Smart Contracts

The "Protocol 20" upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by three weeks due to precautions after a bug was found.

Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)

Tech

Stellar's Foundation Supports Delay of Smart-Contracts Upgrade After Bug Found

A bug in the upgraded software, identified Jan. 25, was deemed to pose "little risk," but after "robust feedback" from the blockchain's developer community, the Stellar Development Foundation is now recommending a delay beyond the Jan. 30 target date.

Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)

Markets

Tokenized U.S. Treasury Market Grows Nearly 600% to $698M as Crypto's RWA Race Intensifies

Ethereum has toppled Stellar as the top blockchain for tokenized government bonds while more recent entrants Solana and Polygon also grew.

Tokenized Treasuries market (RWA.xyz)