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ARP Digital has received a broker-dealer licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).

The New York Stock Exchange is advancing blockchain-based settlement for tokenised securities, according to a report.

MARA Holdings has pledged 18,750 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) as collateral to secure US$600 million in new loans.

Robinhood is expanding its crypto strategy beyond meme coins and into tokenised real-world assets, according to a report.

ARK Invest bought about US$21 million worth of Block shares, according to a report.

Marex Group invested an undisclosed amount in Digital Prime Technologies, backing its Tokenet institutional digital asset lending platform.

Polymarket is reportedly seeking about US$1 billion from investors at a valuation exceeding US$20 billion.

Dinari launched tokenised versions of all S&P 500 stocks, giving eligible US investors blockchain-based access to about 500 companies.

BlackRock launched 12 tokenised share classes covering European money market funds managing US$311 billion.

BNY partnered with Galaxy Digital to offer crypto staking through BNY’s institutional digital asset custody platform.

NEAR Protocol (CRYPTO:NEAR) co-founder Illia Polosukhin proposed a 30 million NEAR sovereign fund worth about US$57 million.

Strategy sold 1,638 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) for US$104.7 million, reducing its holdings to 842,138 BTC.