
What Are Tokenized Real-World Assets? Putting Physical Value On-Chain With RWAs
From gold to real estate, tokenized real-world assets are tying physical assets to blockchain, creating value in the volatile crypto space.

From gold to real estate, tokenized real-world assets are tying physical assets to blockchain, creating value in the volatile crypto space.

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Markets
AVAX One Technology, a crypto treasury firm that holds Avalanche (AVAX), announced Thursday that it has regained compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement, closing out a listing issue that had put the company under scrutiny ahead of last month’s reverse stock split. The West Palm Beach, Florida-based company said Nasdaq confirmed it met Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), which requires a stock's closing bid price to stay at or above $1.00 per share. Nasdaq found that AVAX One's shares closed...
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Shares in BlackRock-backed tokenization firm Securitize (SECZ) are up more than 8% in their trading debut, recently changing hands at $12.75. The firm began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Thursday, eight years after its founding, thanks to a merger with a Cantor Fitzgerald-backed blank check firm. “Our focus is unchanged: building the regulated infrastructure for the next generation of capital markets,” the firm posted on X. While its shares hit traditional equity markets on Th...
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CME Group is expanding its crypto futures trading offerings with the launch of Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) futures contracts, which are slated to begin trading next month. The offerings, which are subject to regulatory review, would add micro-sized and larger-sized contracts for the altcoins on the organization’s leading derivatives exchange. "Our new micro- and larger-sized Avalanche and Sui futures will provide clients with greater choice, enhanced flexibility and more capital efficiencie...
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Tokenized equities are getting a utility boost, soon enabling proxy voting in an annual shareholder vote for equity holders of Galaxy (GLXY). Holders of the tokenized version of GLXY will be able to participate in the vote in May via Broadridge’s tokenized governance platform, built on top of the firm’s own Avalanche-powered layer-1 network. "We've long believed that tokenization will reshape capital markets, and this is a meaningful step towards a tokenized equity market," said Galaxy CEO and...
Business
Mastercard said Wednesday that it has launched the Crypto Partner Program, a global initiative uniting over 85 crypto-native companies, payment providers, and financial institutions. The program reflects a growing recognition that digital assets are moving beyond speculation and into practical applications, it said—such as cross-border remittances, business-to-business transfers, and settlement—often integrated quietly into existing financial infrastructure. The payments giant has tapped many o...
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The first U.S. spot Avalanche (AVAX) exchange traded fund (ETF)—VAVX—from global asset manager and fund issuer VanEck began trading on the Nasdaq on Monday. The fund offers investors exposure to spot AVAX token performance and staking rewards, all while expanding the pool of crypto ETFs available to U.S. investors. “We see Avalanche as one of only a handful of smart contract platforms, alongside Ethereum and Solana, equipped to offer the network throughput (and in Avalanche’s case, customization...
Law and Order
Florida prosecutors have announced the seizure of about $1.5 million in crypto on Thursday after tracing funds from a Citrus County investment scam to a wallet tied to a Chinese national. Attorney General James Uthmeier said the Office of Statewide Prosecution’s Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit obtained a court order targeting assets held by Tu Weizhi, who is now charged with money laundering, grand theft, and an organized scheme to defraud. While scammers are changing their methods, I am proud of...
Technology
For years, crypto has tried to break into the music industry. 3LAU’s Royal, Sound.xyz, and Stage have showcased how blockchain could give fans new ways to support artists, collect digital music, and participate in cultural moments. But despite the early excitement, none of these platforms has managed to reshape the industry’s core infrastructure or reach everyday musicians at scale. While they were consumer-facing experiments that were successful in their own right, Record Financial is taking...
Coins
South Korea's central bank has sounded the alarm on won-denominated stablecoins, warning private issuers lack the institutional trust required to maintain stable currency and urging traditional banks to take the lead instead. The Bank of Korea (BOK) released a report Monday outlining major risks associated with won-pegged stablecoins, comparing them to historical currency failures from America's mid-19th-century free-banking era to Korea's own Dangbaekjeon crisis under King Gojong. "Currency ope...
Law and Order
Gespa, the lottery and gambling authority of Switzerland, has formally filed a criminal complaint regarding FIFA Collect, the international soccer governing body’s blockchain collectibles platform, the organization announced on Friday. The authority had begun an initial assessment and preliminary probe into FIFA Collect and its offerings—like its “right-to-buy” ticket NFTs— in early October, telling Decrypt that it “couldn’t rule out” whether the platform’s offerings would be relevant to Swiss g...
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Gespa, Switzerland’s gambling authority, has begun a preliminary probe into FIFA’s new “Right-to-Buy” blockchain collectibles, aiming to determine whether the soccer governing body has complied with local gambling laws, according to a report from Bloomberg. The “right-to-buy” (RTB) collectibles, offered via the FIFA Collect platform, provide users the option to purchase tickets to the upcoming 2026 World Cup to be hosted in North America. The collectibles are initially sold directly by FIFA, b...
Markets
The first week of October delivered a strong performance for the crypto market, with Bitcoin setting record highs and the layer-1 sector leading the charge among altcoins. The category, which includes assets like Solana, Avalanche, BNB, Sui, and Aptos, posted a 12.54% gain from September 29th to October 5th, according to Velo data. The layer-2 sector was the closest competitor, rising 11.32% over the same period, while other niches, such as meme coins, DeFi, gaming, and AI, saw more modest retur...
Business
A new treasury company is spinning up with the goal of amassing a significant amount of Avalanche cryptocurrency, with support from the Avalanche Foundation. Avalanche Treasury Co. has announced a definitive business combination agreement with Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: MLAC), creating a publicly traded company focused on institutional AVAX exposure. The transaction is valued at over $675 million and includes approximately $460 million in treasury assets, the companies said, with a...
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The crypto market has experienced a notable downturn over the past week, and is trading flat on the day. However, a handful of altcoins are defying this move, with some even posting double-digit gains on the day. The biggest winner of the day is Ethereum layer-2 network Mantle, which climbed 12.1% on the day to a $5.9 billion market cap as the 37th largest cryptocurrency. The double-digit jump follows Mantle’s partnership with centralized exchange Bybit, which offers higher leverage rates and be...
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The crypto treasury trend keeps expanding to encompass new assets, and on Monday, Avalanche got its first Nasdaq-listed firm to commit to buying AVAX—and the company's stock price has skyrocketed. AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: AGRI) announced Monday that it will rebrand as AVAX One and plans to raise approximately $550 million as it refocuses on buying and holding AVAX, the native token of the Avalanche blockchain network. Unlike some publicly traded firms that previously had no connec...
Coins
Digital asset custodian BDACS has launched KRW1, South Korea's first fully regulated won-backed stablecoin, in partnership with Woori Bank. The announcement follows completion of a proof of concept validating technical infrastructure spanning fiat deposits, token issuance, and blockchain verification, as per a Thursday press release. 🚀BDACS launch KRW1 — the first fully KRW-backed stablecoin on @Avalanche developed with Woori Bank.📄Full press release:👉English:https://t.co/Jcg90etVrE👉Korean:...
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A flood of crypto ETF applications hit the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, with five distinct filings spanning everything from Avalanche infrastructure to Bonk (BONK) in what one analyst called "wild" territory. The lineup includes Bitwise’s spot Avalanche ETF and a Stablecoin & Tokenization ETF, Defiance ETFs built around Bitcoin and Ethereum basis trades, Tuttle’s “Income Blast” funds covering Bonk (BONK), Litecoin (LTC), and Sui (SUI), and T-Rex’s leveraged 2x Orbs ETF, accordi...
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Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed the paperwork to debut an Avalanche exchange-traded fund just as new altcoin investment vehicles are expected to hit the U.S. market. A Monday S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that the "Bitwise Avalanche ETF" would use America's biggest exchange, Coinbase, to custody the digital assets. Avalanche is the crypto network behind AVAX, the 19th-largest digital asset by market cap. Avalanche rivals Ethereum by offering a cheaper and...
Law and Order
Crypto asset manager Grayscale submitted a registration statement for its Avalanche Trust to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, seeking approval to “uplist” the investment vehicle and convert it into a full-fledged exchange-traded fund. The product, which Grayscale introduced last year as a private placement for accredited investors, would offer exposure to Avalanche’s spot price on the Nasdaq, while the fund’s coins are safeguarded by crypto exchange Coinbase, according to a...
Law and Order
Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk on Thursday froze customer withdrawals after blockchain analysts flagged that nearly $50 million had left the platform in suspicious transfers. The exchange announced on X that it had suspended withdrawals while it conducted "detailed investigations" into the money movements. It assured users that their funds were safe. BtcTurk did not immediately respond to Decrypt's questions. #PeckShieldAlert @btcturk has been hacked, w/ estimated losses of ~$49M https://t....