Morgan Stanley launched the MSBT Bitcoin ETF with a 0.14% fee, undercutting BlackRock’s IBIT and intensifying an issuer fee war. The move could shift investor flows and compress margins across the digital-asset ETF market.
Ripple has unveiled a Treasury Management System designed to help corporates and financial institutions manage digital assets and liquidity. The move builds on Ripple's blockchain infrastructure and aims to broaden its institutional product set.
CME Group has added two new crypto futures contracts, extending its product suite beyond Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP. The move reinforces CME's role as a primary institutional hub for traded crypto derivatives.
CME Group will list futures contracts for Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI) beginning in early May, and its shares closed at $308.57, up 1.13% after a late-session surge.
Grayscale has filed for an ETF tracking Bittensor (TAO), signaling a push to offer institutions AI-focused crypto exposure. TAO is seeing increased on-chain and market interest as managers seek thematic AI products.
Franklin Templeton has acquired 250 Digital to bolster its institutional digital-asset capabilities, the firm announced April 1, 2026. The move aims to accelerate custody, tokenization and trading services for institutional clients.
XRP ETFs recorded zero inflows over the past 24 hours despite a price uptick, highlighting weak institutional demand. The one-day stall suggests recent gains may be driven more by retail traders than by ETF allocations.
Institutional liquidity provider B2C2 has selected Solana as its primary rails for stablecoin settlements, citing the chain's high throughput and low latency. The move highlights growing institutional interest in alternative blockchains that can handle large-scale, low-cost transfers.
Paxos has launched a Partner Rewards Engine that delivers daily claimable rewards to institutional USDG holders, making USDG the first regulated stablecoin to offer programmable on-chain yield.
Arkham data shows Fidelity Investments accumulated more than $140 million worth of ETH last week, a sign of renewed institutional interest amid otherwise soft market conditions.