Hedera has onboarded 12 money-market funds from BlackRock and State Street, marking a major real-world asset win for the network. The move opens the door to potentially trillions in tokenized cash management on HBAR rails.
Truist’s private wealth arm will let advisors offer SEC-registered spot bitcoin ETFs from Fidelity and BlackRock, the bank said in a Feb. 25 press release. The move expands crypto access for high-net-worth clients through traditional wealth channels.
Emirates NBD — the UAE's second-largest bank — has allocated a portion of its investment portfolio to Bitcoin and says tokenization will be a key force in finance. The move signals growing institutional acceptance of crypto in the Gulf.
Michael Saylor’s dollar-cost-averaging corporate strategy now holds 717,131 BTC — worth over $54 billion — as it enters its seventh year. The accumulation remains the largest corporate Bitcoin DCA on record.
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said he expects every central bank to hold Bitcoin by 2050, responding to recent criticism from the founder of Sevens Reporter. His prediction frames Bitcoin as a potential long-term reserve asset amid rising institutional interest.
Deutsche Bank has signaled readiness to integrate infrastructure linked to Ripple Labs, according to an update shared by a developer on X. The move marks another institutional nod toward Ripple's payment technology.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said he holds little bitcoin and described himself as "an observer" at the World Liberty Forum, adding he’s still working to understand what drives its price. His comments underline ongoing institutional caution around crypto.
BlackRock has started pushing into DeFi while Bitcoin and Ether posted modest gains despite accelerating ETF outflows; Binance also finalized a $1 billion Bitcoin reserve transfer. Market watchers say the moves could deepen institutional involvement in on‑chain markets.
Evernorth flagged a newly disclosed $152 million XRP holding by Goldman Sachs in its Q4 2025 filing, a notable sign of institutional exposure to XRP. The disclosure may support liquidity and market confidence for the token.
RippleX SVP Markus Infanger hailed Aviva Investors’ decision to move $300 billion onto the XRP Ledger as a “genuinely huge moment,” highlighting growing institutional on-chain activity in the U.K.