Asset manager WisdomTree launched its Private Credit and Alternative Income Digital Fund (CRDT), a tokenized private credit vehicle, amid an uptick in firms expanding into the tokenized private credit niche and other tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The fund will include credit extended to private corporations, loans made to real estate investment trusts (REITs), which are funds…

The SEC lawsuit threatens XRP In December 2020, XRP  was under existential threat. But what almost killed it now appears to be its greatest strategic advantage. A US Securities and Exchange Commission bombshell on Dec. 22, 2020, caused XRP to crash 62%. It led to mass delistings and put the cryptocurrency in a legal grey…

Tether announced a new dollar-backed stablecoin and said former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines will become CEO of Tether USAT. The new stablecoin will be consistent with the reserve requirements and compliance standards of the recently passed GENIUS stablecoin bill, and will use Tether’s Hadron real-world asset tokenization platform, according to a Friday announcement. Stablecoins recently crossed…