NYSE parent ICE turns to tZERO for next phase of tokenized securities push
Crypto projects have burned through a record $640M buying back their own tokens this year, and two names account for 90% of it.
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Wall Street and crypto are no longer parallel universes.
Traditional finance is building on blockchain rails while crypto projects borrow from corporate finance playbooks.
Meanwhile, capital is quietly rotating between Bitcoin and Ethereum in ways that caught the market off guard.
Add hawkish Fed signals and Middle East tensions, and you get a market testing everyone's conviction.
NYSE owner taps tZERO to build blockchain plumbing for securities trading
Intercontinental Exchange, the company behind the New York Stock Exchange, just picked tZERO to help build its digital transfer agent infrastructure.
The partnership will power ICE's upcoming NYSE-affiliated Digital Trading Platform, bringing tokenized securities closer to mainstream markets.
When the operator of the world's most iconic stock exchange bets on blockchain settlement, the pilot phase is officially over.
Markets
Hawkish Fed talk and Middle East tensions squeeze risk assets
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole remarks pushed the implied odds of a September rate hike near 58%.
Renewed US-Iran military exchanges sent oil above $90, adding inflation fears to an already nervous market.
Bitcoin held relatively firm near $78K while the rest of crypto felt the pressure more acutely.
BTC hovered near $78,500, ETH slipped below $2,500, SOL dipped toward $103, and XRP settled around $1.37.
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Crypto buybacks surge past $640M as projects play defense on token prices
Crypto projects have spent a record $640M repurchasing their own tokens in 2025, topping last year's $545M full-period total.
Hyperliquid and Pump.fun account for roughly 90% of the spending, using buybacks to compress supply and stabilize value.
It's the same playbook Apple and Google have run for years, now arriving in DeFi.
Bitcoin ETFs snap a nine-day streak with $210M in outflows as Ethereum funds keep winning
US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost about $210M in a single session, ending a nine-day inflow run that had stacked over $3B.
Ethereum ETFs moved in the opposite direction, extending their winning streak to ten consecutive days of inflows.
The divergence suggests institutional capital is actively rotating between the two largest digital assets.
Strategy breaks a 10-week buying drought with $370M Bitcoin purchase
Michael Saylor's Strategy added 4,603 BTC over the past week, its first purchase after a 10-week pause.
The buy brings the company's total stash to 845,050 BTC, worth roughly $66B at current prices.
Strategy now holds more Bitcoin than many nations hold in gold reserves, and it's still shopping.
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