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Gold posted its worst quarter since 2013, yet investors added to Tether Gold. The trend highlights growing demand for tokenized gold, now one of blockchain's largest real-world asset markets.
Solana is emerging as a hub for tokenized physical collectibles, with platforms bringing trading cards, comics, wine, watches and other real-world assets on-chain for instant trading and ownership
LayerZero has processed more than $200 billion in value across 165 blockchains, surpassing the scale of the world's largest remittance corridor as it expands beyond crypto bridges into stablecoins, tokenized assets and global payments.
Mastercard has completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK, strengthening its push into blockchain-based payments as demand grows for faster cross-border settlement and digital asset services.
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