Partnerships & Ecosystem

According to Friday's announcement, Galaxy Digital signed a 15-year naming rights agreement with Texas Tech, renaming the university's football stadium Galaxy Stadium beginning Sept. 5, 2026, when the football team opens its season against Abilene Christian. The partnership also makes Galaxy the

Bolivia is considering a regulatory framework that would recognize Tether's USDT as a payment currency, according to Economy and Public Finance Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza, as the country faces a prolonged US dollar shortage. The proposal follows Bolivia's lifting of its crypto ban in 2024 and co

According to the Bank of England, HSBC's HSBC Orion platform became the first firm approved in July 2026 to operate live digital securities depository services under the UK Digital Securities Sandbox. The approval allows Orion to support issuance, servicing and settlement of tokenised bonds,

On July 17, Roundtable (Nasdaq: RTB), an AI-powered DeFi media platform, announced a partnership with Mario Nawfal, whose content generates over 1 billion monthly video views. Under the agreement, Roundtable will power Nawfal's domain MarioNawfal.com through its integrated technology stack,

Galaxy Digital signed a 15-year partnership with Texas Tech valued at over $70 million, starting with the 2026 football season, to rename the Red Raiders stadium and serve as the university's official data center and AI infrastructure partner. Under the agreement, Galaxy Stadium will host the univer

SBI Group partnered with Ondo Finance to tokenize Japanese equities, bringing one of the world's largest capital markets onto the blockchain. Under the agreement, Ondo Finance will issue tokenized Japanese stocks through Ondo Global Markets (BVI) Limited, while SBI Group will distribute the

SBI Group and Ondo Finance recently announced a partnership to tokenize Japanese equities on blockchain, with SBI distributing the tokenized assets across its financial network. Under the agreement, Ondo Finance will issue tokenized Japanese stocks, while SBI's JPYSC stablecoin will serve as the set

Institutional trading venue Spotex appointed Joe Tuccio as Head of Digital Assets as the company expands into institutional cryptocurrency trading beyond its established foreign exchange and precious metals business. Tuccio joins the US-based firm after working with Spotex through Seabury Capital, a

According to Odaily, RWA project BackedFi officially opened a dedicated RWA trading section on Hyperliquid today, launching eight on-chain U.S. equity and index instruments including the S&P 500 and Nvidia stock. Each instrument's inaugural auction settled at 500 HYPE per unit. Users can now

According to mpost.io, Gate DEX completed integration with Robinhood Chain on July 17, 2026, adding asset discovery, wallet management, onchain trading, cross-chain interaction, and market tracking. The integration is available through Gate App version 8.27.0 or later. The expansion enables Gate

Keyrock, a Brussels-based market maker, completed its acquisition of BlockFills' institutional trading and brokerage assets for $3.25 million on July 16, according to Keyrock CEO Kevin de Patoul. BlockFills froze operations in February 2026 after a reported $75 million lending loss and entered

According to Francesco D'Amato's July 16 announcement on X, the Ethereum Foundation researcher has left the protocol development team after a five-year tenure to join Ethlabs, an independent nonprofit research lab founded by former Foundation colleagues. D'Amato will focus on reducing Ethereum's

According to Fundstrat's Tom Lee, Wall Street institutional infrastructure on Ethereum is expanding significantly. BlackRock BUIDL, the asset manager's tokenized Treasury fund, has reached approximately $2.6 billion and earned Moody's top money-market rating. JPMorgan's MONY fund extends the bank's

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is modernizing capital markets through tokenization pilot programs that integrate blockchain technology gradually, according to market analyst MRCΛULIMΛN. Ripple has secured participation through Ripple Prime's involvement in the National

According to Foresight News, Galaxy has launched Galaxy Curator, a vault curation service designed for institutional clients to address idle stablecoin periods between deployment cycles and settlement windows. The service is built on Morpho and distributed natively through Fireblocks Earn. Galaxy Cu