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Securitize said the SEC has declared effective the Form S-4 registration statement for its planned merger with Cantor Equity Partners II. CEPT shareholders of record as of May 11, 2026 are set to vote at a special meeting on June 29, and if approved the combined company is expected to list on the NYSE as "SECZ" shortly after closing. The tokenization firm reported more than $4 billion in assets under management as of April 2026.

Etherfi and Plume have introduced Etherfi Liquid RWA, a real-world-asset vault aimed at eligible stablecoin users seeking institutional-style yield through regulated vault infrastructure. The vault is live in the Etherfi app with a $25 million initial cap and sits within a planned $100 million deployment into Plume's RWA platform. The first allocation includes exposure to Blackrock iShares AAA CLOA, Fidelity Total Bond ETF (FBND), and a FalconX credit pool, with Liquid RWA also usable as spend collateral at a 70% loan-to-value ratio via Etherfi Cash.

Ethena said on Friday it is evaluating AAA-rated CLOs as a new real-world asset reserve for its yield-bearing stablecoin USDe, aiming to reduce reliance on crypto market cycles. The protocol plans to allocate $310 million to the Janus Henderson Anemoy AAA CLO Fund, arguing this could support more stable returns driven by rates and credit conditions rather than crypto sentiment.

BNB Chain's tokenized real-world asset value reached $3.6 billion after 60% quarterly growth, with tokenized treasuries cited as the main driver. Despite the milestone, Q1 revenue fell to $43.4 million and BNB dropped 35% from January to March to $617, while volume slid to 689.56 million BNB.

JPMorgan, Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo are working on a shared tokenized-deposit network slated for the first half of 2027. The effort aims to keep deposits inside regulated bank balance sheets as stablecoins expand, with USDT at roughly $188 billion and USDC at $78 billion among April 2026 figures. Executives involved described the initiative as an on-chain payments step, while noting demand is still developing.

An XRP-denominated fixed-term yield market on Flare completed a liquidity rollover between June 3 and June 4, 2026, moving about $4.88 million into a newly launched instrument without interrupting trading. The migration was handled through Spectra's Metavault design, which automatically redirects liquidity when pools mature. The rollout follows the May 15 launch of Monarq's MXRPY vault and coincides with an XRP Alliance promotion running through June 8 that includes a shared $40,000 reward pool.

Securitize's registration statement for its planned SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II has been declared effective, clearing a key step toward a NYSE listing. Shareholders of record as of May 11, 2026 are set to vote on June 29, and the combined company would trade as Securitize Corp. under the ticker SECZ. The move comes as tokenized real-world assets (excluding stablecoins) total about $31.15 billion in distributed value and regulators outline approaches for tokenized securities.

Payward, the parent of Kraken, says it will roll out a way for Kraken users and selected xStocks partners to access tokenized allocations of U.S.-listed IPOs at the offering price in the coming weeks. Users will be able to submit a pre-listing indication of interest, then receive tokenized shares on listing day, with the tokens backed 1:1 by the underlying stock.

In Q1 2026, the overall crypto market capitalization declined by nearly 20% and briefly dipped below $2.5 trillion, alongside more than $15.7 billion in liquidations. Bitcoin ended the quarter down 22.6% and Ethereum fell 35% to $1,820 at its February 6 low, while stablecoins hit a record $316.4 billion and RWA tokenization grew 38% to above $20 billion.

Franklin Templeton and Moonpay formed a strategic partnership linking the Benji Technology Platform with Moonpay Trade’s institutional execution stack. Eligible institutions can swap between supported stablecoins and Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market funds onchain, adding liquidity and operational flexibility for treasury and collateral workflows. Franklin Templeton reported $1.74 trillion in AUM as of April 30, 2026, while Moonpay said it serves 30 million customers across 180 countries.