A surge in tokenized stocks is reshaping financial markets—but regulators and traditional investors warn of risks to market stability and investor protections. “Just because a security is represented on blockchain doesn’t change the core investor protections,” says Peter Ryan, SIFMA. As interest grows, the debate is heating up over whether tokenization should follow traditional securities...
Investment bank Jefferies (JEF) revealed that its Leucadia Asset Management fund holds approximately $715 million in receivables linked to First Brands Group, which recently filed for bankruptcy with over $10 billion in liabilities. The situation underscores the risks in trade-finance and corporate debt markets, particularly following recent bankruptcies in the auto parts and subprime lending...
Investors remain cautious on equities but continue seeking safety and yield through fixed income and selective sectoral bets.
Short-bias ETFs, which profit from falling stock prices, are seeing strong inflows as investors position for a potential pullback in tech and AI-driven megacaps like Nvidia, Microsoft, and Oracle.
Zach Dell’s Base Power has secured $1 billion in its latest funding round, valuing the Texas-based startup at $3 billion pre-money. The company provides home battery systems that serve as backups and sell stored power to utilities during peak demand, addressing rising electricity needs fueled by AI data centers and grid constraints. As energy storage...
Germany’s PSI Software, a maker of software for energy networks, is close to being acquired, with Thoma Bravo, HgCapital, and Warburg Pincus among potential suitors.