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State Street Targets 2026 for Luxembourg Tokenized Fund

State Street will launch tokenized fund servicing from Luxembourg by the end of 2026.The service will operate through State Street Investment Services and its Digital Asset Platform.The platform will support issuance administration and custody of each tokenized fund.State Street will manage digital and traditional funds under a single operating model.State Street Investment Management is expected to adopt the new structure early.　　State Street will roll out tokenized fund servicing from Luxembourg by the end of 2026. The firm will deliver the service through State Street Investment Services and integrate it into existing operations. The plan supports digital and traditional fund structures within one institutional framework.　　Tokenized Fund Infrastructure to Operate Within Single Model　　State Street will provide the service through its Digital Asset Platform. The platform will manage issuance, administration, and custody for each tokenized fund. It will also align digital structures with traditional governance and risk controls.　　The company said it will support tokenized and traditional funds under one operating model. It will maintain a single client interface across fund types. State Street Investment Management expects to adopt the structure early and test the framework.　　Angus Fletcher, global head of digital asset solutions, addressed the rollout. He said, “This announcement reflects our progress in

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Judge Rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s Retrial Bid in FTX Case

A federal judge rejected Sam Bankman-Fried‘s request for a new trial on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, denying the former FTX chief’s attempt to reopen his criminal case based on claims of newly discovered evidence.　　US District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued the ruling in New York, where he oversaw Bankman-Frieds 2023 trial. Bankman-Fried was convicted over the collapse of FTX and later sentenced to 25 years in prison.　　The motion was filed under Rule 33, a procedure that allows defendants to seek a new trial if new evidence emerges. Bankman-Fried argued that the jury did not hear the full picture of FTXs finances, including claims that the exchange had assets that could repay customers.　　If Sam Bankman-Fried did nothing illegal, he might have been the best VC in history　　What SBF bought vs. what its worth today:　　• Cursor: ~$200K → ~$3B (+1,499,900%)　　• Anthropic: ~$499M → $82.3B (+16,400%)　　• SpaceX: ~$200M → ~$15B (+7,400%)　　He also argued that evidence about lawyers involvement in FTX decisions could have supported his claim that he acted in good faith rather than with criminal intent.　　However, Kaplan denied the motion even after Bankman-Fried tried to withdraw it. Bankman-Fried had claimed the judge would not be fair in deciding the request.　　The ruling leaves Bankman-Frieds

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OpenClaw Insider Builds the Enterprise Safety Layer the Project Never Shipped

Tank OS packages OpenClaw as a bootable system image.With this implementation, each agent runs in an isolated container with its own credentials, and no instance can access the host machine or other agents.Security audits flagged 12–20% of ClawHub add-ons as malicious.　　Red Hat principal software engineer Sally O‘Malley spent a weekend solving a problem most enterprise IT teams don’t know they have yet. The result is Tank OS, an open-source tool that packages OpenClaw—the hot new software that makes it easy to deploy AI agents—inside a secure, self-contained environment and delivers it as a ready-to-boot system image you can push to any machine: a cloud server, a virtual machine, or physical hardware.　　In other words, if you (or your agent) screw things up, this level of isolation would contain the damage to within “its fine” territory.　　Instead of manually installing OpenClaw on each computer and hoping someone configured it correctly, you publish one image—a complete snapshot of the operating system plus the agent—and every machine that boots from it gets the exact same setup. Updates work the same way: swap the image, reboot, done. No manual patching.　　The security piece is where Tank OS earns its name. Each OpenClaw instance runs inside a container—a

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Michael Saylor Announces STRC Dividend Proposal Voting Is Now Open

Michael Saylor announced that voting is now open for shareholders to approve a change to Strategys STRC stock structure. It proposes to change the payout of STRC dividend payments from monthly to semi-monthly.　　Michael Saylor Opens Voting For STRC Dividend Proposal　　“You can now vote for the proposed $STRC amendment to pay semi-monthly dividends, instead of monthly. Make your voice heard and your vote count,” Saylor announced on X. The declaration comes right after Strategys $255 million Bitcoin buy on Monday, April 27.　　The STRC proposal calls for a shift in payment frequency that it claims will enhance capital efficiency. Strategy said that a twice-monthly dividend payment could eliminate reinvestment lag and help improve market liquidity. The company also cited potential improvements in market efficiency and price stability as benefits of the change.　　Per Michael Saylors announcement, voting on the proposal started on April 28 with the definitive proxy. Voting will continue until June 8 with a meeting on the same day to decide the matter. Only those shareholders who owned shares on April 17 will be eligible to vote.　　The new STRC dividend policy will come into effect later in the quarter if the change is passed. The first record date for the new

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Musk OpenAI Opening Arguments Begin Today

Opening arguments began April 28 in the Musk OpenAI civil trial in Oakland, with Musk‘s lead attorney Steven Molo telling jurors that without Elon Musk’s $38 million in early funding and recruiting of top AI scientists, OpenAI would not exist, while Musk seeks up to $134 billion in wrongful gains to be funneled back to the companys nonprofit arm.Musk OpenAI opening arguments began April 28 with lead attorney Steven Molo urging jurors to look past their preconceptions about Musk and focus on the financial and institutional record of OpenAIs founding.Two claims survive the trial: breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment. The jurys verdict is advisory only, with Judge Gonzalez Rogers making the final decision on both liability and remedies.The liability phase runs through approximately May 21, with Gonzalez Rogers targeting jury deliberations to begin around May 12 and each side allocated exactly 22 hours to present its full case.　　Musk OpenAI opening arguments began on April 28 as CNBC reported that Musk, Altman, and Brockman all arrived at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland wearing suits, with Molo telling the nine-person jury that “without Elon Musk, there would be no OpenAI, pure and simple.” Molo urged jurors to

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XRP $1.40–$1.46 Range: Key Post-Sweep Battleground

Is the Market Resetting for a Break？　　XRP has been quietly compressing into a tight range between $1.40 and $1.46, a zone that is now drawing increased attention after a recent liquidity sweep shook out weak positions.　　At the moment, with price , the market appears to be at a critical inflection point where direction could soon be decided.　　Source: CoinCodex　　The significance of this range lies in what has happened beneath the surface. The liquidity sweep effectively cleared out overleveraged longs, resetting positioning across the board.　　Following that move, open interest is beginning to stabilize rather than continue its prior decline, suggesting that panic unwinding may be slowing. Furthermore, CVD (Cumulative Volume Delta) is showing signs of fading sell pressure, indicating that aggressive market selling is losing momentum.　　Source: TradingView　　This combination has sparked a key question whether XRP has already gone through its deleveraging phase, setting the stage for a potential reset？ In other words, is the market now stabilizing enough to build a new directional trend rather than continuing its previous corrective structure？　　Is XRP Compression Signaling an Imminent Breakout or Another Range Reset？　　Price action is now coiling tightly, and that compression is what makes the $1.40–$1.46 band so important.　　Realistically, markets rarely stay in such

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State Street Targets 2026 for Luxembourg Tokenized Fund

State Street will launch tokenized fund servicing from Luxembourg by the end of 2026.The service will operate through State Street Investment Services and its Digital Asset Platform.The platform will support issuance administration and custody of each tokenized fund.State Street will manage digital and traditional funds under a single operating model.State Street Investment Management is expected to adopt the new structure early.　　State Street will roll out tokenized fund servicing from Luxembourg by the end of 2026. The firm will deliver the service through State Street Investment Services and integrate it into existing operations. The plan supports digital and traditional fund structures within one institutional framework.　　Tokenized Fund Infrastructure to Operate Within Single Model　　State Street will provide the service through its Digital Asset Platform. The platform will manage issuance, administration, and custody for each tokenized fund. It will also align digital structures with traditional governance and risk controls.　　The company said it will support tokenized and traditional funds under one operating model. It will maintain a single client interface across fund types. State Street Investment Management expects to adopt the structure early and test the framework.　　Angus Fletcher, global head of digital asset solutions, addressed the rollout. He said, “This announcement reflects our progress in

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Judge Rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s Retrial Bid in FTX Case

A federal judge rejected Sam Bankman-Fried‘s request for a new trial on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, denying the former FTX chief’s attempt to reopen his criminal case based on claims of newly discovered evidence.　　US District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued the ruling in New York, where he oversaw Bankman-Frieds 2023 trial. Bankman-Fried was convicted over the collapse of FTX and later sentenced to 25 years in prison.　　The motion was filed under Rule 33, a procedure that allows defendants to seek a new trial if new evidence emerges. Bankman-Fried argued that the jury did not hear the full picture of FTXs finances, including claims that the exchange had assets that could repay customers.　　If Sam Bankman-Fried did nothing illegal, he might have been the best VC in history　　What SBF bought vs. what its worth today:　　• Cursor: ~$200K → ~$3B (+1,499,900%)　　• Anthropic: ~$499M → $82.3B (+16,400%)　　• SpaceX: ~$200M → ~$15B (+7,400%)　　He also argued that evidence about lawyers involvement in FTX decisions could have supported his claim that he acted in good faith rather than with criminal intent.　　However, Kaplan denied the motion even after Bankman-Fried tried to withdraw it. Bankman-Fried had claimed the judge would not be fair in deciding the request.　　The ruling leaves Bankman-Frieds

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ADA Price: Cardano Eyes Biggest Upgrade In History, Here’s What to Expect

Community sentiment around ADA price is improving as investors watch Cardanos scaling progress closely.Cardano developers are preparing Leios, a major upgrade focused on improving network throughput and scaling.Hydra 2.0 alpha removes the commit phase and fixes several operational issues for developers.　　Cardano (ADA) price is in the spotlight as the project is moving toward one of its biggest network upgrades as developers push new scaling tools led by the Leios project and Hydra 2.0 alpha.　　The updates aim to improve transaction speed, reduce network pressure, and strengthen investor confidence around ADA.　　Cardano (ADA) Upgrade Pushes Focus Toward Faster Network Performance　　Cardano (ADA) developers are preparing for what many in the community now describe as the networks biggest technical step in years.　　The discussion gained fresh attention after Input Output Group highlighted Leios, a next-generation scaling upgrade being led by Carlos Lopez De Lara.　　According to the update shared by the development team, Leios is designed to improve throughput on Cardanos base layer.　　Notably, the goal is to allow the blockchain to process more activity without weakening decentralization or security.　　The project is also being developed through a multi-vendor approach, showing that several teams are involved in building and testing the upgrade.　　Per the Cardano news, the latest comments from

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Tether Picks Canaan Modules to Power Immersion Mining Sites

Canaan secured a follow-on order from Tether for custom hash board modules deploying to South America in 2026.The modular system, co-designed with ACME Swisstech, cuts operational complexity and boosts compute density for large-scale immersion-cooled mining.Tether holds an option to purchase additional module , signaling potential multi-phase expansion of the partnership.　　Canaan Targets Big Miners With Avalon Modules in Tether Deal　　The agreement builds on a proof-of-concept R&D project completed in 2025, in which Canaan (Nasdaq: CAN) and Tether worked alongside ACME Swisstech, a Swiss-based firm focused on industrial mining system design. That earlier collaboration produced the modular architecture now moving into production.　　Under the 2025 framework, Canaan developed the hash board modules and supported Tether in building custom control boards and mining management systems. Together, those components form self-contained mining units with direct system-level integration.　　The modular design separates the compute layer from the power supply and enclosure components. That split reduces infrastructure complexity, enables dynamic hash rate control, and supports optimized thermal management in immersion-cooled environments.　　Canaan CEO Nangeng Zhang said demand is shifting toward hardware built for direct integration into customer-designed systems. “Leveraging our strong ASIC design expertise and flexible development platform, we are delivering customized hash board solutions that enable partners to

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