Stacey Cunningham Joins Bullish as President as Firm Moves to Acquire Equiniti

Morgan Stanley Says It's Among First Banks to Tokenize Real-World Assets After DTCC Launch

tZERO to Go Public via $350M SPAC Deal, Eyes NYSE American Listing

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This is the latest in a 24-month wave of Gulf sovereign wealth funds (Mubadala, ADIA, PIF, QIA) expanding into alternatives and digital assets. Apollo gets distribution and deal-flow access to $385B of Abu Dhabi capital; Mubadala gets Apollo's credit/insurance expertise. The same sovereign capital pools are increasingly allocating to tokenized funds and crypto infrastructure, so closer Apollo-Mubadala ties create a plausible future bridge between TradFi private markets and on-chain RWAs.

Apollo Global Management Inc. is nearing a deal to buy nearly a 10% stake in Mubadala Capital, the alternative asset management arm of the $385 billion Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, according to CNBC.

Apollo Nears Deal for Nearly 10% Stake in Mubadala Capital

Apollo's Mubadala stake is a quiet bet on tokenized sovereign wealth, and crypto rails are the real endgame.

BNB Chain Outpaces Every Blockchain in Tokenized Fund Growth With $3.7B Inflow

PrimeRevenue Puts Corporate Payment Drafts on Solana as Tokenization Push Widens

Solana RWA Holders Hit 1.73 Million After Adding 140K in a Single Week

Aviva Investors Taps Ripple to Tokenize £22B Liquidity Fund on XRPL

Aviva Investors Puts $29B Sterling Liquidity Fund Share Class on XRP Ledger

Ripple Sets First Unified Swell and Apex Conference for October 27–29 in New York

Securitize to Mint Stablecoins With Anchorage Digital Bank

Traditional asset managers are in a talent war for executives who can bridge TradFi and digital assets; HSBC's AM unit has been one of the more active banks in tokenized bonds (via its Orion platform) and gold tokenization, so a CEO change can reset the tempo of institutional crypto product launches.

HSBC Holdings Plc has started searching for a new chief executive officer for its asset management unit to replace Nicolas Moreau.

HSBC Starts Hunt for New Asset Management CEO to Succeed Nicolas Moreau

HSBC's asset management CEO search is a stealth signal that tokenization is about to get a serious institutional push—and the crypto market is ignoring it.

Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Both Pick Ethereum for Institutional Build-Out

BlackRock Weighs Tokenized Fund Shares as Wall Street Collateral

Bitcoin Preferred Securities Draw Corporate Demand as BNY-Citadel Repo Talks Tokenization

JPMorgan Puts Its Deposit Token on Ethereum Mainnet, Expanding JPM Coin Beyond Base

Germany's fiscal strain (budget gaps, defense spending, industrial subsidies) is pushing Berlin toward private capital mobilization — a theme that indirectly supports the 'debasement trade' narrative for BTC if fiscal expansion accelerates. However, this is a traditional FDI summit, not crypto policy, so it sits outside the immediate digital-asset regulatory channel.

The German government is hosting the 'Invest in Germany Summit' in Berlin to attract investment and address gaps in public funding.

Germany Convenes Investment Summit in Berlin to Plug Public Funding Gaps

Germany's Investment Summit Signals a Shift Toward Tokenized Public Funding, But Crypto Markets Are Ignoring the Real Liquidity Drain

Goldman, Citadel and Google Alumni Launch DeepSigma to Bring Perpetuals to Real-World Assets

IMF Flags Tokenization Risk as Market Hits $65 Billion

XRP Eyes DeFi-Driven Q4 Rally as Tokenized XRPN Prepares Nasdaq Debut

ARK Invest Keeps 5-Year Bitcoin Horizon, Flags Stablecoins as EM Thesis Shifter

Altius CEO: Crypto's Next Chapter Is Pricing What Already Exists

Ondo Launches Private Markets Platform With Tokenized Pre-IPO AI Notes

Securitize CEO Pitches Onchain Shareholder Records to Replace Paper Proxies

Barry Silbert Says His 2011 Market Prophecy on Tokenization Is Coming True

Bitwise's Hougan Names Four Crypto Winners After CLARITY Act Dies in Senate

Ethereum Stays the Backbone of DeFi as Tokenization and Smart Contracts Keep It in the Conversation

Bitwise CIO Says Clarity Act Failure Worked Out Better for Crypto

Ripple Tokenizes Brazilian Investment Fund and Real Estate Records on XRP Ledger

Franklin Templeton's Chetan Karkhanis Says Asia Leads in Tokenized Finance