the SEC sorts its tokens

Hey, it’s Marc, For the first time ever in their combined 183 years of existence, the SEC and CFTC published a joint document agreeing on what crypto actually is. They named 16 specific tokens as commodities. They said staking isn't a security. And they formally acknowledged that

"I apologize", SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Crypto's New Rules

Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ An SEC Commissioner just apologized to the crypto industry. On the record. To us. “The regulatory approach made your lives a lot more difficult. I’ve talked to people who really were hurt. I do apologize for that.” Watch on Youtube That’s Hester Peirce, who

Mastercard acquired BVNK for $1.8B

Florida's stablecoin bill

Hey, it’s Marc, JPMorgan closed Trump’s accounts. Congress froze on crypto regulation. Whereas, Florida just built the first state-level stablecoin regulatory system in America. And it did it unanimously. In one legislative sprint, the state passed a stablecoin issuance framework, authorized a potential $24B+ sovereign digital asset allocation,

NYSE's parent just bought 120M crypto users

169: NYSE, OKX, Kraken, ECB, Revolut

Hey, it’s Marc & the 51 team. NYSE picked OKX. Nasdaq picked Kraken. America's two largest stock exchanges are now both building tokenized equities through crypto-native settlement partners, and neither picked a bank. Also this week, the SEC and CFTC signed a historic MOU to coordinate on

4.5% broke Congress

Hey, it’s Marc, The CLARITY Act missed its March 1 deadline because banks and crypto can't agree on one number: 4.5%. That's the yield Coinbase pays on USDC. Your bank pays 0.01%. A Treasury study says $6.6 trillion in deposits are at

Nasdaq ate crypto and called it an upgrade

Hey, it’s Marc, Crypto promised to kill the middleman. The middleman just hired crypto instead. Nasdaq and Kraken are turning every Nasdaq-listed stock into a blockchain token, same CUSIP, same rules, just faster. Through Kraken’s xStocks, NASDAQ has access to 68% of the tokenized equities market with $25B+

The first crypto firm on Fedwire

MoonPay, Iron, and the Stablecoin Endgame

In February 2025 Stripe acquired Bridge for $1.1B. A few months later, in March 2025, MoonPay acquired Iron, a German stablecoin infrastructure company, for a reported $100M+.

BNP Paribas called it an 'experiment'

Hey, it’s Marc, Name one major institution that launched tokenized funds on a private blockchain and stayed there. You can’t. BlackRock moved to Ethereum. Franklin Templeton moved to Ethereum. JPMorgan moved to Ethereum. Last week, BNP Paribas joined them as the first and largest European bank. And they

Wall Street's weekend just died