Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
Avalanche inks a deal to tokenize South Korean financial giant’s ETFs, Hong Kong hits back at yuan stablecoin ‘fake news.’ Asia Express. Mirae Asset Global Investments has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer of the Avalanche blockchain, to tokenize fund products and build onchain asset management and settlement systems. Mirae Asset Group is one of South Koreas largest independent asset managers. The total assets under management (AUM) in the groups umbrella are estimated at 1.024 quadrillion Korean won (over $730 billion). Mirae Asset Global Investments, which handles the groups overseas investments, as the name suggests, contributes 430 trillion won (about $306 billion). The global investment arm is also a top 12 exchange-traded fund issuer in the world based on estimated revenue, and 15th by AUM, as of Thursday, according to data from ETFdb. Read more
The rally in AVAX price came as institutional momentum and network growth signaled renewed investor confidence in the Avalanche ecosystem. Key takeaways: AVAX’s 10% to $33 on Tuesday is fueled by Avalanche treasury initiatives. Avalanche's network growth in TVL and stablecoin market cap shows booming DeFi adoption. Read more
PayPal is adding support for a permissionless version of its PYUSD stablecoin on Tron, Avalanche and several other blockchains via LayerZero and its Stargate Hydra bridge. Payments giant PayPal is expanding its PayPal USD stablecoin across eight new blockchains, seven of which are through an integration with LayerZero’s Stargate Hydra bridge. The integration will create a permissionless version of PayPal USD (PYUSD) — PYUSD0 — which will be “fully fungible” with the PYUSD and interoperable across blockchains, crypto infrastructure firm LayerZero said in a statement on Thursday. Those blockchains are Tron, Avalanche, Aptos, Abstract, Ink, Sei and Stable, while existing permissionless versions on Berachain (BBYUSD) and Flow (USDF) will upgrade to PYUSD0. A separate announcement on Thursday also revealed that PYUSD has expanded to Stellar. Read more
Avalanche Foundation reportedly expects to raise up to $1 billion for treasury-related ventures, planning to sell millions of AVAX at a discounted price. Avalanche Foundation, a nonprofit behind the cryptocurrency Avalanche, is reportedly raising $1 billion to launch digital asset treasury projects and accumulation projects. Avalanche Foundation is in active discussions with investors to launch a digital asset treasury company and convert another company into a “crypto-hoarding” vehicle, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The nonprofit reportedly expects to raise $1 billion in funding, which would be used to purchase Avalanche (AVAX) from the foundation at a discounted price. Read more
Growing decentralized trading and memecoin speculation from big investors are driving Avalanche’s blockchain activity, according to Nansen analysts. Smart contract blockchain Avalanche recorded a consistent surge in blockchain activity, as analysts pointed to growing decentralized trading activities and returning crypto whale speculation on the next emerging memecoin. Avalanche’s transaction growth surpassed all other blockchains the past week, rising 66% to 11.9 million transactions across more than 181,000 active addresses, signaling growing investor mindshare focusing on the blockchain. The milestone occurred after a “landmark effort” of the US Department of Commerce, which adopted Avalanche, along with nine other public decentralized blockchains, to publish its real gross domestic product (GDP), Cointelegraph reported on Friday. Read more
Tokenizing mobility and autonomous robotaxis may be among the next emerging blockchain trends with fully onchain business models. Avalanche and Toyota Blockchain Lab are planning the future infrastructure necessary for self-deployed, autonomous robotaxi fleets, highlighting another emerging use case for blockchain technology in the future of transportation. Avalanche and Toyota are researching the creation of a new blockchain layer to “orchestrate trust and unlock mobility’s value” through a blockchain-based intermediary network called the Mobility Orchestration Network (MON). Built on Avalanche’s multichain infrastructure and Interchain Messaging (ICM), the proof-of-concept aims to enable secure data sharing for vehicle financing, ride sharing, insurance and carbon credit tracking, while streamlining ownership transfers for secondary markets. Read more