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Developing economies that lack entrenched financial market infrastructure will adopt tokenized real-world assets before developed countries. The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market will continue to grow in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging market economies, according to Jesse Knutson, head of operations at crypto exchange Bitfinex.  Emerging market economies experience “friction” in capital formation and attracting foreign investment, Knutson told Cointelegraph Tokenizing real-world assets, the process of representing physical or traditional assets on blockchain networks, fixes this by enabling onchain capital formation and bypassing traditional financial intermediaries, he said. Kunston added: Read more

Ethereum has been described by William Mougayar as a public good akin to the Internet. His framework values captured fees, wide flow value across apps and markets, and trust surplus from lower verification costs and counterparty risk, as dependency on the settlement layer grows over years, globally. The post Ethereum Is Emerging as a Global Public Good – and That Changes How It Should Be Valued, Says William Mougayar appeared first on Cryptonews.

Emerging markets are not just adopting crypto, they’re redefining it. People in high-friction economies set new standards for the global crypto ecosystem. Opinion by: Youngsun Shin, Head of Product, Flipster Where friction is the highest, previously marginalized users are empowered to utilize crypto as an effective hedge against dollar devaluation. As emerging economies look at new ways to accrue value and create wealth through digital assets, these markets have not just entered as participants in the crypto ecosystem — they are designing the next generation of financial platforms. These trends continue to prevail, especially in the global token economy.  A confluence of the world’s financial markets and regional spheres of influence is afoot. This is a complementary force that profoundly influences the trajectory of global finance, expanding and improving upon the legacy of institutional markets to create a place for crypto as a financial pillar.  Read more