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COINDESK DAILY: BlackRock Joins Asset Tokenization Race; North Korea Hackers Stole $3B in Crypto Since 2017

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4.8689 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from BlackRock's tokenized asset fund to crypto hacks tied to North Korea.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as BlackRock enters the tokenization race with a new fund on the Ethereum network. Plus, FTX CEO John J. Ray III pushes back against Sam Bankman-Fried’s claims that customers lost “zero” money in the exchange’s collapse. And, a UN Security Council study reveals that North Korea-linked crypto hackers stole $3 billion since 2017.

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BlackRock is in on the tokenization race with a new fund on the Ethereum network.

0:56.4

The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company securitized.

1:02.7

The BlackRock USDA Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund is represented by the Biddle token

1:07.4

and fully backed by cash, U.SS. Treasury bills and repurchase agreements.

1:11.9

According to a press release, it will provide yield paid out via blockchain rails every day to

1:16.2

token holders. Securitize will act as a transfer agent and tokenization platform, while BNY

1:21.7

Mellon is the custodian of the fund's assets.

1:25.6

Current FTX CEO John J. Ray III is is pushing back against founder Sam Bankman-Fried's

1:31.2

claims that customers lost no money in the exchanges collapse.

1:35.5

Ray says they are, quote, categorically callously and demonstrably false, and quote,

1:41.6

Bankman-Freed and his legal team have leaned heavily in on the no harm to

1:45.9

customers' narrative asking the judge to consider a maximum of a sentence of six and a half

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