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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has projected that as much as $10 trillion in institutional capital could move through the XRP Ledger by 2030, driven by money-market funds, CBDCs and tokenization. XRP has climbed to $1.45 with a 7% daily gain, while traders watch whether it can break the $1.50 resistance as short-position liquidations increase.

Crypto exchange MEXC has expanded its tokenized equity lineup through Ondo Finance, adding 17 new onchain stock pairs that trade against Tether and waiving trading fees on them for the first 30 days. A separate announcement this week introduced seven additional tokens linked to US defense and energy companies, with withdrawals for the new assets scheduled to open on March 5. The latest listings build on a tokenized equity product MEXC and Ondo first launched in September 2025.

Circle tokenized stock CRCLX on the xStock platform gained 3.8% today, mirroring strong performance in the underlying Circle Internet Group (CRCL) shares amid geopolitical tensions, analyst upgrades, and stablecoin ecosystem momentum.

Gold (XAU/USD) is staging a critical recovery on March 4, 2026, trading near $5,169 as the escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict fuels a historic safe-haven flight. With "Operation Epic Fury" threatening the Strait of Hormuz and a technical symmetrical triangle in play, discover if bullion can shatter its $5,589 all-time high or if a stronger US Dollar will cap the rally.

Analyst Anndy Lian has questioned whether wrapping real-world assets into tokens delivers true crypto benefits or simply introduces extra intermediaries and expenses. Despite these concerns, the tokenized RWA market has reached $26 billion with 657K asset holders, supported by firms such as BlackRock and platforms including Robinhood and Hyperliquid. The sector's resilience during broader crypto weakness suggests continued demand even as critics warn of higher operational friction.

On March 3, 2026, Abu Dhabi's Financial Services Regulatory Authority approved nine Ondo Finance tokenized equities and the Invesco QQQ ETF for trading on Binance's Multilateral Trading Facility, restricted to non-U.S. investors. The products are structured as equity-linked notes tied to underlying stocks such as Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Circle, with Ondo reporting over $11 billion in cumulative trading volume and more than $600 million in total value locked.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence model, expects Ethereum’s price outlook this year to remain constructive, even as the asset trades near $1,936 and is down 35% since the start of the year. The model forecasts a potential rebound to a $3,500–$5,500 range over the next ten months, which would exceed Ethereum’s August 24, 2025 all-time high of $4,953. As a base-case scenario, DeepSeek pinpoints $4,000 by 2026, linking this to Ethereum’s role in DeFi, RWA tokenization and growing institutional access via spot ETFs.

Ethereum is approaching an unprecedented seventh straight monthly decline while large holders between 100K and 1M ETH continue trimming positions. At the same time, the network's real-world asset segment has grown to more than $15 billion in total value locked, led by tokenized Treasuries, gold products, and institutional funds. Key technical levels now sit around $2,150 on the downside and $2,400–$2,500 on the upside as traders weigh price weakness against rising on-chain adoption.

According to TD Securities, the New York Stock Exchange's proposal for a tokenized equities alternative trading system could mark a key institutional milestone for blockchain-based markets. The planned platform would allow tokenized stocks and ETFs to trade around the clock with near-instant settlement while remaining anchored to DTCC infrastructure and NBBO rules. TD Securities believes this hybrid model may reshape core market plumbing for collateral, liquidity, and settlement, even though tokenized assets still represent a small share of overall equity activity.

TD Securities vice president Reid Noch views the New York Stock Exchange’s proposed tokenized-equities alternative trading system as a pivotal market-structure development. The planned venue would allow 24-hour trading with near-instant settlement of tokenized stocks and ETFs while remaining within existing U.S. rules, signaling growing institutional focus on onchain real-world assets.