DTCC Tokenizes Live Trades, Ethereum ETFs Pull $96M, and Institutional DeFi Vaults Go Live

Traditional finance crosses the blockchain threshold as DTCC processes its first live tokenized equity trades with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Vanguard-marking a watershed moment for Wall Street's digital asset push. Ethereum surges eleven percent this week to nineteen hundred dollars on nearly one hundred million in ETF inflows, almost entirely from BlackRock's low-fee products. Galaxy Digital launches institutional DeFi vaults targeting idle stablecoin yield, while Morgan Stanley research reveals Solana may be a better portfolio diversifier than Ethereum despite higher volatility. Bitcoin pulls back to sixty-four thousand dollars as profit-taking and geopolitical tensions weigh on sentiment. We cover ABB's five-point-five-billion-dollar Rotork acquisition, Uber's rumored twelve-point-five-billion-euro bid for Delivery Hero, Senate's unanimous opposition to pardoning SBF, and the competitive pressures facing Circle's USDC as Open USD consortium prepares to launch. Plus: Intel slips despite raised price targets, UnitedHealth rallies on improved guidance, and why tokenized stocks just hit a record two-point-three-billion-dollar market cap.