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The IMF said in a report published Thursday that tokenized finance could make market stress unfold faster by removing traditional settlement delays that give regulators time to intervene. The paper warns that instant settlement, automated margining and feedback loops may strain crisis tools designed for business-day cycles, and it flags stablecoins as run-prone structures similar to money market funds.

Google Quantum AI released a paper on March 31, 2026 warning that advancing quantum computers could eventually threaten ECDSA, and it referenced Algorand 32 times. Over the following seven days, ALGO rose from $0.080 to above $0.12, with 24-hour volume reaching $174 million and futures open interest up 55% to nearly $59 million. The move coincided with several adoption headlines, including PostFinance adding ALGO trading and custody and Revolut introducing ALGO staking.

Centrifuge (CFG) rose 12% over the past 24 hours after the project said it would expand to Base Chain and enable trading of tokenized S&P 500 exposure as a new asset class. Price moved from $0.14 to $0.172, while on-chain indicators also strengthened, including TVL rising to $1.6 billion from $1.2 billion and total holders reaching 9,111.

Gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) futures have moved into the top five by trading volume on Binance Futures, soon after Binance launched USDT-settled perpetual contracts for the metals. CryptoQuant said cumulative volume across the metals contracts has already reached the tens of billions of dollars, while BTC and ETH still lead overall futures activity at around the low-$20-billion range and $18.1B, respectively. WuBlockchain also reported that oil perps for CL and BZ logged $760 million and $358 million on April 2, with XAU and XAG together posting $5.58 billion in daily volume.

Ethereum (ETH) traded around $2,060, up about 0.8% over the past 24 hours, while real-world assets continue to expand on-chain. In an April 2026 "Tokenized Finance" note, the IMF flagged systemic risks tied to tokenization even as RWA value is cited at $24 billion excluding stablecoins, with $14 billion on Ethereum.

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Bitcoin was trading near 66500 USD on Friday afternoon, recording a decline of approximately 1.8 percent in the last 24 hours. The cryptocurrency has been under pressure as investors move away from risk assets due to escalating developments in the Middle East. The total crypto market capitalization stands at roughly 2.3 trillion USD, reflecting modest losses across major tokens including Ethereum and Solana.

Franklin Templeton has launched Franklin Crypto, positioning it as an institutional-grade crypto investment management platform and outlining plans to use tokenized registered securities for settlement. The firm also plans to acquire 250 Digital and its liquid cryptocurrency strategies managed by CoinFund, with the deal expected to close by Q2 2026.

The International Monetary Fund said tokenization could reduce frictions and improve transparency in finance, while warning its overall impact on financial stability remains uncertain. The report said faster automation may intensify stress events and, in emerging markets, tokenization could aid cross-border payments and inclusion but may also amplify volatility and weaken monetary sovereignty.

Ripio founder and CEO Sebastián Serrano argues that tokenization delivers the most value when applied to already-liquid, high-demand assets such as US dollars, government bonds and major financial instruments. He says USD-backed stablecoins succeeded because they upgraded existing rails where trillions already move, while pilots for tokenized Treasury bills, currencies and stocks follow the same logic. By contrast, he contends that illiquid, bespoke assets like many NFTs and niche RWAs struggle to generate deep markets, reliable collateral use and broad network effects.