Your day-ahead look for Feb. 11, 2026

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The U.K. asset manager teamed up with Ripple to bring traditional fund structures onchain in its first tokenization push.

Tokenized funds and deposits are edging toward the mainstream, though regulation, infrastructure and security remain obstacles.

Bitcoin and ether extended declines, dragging down crypto-related stocks, even as gold and silver rallied.

During an interview at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Joseph Lubin argued that "blue chip" decentralized finance has reached parity with traditional banking.

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Non-participation in decentralized finance is becoming a career risk for traditional finance professionals, panellists said.

Rules are required to ensure DeFi projects grow and mature, which means they need layers of centralization before becoming truly decentralized. .

Robinhood’s Johann Kerbrat took the stage along with Bullish CEO Tom Farley to speak of his platform's views on stablecoin yields and traditional financial systems.

Crypto asset specialists must figure out how to match tokenization hype to real-world utility, Securitize's Graham Ferguson said.

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Hong Kong will begin issuing a small number of stablecoin licenses to companies with credible business models and strong compliance, Paul Chan Mo-po said.

Data analytics firm Arkham Intel first floated the idea of adding a crypto derivatives exchange in late 2024.

Thomas Lee, speaking on stage at Hong Kong Consensus 2026, said investors should be looking at opportunities as crypto is in the midst of a "mini winter."

The BitMine chairman said at Hong Kong Consensus 2026 that MrBeast acquiring neobank Step could win over a new generation of investors to crypto.

Institutions can now use Benji-issued tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral to trade on Binance using Ceffu’s custody layer.

Spark is opening access to its $9 billion stablecoin liquidity pool for hedge funds and other institutions to bridge onchain capital with off-chain credit markets.

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