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Blockchain.com has applied to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for two key licenses—Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Futures Commission Merchant (FCM)—aiming to legally conduct event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives business and transition from third-party partnerships to an in-house platform.
According to CNBC, the digital asset platform Blockchain.com has submitted two license applications to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives trading for U.S. retail and institutional clients.
Blockchain.com is seeking approval in the U.S. market to launch prediction markets and crypto derivatives trading.
According to PR Newswire, Blockchain.com and NYSE Group have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide global users with access to trade tokenized U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs via NYSE's previously announced digital ATS platform, pending regulatory approval. The collaboration encompasses bidirectional market data distribution: ICE Data Services, a subsidiary of NYSE, plans to distribute Blockchain.com's cryptocurrency market data and analytics to its subscriber clients; in turn, Blockchain.com will integrate ICE and NYSE exchange data sources to deliver real-time stock quotes to its over 44 million registered accounts. The Citi Institute forecasts that the base case for the tokenized assets market by the 2030s will reach $5.5 trillion. Tokenized stocks offer advantages such as fractional ownership, 24/7 trading, global investor access, and faster on-chain settlement.
Odaily News Crypto asset investment fund C1 Fund (NYSE: CFND) has announced its Q2 2026 performance results. As of June 30, the fund's net asset value (NAV) stood at $42.63 million, with a NAV per share of $6.49. The fair value of its investment portfolio was approximately $33.07 million, accounting for 77.5% of net assets.C1 Fund added Polymarket to its holdings in Q2, bringing its total investment portfolio to 11 companies. These span sectors including crypto payments, custody, compliance, staking, exchanges, development infrastructure, and prediction markets. Its two largest exposures are Ripple (17.5% of net assets) and Payward, the parent company of Kraken (16.9%).As of July 31, C1 Fund has repurchased and canceled 249,300 shares of its own stock at a total cost of approximately $824,000. The company is currently authorized to repurchase up to $3 million worth of shares. Management stated that buybacks conducted when the share price falls below NAV help enhance the per-share NAV for remaining shareholders.Additionally, Kraken and Blockchain.com have publicly announced that they have confidentially submitted potential IPO applications to the U.S. SEC; BitGo completed its IPO in January 2026. C1 Fund also revealed that an early partial issuer repurchase by Ripple generated approximately a 150% return on investment for the fund in just over four months. (Businesswire)
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency services firm Blockchain.com has obtained a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) custody license from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), enabling it to offer regulated crypto custody services in the Cayman Islands. The license was approved on July 22, 2026, following conditional approval granted by CIMA in December 2025. The license also authorizes Blockchain.com to provide crypto-to-fiat exchange and crypto-to-crypto exchange services. Blockchain.com has held a VASP registration in the Cayman Islands since May 2022. Blockchain.com Co-CEO Lane Kasselman stated that the CIMA license continues the company's recent regulatory momentum, including obtaining a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license in Europe and completing registration with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Odaily Reports: According to market sources, Blockchain.com has confidentially submitted a U.S. IPO application.
C1 Fund, a closed-end fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has released its Q4 and full-year financial reports for 2025. Its digital asset private investment strategy continues to expand, with portfolio optimization and liquidity events advancing simultaneously.As of the end of 2025, CFND's digital asset infrastructure investment portfolio includes industry-leading companies such as Alchemy, Blockchain.com, Chainalysis, Consensys, Figment, Kraken, and Ripple, covering core sectors including blockchain development, compliance analytics, trading platforms, and cross-border payments. In 2025, the fund made new investments exceeding $10.47 million in projects like BitGo, Fireblocks, and Polymarket (Blockratize Inc.), and completed additional allocations to holdings such as Ripple, further strengthening its deployment depth in the digital asset infrastructure space. (Businesswire)