#OpenDigest | 3 April 2026

Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem.

🟣 Stablecoin & RWA Market Pulse

→ Total stablecoin market cap: $316.814B

→ Total RWA on-chain market cap: $27.65B

→ Total stablecoin holders: 242.15M

→ Total RWA assets holders: 710,792

🟣 Top Headlines

→ Standard Chartered says stablecoin velocity has doubled over two years, with coins now turning over six times per month on average.

→ IMF published a paper arguing that tokenization constitutes a structural shift in financial architecture and emphasizes the importance of clear policy frameworks for its long-term success.

→ Coinbase has received conditional approval for a national trust company charter. @Paxos , BitGo, Ripple, and @Circle USDC are among the other crypto firms to have applied.

→ Australia passes a law requiring crypto exchanges and custodians to obtain financial services licenses as the country moves to regulate digital asset platforms.

→ Frankin Templeton has agreed to buy 250 Digital, a spinoff from the venture firm Coinfund, to expand its cryptocurrency-investing offering.

🟣 OpenEden's Updates

→ Our Head of Strategy, Stephanie Chew, was interviewed by BitGo and shared how custody is part of the infrastructure that makes institutional-grade assets work on-chain.

→ OpenEden announced that all team and advisor tokens will remain locked for an additional 9 months, with the overall vesting period extended by the same duration.

→ At Blockworks DAS, our Founder and CEO, Jeremy Ng, discussed replacing idle stablecoins with yield-bearing assets that can be used across markets.

→ We launched HYBOND, the first in the market to offer tokenized access to BNY Investments' Global Short-Dated High-Yield Bond Fund.

→ USDO was the settlement currency for a large OTC transaction between Galaxy Digital and DeFiance Capital.

✅ Read the full digest on our X: https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2040099387041579024