PANews reported on July 23 that according to CNBC, Goldman Sachs has partnered with Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) to provide institutional investors with the ability to purchase tokenized money market funds. BNY clients can invest in money market funds through the Goldman Sachs blockchain platform, and ownership will be recorded in the form of digital tokens. The project has attracted large fund companies such as BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, and Federated Hermes to participate. The two Wall Street giants believe that the tokenization of money market funds will become the next important breakthrough in the field of digital assets, and the two parties will work together to promote the digitization of $7.1 trillion in money market funds. Unlike stablecoins, tokenized money market funds provide returns to holders and become an ideal cash management tool for hedge funds, pensions, and companies. Goldman Sachs and BNY executives said the move will lay the foundation for the seamless circulation of money market funds in a real-time, digital ecosystem.


Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate met with cryptocurrency industry leaders in three separate roundtable events this week. Members of the US Congress met with key figures in the cryptocurrency industry to discuss issues and potential laws related to the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve and a market structure.On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers that included Alaska Representative Nick Begich and Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno met with Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor and others in a roundtable event regarding the BITCOIN Act, a bill to establish a strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve. The discussion was hosted by the advocacy organization Digital Chamber and its affiliates, the Digital Power Network and Bitcoin Treasury Council.“Legislators and the executives at yesterday’s roundtable agree, there is a need [for] a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve law to ensure its longevity for America’s financial future,” Hailey Miller, director of government affairs and public policy at Digital Power Network, told Cointelegraph. “Most attendees are looking for next steps, which may mean including the SBR within the broader policy frameworks already advancing.“Read more
