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More than $1 billion worth of United States Treasuries now exist across Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, and other blockchains.

The new milestone was reached shortly after the launch of BlackRock's first tokenized asset fund – BUIDL, which joined 16 other tokenized government securities funds last week.

BlackRock’s product, tickered “BUIDL,” was launched on Ethereum on March 20 and now boasts a market cap of $244.8 million. 

According to Etherscan, four transactions to the fund totaling $95 million over the week added a boost to the fund, making it the second largest tokenized government securities fund. 

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Update (1145ET): And there it is – Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison – more than Elizabeth Holmes, less than Bernie Madoff, same as Bernie Ebbers.

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SBF will also have to forfeit more than $11 billion.

Judge Kaplan did not hold back during his sentencing:

Update (1105ET): Just before the federal judge was about to sentence Bankman-Fried in his fraud case, the former FTX founder said that he was “sorry.”

“All of the company followed me across the earth, across continents, burning the midnight oil working until 2 a.m., 4 a.m., dedicated to FTX,” he (more…)

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