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RockawayX, a two-billion-dollar digital asset firm, is putting one hundred fifty million dollars behind a single thesis: that yield is the next killer application for decentralized finance. The initiative aims to back projects bringing real-world returns on-chain, a sign that crypto investors are increasingly looking for utility beyond speculation.
Meanwhile, European regulators are signaling that the free pass for AI and tokenization in finance is coming to an end. The EU's financial watchdog has named both technologies as supervisory priorities for two thousand twenty seven, with plans to map how firms deploy them in client-facing products and follow up with targeted inspections of the most exposed businesses.
And in a striking sign of Europe's semiconductor struggles, ASML — the Dutch company that makes the machines the entire chip industry depends on — sold absolutely nothing on its home continent last year. Not one EUV lithography system went to a European buyer in two thousand twenty six, down from five percent of revenue just two years prior. The company is now asking EU authorities to help manufacture demand before the gap widens further.
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