qwant news | ‘Making Them Obsolete’—Broker’s $100M Deal As BlackRock Goes On-Chain

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REAL Technologies, the parent of REAL Finance, announced its first securities‑tokenization deal with EU‑regulated broker Factori AD, launching a pipeline of more than $100 million in client assets. The inaugural trade tokenizes 5 million warrants of Alpha Bulgaria AD (≈€13.75 million) on an EVM‑compatible blockchain, while Factori AD handles onboarding, KYC/AML, licensed OTC execution and custodial services, and the Bank of New York provides international custody. CEO Ivo Grigorov, a former ECB staffer, says the partnership validates growing institutional demand for compliant on‑chain settlement and positions REAL as one of the few EU‑based players able to operate under the MiCA and DLT Pilot regimes. He predicts over 30 % of financial instruments will trade on‑chain within five years, noting that the broader market is seeing similar moves from BlackRock, JPMorgan’s Kinexys, and other major firms, with tokenized real‑world assets projected to reach roughly $16 trillion by 2030.

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2026/05/21/making-them-obsolete-brokers--100m-deal-as-blackrock-goes-on-chain/

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The Art of the No Deal

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9News | The motley crew of billionaires tagging along on Trump's China visit by 9News

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Donald Trump arrived in Beijing atop Air Force One accompanied by a heavyweight delegation of U.S. business leaders and billionaires whose combined net worth exceeds a trillion dollars, including Elon Musk, Tim Cook (referred to as “Tim Apple”), Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, leaders from Apple, Boeing, Meta, Mastercard, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Micron and others, as well as filmmaker Brett Ratner. Trump announced that his first request of President Xi will be to “open up” China for these companies to make deals, hoping to revive U.S.‑China trade after recent tariffs that have slashed Chinese purchases of American goods. The entourage also sparked controversy, with Musk facing potential legal trouble for traveling abroad despite a court order, and Trump defending the inclusion of Huang after a media report claimed he had been snubbed. The trip underscores Trump’s pattern of surrounding himself with corporate titans to pursue economic and diplomatic goals in China.

Read more: https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-china-visit-beijing-elon-musk-billionaires-apple-boeing-tesla-brett-ratner-usa-news/ab06c2f2-4bdd-4b78-9f1e-1e779a0abba4

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PBS NewsHour - The Latest | Who was on Trump's plane to China? Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO and more by Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

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President Donald Trump flew to Beijing on Air Force One accompanied by a high‑profile delegation of U.S. business leaders – among them Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who previously headed Trump’s short‑lived Department of Government Efficiency; Tim Cook, Apple’s outgoing chief executive; Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia; and Boeing’s CEO Kelly Ortberg – as well as top executives such as BlackRock chairman Larry Fink, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Cargill’s Brian Sikes, Citi’s Jane Fraser, GE Aerospace chief H. Lawrence Culp, Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon, Illumina’s Jacob Thaysen, Mastercard’s Michael Miebach, Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon and Visa’s Ryan McInerney. The entourage underscores the trip’s focus on trade, artificial‑intelligence policy and broader economic issues as Trump meets President Xi Jinping.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/who-was-on-trumps-plane-to-china-elon-musk-nvidia-ceo-and-more

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Home - CBSNews.com | Top U.S. CEOs worth nearly $1 trillion accompany Trump to China

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President Trump flew to China on Air Force One accompanied by a delegation of U.S. CEOs whose combined net worth approaches $1 trillion, including Tesla’s Elon Musk (≈ $688 billion), Nvidia’s Jensen Huang (≈ $183 billion), Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, Apple’s Tim Cook, Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick and other leaders such as Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon, GE Aerospace’s Larry Culp, Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, Micron’s Sanjay Mehrotra, Cargill’s Brian Sikes and Goldman Sachs’s David Solomon. The visit underscores the high stakes for American companies in China as Washington and Beijing negotiate on trade, artificial‑intelligence cooperation and the Iran conflict, with Trump pledged to ask President Xi to “open up” China so these executives can expand their business activities and boost the Chinese economy.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-china-trip-billionaire-ceos-musk-huang/

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Helsinki Times - Helsinki Times | Trump arrives in Beijing with tech chiefs for Xi summit

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U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on 13 May 2026 for a two‑day summit with President Xi Jinping, the first visit by a sitting U.S. leader to China in nearly a decade. Accompanying him were senior business figures such as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and executives from Boeing, Visa, Goldman Sachs and Citi, underscoring the trip’s focus on trade, technology and semiconductor policy. The agenda includes discussions on reviving a trade truce, securing market access for American firms, resolving export‑control disputes over AI chips, and addressing broader geopolitical issues like the Iran conflict, the Strait of Hormuz crisis, and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Parallel talks by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng aim to preserve the October 2025 tariff‑pause agreement, while Chinese officials have signaled a cautious willingness to expand cooperation and manage differences. The summit occurs amid economic pressures on both sides—U.S. inflation and political constraints on Trump, and China’s weak domestic demand—adding urgency to securing visible outcomes.

Read more: https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/28826-trump-arrives-in-beijing-with-tech-chiefs-for-xi-summit.html

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Times of India | After reports of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang missing Trump’s China visit, US President says ‘Jensen is currently ...’

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US President Donald Trump reportedly called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the morning of May 12, urging him to join the President’s China delegation, and Huang subsequently boarded Air Force One for the trip. Trump confirmed Huang’s participation in a Truth Social post, listing other tech leaders such as Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, and several CEOs who will travel to China to meet President Xi Jinping, with the President’s agenda focused on agriculture and commercial aviation rather than high‑end semiconductors. The article notes that while the administration has cleared Nvidia’s H200 AI chips for export to China, the deals have stalled due to Chinese regulatory hurdles, and Trump plans to ask Xi to “open up” China for these industry leaders.

Read more: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/after-reports-of-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-missing-trumps-china-visit-us-president-says-jensen-is-currently-on-/articleshow/131057141.cms

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The New Republic | Trump’s China Entourage Shows Just How Blatant His Corruption Is by Edith Olmsted

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President Donald Trump flew to China accompanied by his son Eric, daughter‑in‑law Lara, and a roster of more than a dozen top American CEOs—including Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink and Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg—who hope the summit with President Xi will secure business favors; critics say the trip exemplifies blatant corruption, noting Eric Trump’s lucrative real‑estate deals and the Trump Organization’s past $5.5 million Chinese spending, while other reports from the same day detail Trump’s dismissive remarks that Americans’ financial hardships “don’t even a little bit” motivate his Iran‑war negotiations, the contentious Senate hearing where FBI Director Kash Patel clashed over alleged drinking problems, an ICE raid that mistakenly detained a U.S. citizen despite his Real ID, and a proposed $1 billion White House ballroom project that would siphon taxpayer money into extensive security upgrades.

Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/210329/donald-trump-china-entourage-corruption

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Observer | 16 Business Leaders to Join Trump on High-Stakes China Trip, With Notable Absences by Rachel Curry

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President Donald Trump is set to travel to Beijing for a two‑day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by a delegation of 16 top U.S. executives from technology, finance and manufacturing, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, BlackRock’s Larry Fink and CEOs of Qualcomm, Micron, Boeing, Goldman Sachs and others. The visit comes amid heightened U.S.–China tensions over trade, AI, semiconductor exports, Taiwan, fentanyl trafficking and the broader geopolitical fallout of the Iran war, and signals the growing role of corporate America in diplomatic negotiations as firms seek to secure supply‑chain stability and market access. Notable absences were Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Cisco’s Chuck Robbins, while the delegation is expected to discuss potential new “boards of investment” and “boards of trade” and address specific corporate interests such as Tesla’s approval for its full‑self‑driving technology and Boeing’s pursuit of a major Chinese aircraft order.

Read more: https://observer.com/2026/05/16-business-leaders-to-join-trump-on-high-stakes-china-trip-with-notable-absences/

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ABC News: Top Stories | Musk, Cook and other prominent US executives invited to join Trump on trip to China

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According to a White House official, President Donald Trump has invited several high‑profile U.S. business leaders to accompany him on his upcoming trip to China, including Elon Musk—former head of the short‑lived Department of Government Efficiency and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX—who has been dealing with legal issues and ongoing AI controversies; Tim Cook, the outgoing Apple chief who has navigated tariff negotiations and shifted iPhone production amid Trump’s trade policies; and Robert “Kelly” Ortberg, the new Boeing CEO focused on recovering the aerospace giant while pursuing aircraft sales to Chinese airlines despite steep new Chinese tariffs. The delegation highlights Trump’s emphasis on trade, artificial intelligence and broader economic ties as he prepares to meet President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/musk-cook-prominent-us-executives-invited-join-trump-132884855

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