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Tokenization is setting the stage for smarter, automated investing, according to John Hoffman, Ondo's new head of portfolio products. This trend could replicate the massive growth seen in ETFs, which now hold over $20 trillion in assets.
Tokenized treasury markets have hit $14.6 billion, showing growing crossover between traditional finance and crypto. Centralized exchange trading volumes dropped over 11% to $4.61 trillion, the lowest since late 2024.
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The U.S. Treasury is considering new regulations to restrict the use of crypto mixers and privacy coins. This could impact users seeking financial privacy and developers building privacy-focused tools.
Demand for ETH leverage remains low, but corporate accumulation and stakers’ dedication may prevent an Ether price crash to $1,500.
Crypto platforms promised early access to the blockbuster SpaceX IPO through tokenized shares, but many investors couldn't get the actual stock. The problem wasn't technology, but securing the underlying shares.
John Palmer of Kraken predicts that newly approved U.S. perpetual futures will first attract sophisticated traders, with broader institutional adoption likely to follow. This could mirror the growth seen with crypto ETFs, opening up new opportunities in the market.
Wall Street is moving beyond initial crypto experiments and diving deeper into Ethereum, according to Vivek Raman, cofounder of Etherealize. The infrastructure is in place, but widespread adoption hasn't yet boosted ETH's value as expected.
Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 AI model puts powerful cyber tools behind safety filters. DeFi, already hit by more than $840 million in hacks this year, is one of the industries with the most to lose if the filters fail.
Crypto platforms have withdrawn plans to offer tokenized shares of SpaceX following its record-breaking IPO. Investors who participated were refunded instead of receiving shares. The company's stock, SPCX, has surged since its debut.
A Tennessee man has been indicted by federal authorities for allegedly running a crypto Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of millions of dollars. The scheme reportedly operated from 2020 to 2024, promising high returns but delivering nothing.
The largest company on public markets now holds bitcoin as a treasury reserve, not as a business model. Its first earnings cycles will test which version of corporate crypto survives a bear market.
Arrakis Finance has introduced a new product to improve liquidity across different blockchain networks. This could make it easier and cheaper to trade cryptocurrencies between chains.
Morpho, a decentralized lending platform, has raised $175 million, showing strong investor interest in onchain credit infrastructure. This reflects growing confidence in stablecoin adoption and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions.
A clash between derivatives veterans is exposing a deeper discussion over how U.S. regulators should classify crypto perpetual contracts, with Kalshi's new product at the center of the debate.
Ripple launched the XRPL AI Starter Kit to help developers build AI agents that pay using XRP and RLUSD. Early x402 activity has clustered on Base and Solana, but Ripple is betting XRPL's speed, low fees, and RLUSD can win a piece of that flow.
Michael Saylor thanked Elon Musk for inspiring a quarter of the 'Mag8' firms to add bitcoin to their balance sheets, following SpaceX's historic IPO debut which reportedly included significant bitcoin holdings.
Bitwise's Jeff Dragosch predicts up to 20% further decline for bitcoin, with long-term holders' cost basis at $48,000 as the worst-case scenario. This reflects ongoing market volatility and investor uncertainty.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed a bill to implement the EU's MiCA framework for the third time. The move comes just weeks before the end of the transitional period for the EU's crypto regulations.
A Coinbase-convened panel of top cryptographers agrees Bitcoin should start preparing for quantum attacks now, but declines to take a position on whether millions of vulnerable coins, including many linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, should eventually be frozen.
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Blockworks has acquired Messari for just over $10 million, combining two major crypto data platforms. This deal highlights the growing trend of consolidation in the crypto data space.
Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick suggests the crypto market has hit its lowest point following Bitcoin's recent drop below $60,000.
Hungary is reversing its restrictive crypto laws, moving to decriminalize Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading and eliminating penalties that had driven major digital asset firms out of the country.