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BingX marks eight years with its INFIN8 campaign, tying AI tools, TradFi access and gamified rewards into a more intelligent, user-driven trading ecosystem. Eight years in crypto is not a small marker. In an industry shaped by sharp market cycles,…
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis is trying to haul the long‑stalled CLARITY Act into a Senate Banking markup that would simultaneously settle Washington’s stablecoin‑yield fight and advance Cynthia Lummis‑backed protections for non‑custodial crypto developers. U.S. Senator Thom Tillis is pushing to…
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Fence netted $20 million from Galaxy Digital to tokenize a $6 trillion asset‑backed finance market that still runs on manual, legacy rails. Fence has secured a $20 million investment led by Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital to bring blockchain infrastructure to…
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Ripple Prime will route clients into Bullish’s regulated BTC options while Ripple and OKX push RLUSD into compliant markets, extending Ripple’s $1.25b prime‑broker bet. Ripple has expanded its institutional derivatives push, announcing that Ripple Prime will connect directly to Bullish’s…
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Traders are cutting risk ahead of the Fed’s April decision as Middle East tensions, a blocked Strait of Hormuz and fragile crypto sentiment keep markets on edge. Traders are trimming exposure to risk assets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest…
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Nomura‑backed RWA protocol KAIO is rolling out its KAIO governance token and foundation as it tries to turn a $100 million on‑chain beachhead into a claim on a projected $30 trillion tokenization wave. RWA tokenization protocol KAIO, incubated by Nomura…
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Vitalik Buterin is programmatically dumping unsolicited memecoins again, turning airdropped “spam” into ETH while leaving thinly traded meme markets on edge. On‑chain analytics from Arkham Intelligence indicate that an address attributed to Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin (0xAb5…) has entered a new phase…
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AI finance platform Rogo raises 160M USD led by Kleiner Perkins to scale its agentic workflow OS for banks and asset managers, as AI agents sweep regulated finance. AI financial workflow platform Rogo has closed a 160 million dollar Series D round…
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CertiK’s Skynet report shows AML enforcement and security standards have replaced securities angst as crypto’s main risk axis, with Basel and DORA baking rules into code. CertiK’s latest Skynet State of Digital Asset Regulations Report makes one thing brutally clear: the experimental…
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Bitcoin
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Mezo Prime launches with Anchorage and Bullish to route institutional Bitcoin into segregated, qualified‑custody vaults that earn onchain yield and mint BTC‑backed MUSD. Bitcoin‑native finance protocol Mezo has launched Mezo Prime, a new institutional product designed to give corporate treasuries and professional…
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Solana multisig leader Squads raises $18M to scale its Altitude stablecoin accounts for enterprises, reinforcing Solana’s role as plumbing for onchain dollar treasuries. Solana‑based multi‑signature protocol Squads has raised 18 million dollars in a new strategic equity round led by…
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Ethereum Foundation Q1 2026 grants double down on ZK, cryptography, and core protocol infrastructure
Ethereum Foundation’s Q1 2026 grants pour into ZK research, core clients, validator security, and public-goods infra, signaling long-term conviction in cryptography-first scaling. The Ethereum Foundation has released its latest Q1 2026 allocation report, highlighting fresh grants and ecosystem support across cryptography,…
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Andre Cronje blasts modern DeFi as UI-wrapped CeFi, backing circuit breakers after April’s $600M exploit wave and warning that true decentralization means no safety nets. DeFi pioneer Andre Cronje sparked industry debate, arguing that most modern DeFi protocols have drifted from their…
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Blockworks secures a $192M valuation as it pivots from news to data infrastructure, riding a VC shift toward bigger, late-stage crypto deals. Crypto data and research platform Blockworks completed a Series A extension financing round, reaching a post-money valuation of $192 million,…
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ZetaChain has acknowledged that a vulnerability behind its recent exploit had already been reported through its bug bounty program, but was treated as expected behavior. According to ZetaChain’s post-mortem published Wednesday, the incident has triggered an internal review of how…
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Stablecoin transfer volume fell 19.18% to $831B in 30 days, yet market cap and holders rose as USDT, USDC, and DAI added billions while Ethena’s USDe saw $1.1B outflows. Stablecoin transfer volume declined 19.18% to $831 billion over the past…
