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The SEC wants to let newly public companies raise cash instantly in its biggest rule change in decades
The agency is proposing its largest overhaul of public listing rules in over 20 years, cutting compliance costs and giving crypto firms a much easier path to raise cash on Wall Street.

Former BNY exec launches NUVA, bets tokenization will remake Wall Street
NUVA launched this week with nearly $19 billion in tokenized real-world assets from Figure Technologies, aiming to bring regulated U.S. yield products into DeFi.

21Shares says Hyperliquid ETF demand shows appetite for 24/7 trading
21Shares says strong early flows into its new Hyperliquid ETF reflect growing investor demand for around-the-clock access to crypto and traditional assets.

Crypto IPO boom stalls as AI frenzy reshapes tech markets, says Fundstrat exec
Crypto firms are pausing long-awaited IPO plans as weak trading volumes and macro pressures weigh on valuations despite boom in AI-linked tech listings.

JPMorgan says ether and altcoins won't catch up to bitcoin without a major network boom
The bank said ether and the broader altcoin market continue to trail bitcoin as weak network activity, sluggish DeFi growth and limited real-world adoption weigh on investor demand.

A DeFi exchange becomes the first to offer equity perpetuals powered by Nasdaq data
The partnership underscores both the rapid growth of equity perpetuals in onchain markets and Nasdaq’s broader strategy to support tokenized equity trading infrastructure.

Solana is shedding its memecoin reputation as big banks move billions into its ecosystem
Wall Street and payment giants are quietly taking over Solana, moving billions onto the network for tokenized funds and global payments even as the broader crypto market cools down, according to a new report by Messari.

Kraken parent Payward's Q1 revenue climbs despite crypto market slump
Co-CEO Arjun Sethi said the firm kept investing through market weakness, leaning on acquisitions and futures growth to offset softer spot trading.

Bitcoin faces outsized quantum threat as computing breakthroughs accelerate, Citi says
The bank said accelerating advances in quantum computing are compressing the timeline for risks to crypto and broader internet infrastructure, with Bitcoin seen as particularly exposed.

DeFi's new front: VerifiedX bets bitcoin's next chapter is programmable, private
VerifiedX says its Bitcoin sidechain enables programmable, privacy-preserving transactions without synthetic wrappers, targeting growing institutional demand for native DeFi on the original blockchain system.
