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Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Gemini Launches Self-Custodial Smart Wallet

Gemini users can now access Web3 and DeFi ecosystems with social recovery, gas sponsorship, and integrated trading support.

Gemin's Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Image Catcher News Service/Getty Images)

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Tokenization Firm Dinari to Launch L1 Blockchain, Aims to Be the 'DTCC of Tokenized Stocks'

The Dinari Financial Network will serve as a coordination layer for tokenized equities, with a group of institutions such as VanEck, BitGo and Gemini operating validators.

Dinari co-founder and CEO Gabe Otte (Dinari)

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Ethereum Wallet MetaMask Will Likely Unveil Its Own Stablecoin this Week

The MetaMask stablecoin (mUSD) was already reported to be in the works thanks to a prematurely posted governance proposal that was quickly deleted last week.

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Transak Raises $16M From IDG Capital, Tether to Scale Stablecoin Payment Network

Transak plans to use the funds to expand its stablecoin payments stack and enter new markets, the company said.

Seed Funding Investment coins in a jar (Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Tether Leads 30M-Euro Investment Round in Spanish Crypto Exchange Bit2Me

The deal follows Bit2Me's authorization under the EU's MiCA license approval, allowing it to operate across the European Union.

Bit2Me's team posing for a photo (Bit2Me)

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Marex Becomes First Clearing Firm to Adopt JPMorgan’s Kinexys With Brevan Howard Digital

The initiative is aimed at modernizing payment infrastructure and reducing settlement risk, Marex said.

Terry Hollingsworth, Global Head of Futures & OTC Clearing Sales at Marex (Marex)

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U.S Neobank Slash Debuts Stablecoin with Stripe's Bridge for Global Business Payments

The firm aims to reduce settlement times and foreign exchange fees with its USDSL stablecoin, issued by Bridge.

Slash founders Kevin Bai and Victor Cardenas (Slash)

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BounceBit Adds Franklin Templeton Tokenized Fund for Treasury-Backed Yield Strategies

Tokenized Treasuries such as FT's BENJI are being increasingly used for collateral and settlement as real-world asset adoption spreads.

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Finance

Tokenization Specialist Centrifuge Appoints Former Goldman Sachs Executive as COO

Jürgen Blumberg, who spent over two decades at Goldman Sachs, Invesco and BlackRock heading ETF businesses, will focus on bridging DeFi and traditional finance.

Centrifuge is one of the largest blockchain-based credit platform with $270 million of active loans. (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

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Brazil's VERT Capital to Tokenize $1B in Real-World Assets on XDC Network

The deal underscores the growing role of Brazil as a tokenization hub in the region.

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