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Policy

Crypto exchanges brace for pressure as banks like JPMorgan enter spot trading

The national banks regulator OCC released a statement signaling a shift in rules that will have significant crypto market consequences across the United States.

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Markets

‘DeFi is dead’: Maple Finance’s CEO says onchain markets will swallow Wall Street

The Maple Finance CEO says institutions will stop distinguishing between DeFi and TradFi as private credit moves onchain, and stablecoins process $50 trillion in payments.

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Markets

WhiteFiber signs 10-year, 40 MW colocation deal with Nscale valued at about $865 million

The firm's Enovum unit will deliver 40 megawatts of critical IT load in two phases at a campus in Madison, North Carolina, under a 10-year agreement.

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Tech

Uniform Labs’ Multiliquid targets structural gap in $35 billion tokenized asset market

The new protocol offers instant swaps between tokenized money market funds and stablecoins as regulators scrutinize yield-bearing stablecoin models.

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Finance

TradFi giant EquiLend backs Digital Prime to link $40 trillion pool with tokenized markets

The partnership will focus on Tokenet, Digital Prime's institutional lending network, and introduce new features like regulated stablecoin collateral.

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Finance

Moon Pursuit Capital launches $100 million market-neutral crypto fund

The new quantitative vehicle aims to deliver risk-managed returns across crypto market cycles as the firm readies a global expansion push.

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Finance

Strata protocol developer Frontera Labs raises $3 million in seed round

The funding will help the London-based team expand Strata, a DeFi protocol that structures onchain yields into senior and junior tranches.

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Finance

Anchorage Digital Buys Securitize’s RIA Platform to Expand Wealth Management Business

The bank has bought the Securitize For Advisors unit, bringing the RIA-focused crypto wealth management platform in-house.

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Web3

Real-World Asset DeFi Moves Into Sports Finance With Tokenized Football Club Revenues

A new DeFi model is providing football clubs with faster access to liquidity by converting future media and broadcasting revenues into tokenized, onchain assets.

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Web3

YO Labs Raises $10M to Scale Cross-Chain Crypto Yield Optimization Protocol

The protocol automates yield generation by rebalancing capital across DeFi protocols, factoring in risk, and offers access to various assets.

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