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Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Snags Bitcoin Credit Line From Cantor Fitzgerald
The loan facility enhances Wintermute’s ability to hedge risks effectively across exchanges and maintain broad market coverage, said the firm’s CEO Evgeny Gaevoy.

What Tariffs Will — and Won’t — Change for U.S. Bitcoin Miners
Hashrate growth is going to slow down in the United States. But it won’t be just because of tariffs.

Digital Asset, Builder of Privacy-Focused Blockchain Canton, Raises $135M
The strategic raise was led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets.

Veda Raises $18M to Expand DeFi Vault Infrastructure Powering Over $3.7B in Assets
The funding round was led by CoinFund and comes as the firm aims to simplify DeFi yields for apps and institutions across blockchains

Unicoin to Buy Majority Stake in Diamond Lake, Will Launch Altcoin Treasury Strategy
The acquisition comes as Unicoin faces SEC charges for allegedly defrauding investors of $100 million.

Crypto Exchange Kraken Adds Bitcoin Staking Via Babylon as BTC Driven DeFi Picks Up
Kraken users will now be able to stake their bitcoin directly, locking it in a custodial vault on the native chain.

Bitcoin DeFi Project Elastos Debuts BTC-Backed Stablecoin BTCD
BTCD developer Elastos' aim is to create a digital version of the Bretton Woods system, with BTC at its core rather than gold.

A Startup Is Looking to Pay 30% Yield by Tokenizing AI Infrastructure
Compute Labs’ tokens offer fractionalized ownership of industrial-grade NVIDIA H200 GPUs, which would retail at around $30,000 for a single unit.

Latin America Oil, Gas Deal Worth $75M Gets Tokenized as RWA Momentum Builds
Tokenization specialist Global Settlement said the deal marks the first fully tokenized capital stack for an operational energy asset.

Financial Advisors Remain Hesitant Towards Bitcoin — But Won’t Be for Long
Questions have evolved from “What is bitcoin?” to “How does it fit in my portfolio?”

