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Backed Finance Debuts Tokenized Stocks on Bybit, Kraken and Solana DeFi Protocols

Tokenization of equities is gaining steam, with several crypto exchanges moving towards offering on-chain stock trading on their platforms.

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Finance

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.

Evgeny Gaevoy, CEO, Wintermute (CoinDesk)

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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.

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Finance

Digital Asset, Builder of Privacy-Focused Blockchain Canton, Raises $135M

The strategic raise was led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets.

Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz (Digital Asset)

Finance

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

Veda management team with CEO Sunand Raghupathi in the middle. (Veda)

Finance

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.

Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

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.

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Finance

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.

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Finance

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.

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Finance

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.

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