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India's Local Crypto and Web3 Advocacy Body Asked for Action Against Offshore Entities: Source
Bharat Web3 Association's (BWA) Chairman wrote the letter to the Indian government on Dec. 16.

Prometheum Earns Final Regulatory Nod to Try Hand at Fully-Compliant Crypto
The U.S. platform, which drew industry barbs for insisting crypto can comply with SEC rules, is now approved for clearing, though it won't begin for a few months at least.

Shiba Inu Could Soon Offer SHIB Holders a '.shib' Internet Domain
The team is working with internet domain player D3 to apply for and win the “.shib” internet domain as part of a broader push toward a decentralized identity project.

Real-World Assets Build on Solana as Ondo Finance Expands Tokenized Treasury Offering
The combined market cap of tokenized Treasuries mushroomed to over $760 million from $110 million earlier this year, according to RWA.xyz data.

Bitcoin Wallet Conio, Coinbase Team Up to Bring Crypto to Italian Banks
Conio is also looking at tokenization, and is involved in the Euro Token project overseen by the innovation center of the Bank of Italy.

Digital Asset Brokerage Firm Nonco Raises $10M Seed Funding Led by Valor Capital, Hack VC
The firm says it has already seen $6 billion in volume in Americas since its debut in April.

Galaxy-Backed Gyroscope's 'All-Weather' Decentralized Stablecoin Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet
The GYD dollar-pegged token aims to protect against the risks of holding stablecoins by offering an alternative to centralized and algorithmic designs.

Polygon Gave DraftKings Multimillion-Dollar Edge in Special Staking Relationship
Blockchain data shows the crypto project quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community.

BNB Chain’s OpBNB Developers Look to More Than Double Speed in New Roadmap
The roadmap paves the way for heightened performance for the layer-2 blockchain developed by BNB Chain.

Santander Selects Crypto Custody Firm Taurus for Safeguarding: Source
Santander Private Bank last week said it was offering bitcoin and ether trading for clients with accounts in Switzerland.
