Crypto News. June 27, 2025

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LayerZero has introduced FAFO (Fast Ahead-of-Formation Optimization), a new way to scale the EVM.

It’s a transaction scheduler that can handle 1.1M TPS on a single Evm node.

FAFO processes and optimizes transactions before blocks are even formed, 91% cheaper than sharded scaling

Works seamlessly with current EVM tooling.

When combined with LayerZero’s cross-chain messaging capabilities, FAFO allows apps built on protocols like OApp and OFT to process millions of cross-chain messages at high speed.

L0 omnichain dapps will be faster with this

DeFi chain Katana at $200M TVL

Gemini is rolling out tokenized stocks for its EU users, starting with shares of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).

These digital shares will trade on Arbitrum and allow for 24/7 trading and fractional ownership, making it easier for people to access US equities from anywhere.

It’ll be on Dinari’s platform, which recently received U.S. approval to issue blockchain-based financial assets.

More tokenized stocks and ETFs are expected to follow shortly

New York asset manager firm KraneShares has filed with the SEC to launch a “Coinbase 50 Index ETF,” which would track the 50 largest digital assets by market cap.

Coinbase index is rebalanced quarterly and currently holds roughly 50% BTC, 21% ETH, and 9% XRP.

World Liberty Financial will partner with Re7 Capital to boost adoption of USD1 stablecoin on BNB Chain.

Re7 Labs will provide defi infra and risk management support.

Former OpenSea co-founder, Alex Atallah raised $40M across seed and Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures, with participation from Sequoia to build OpenRouter an AI marketplace and routing platform for LLMs

Chinese brokerage firm GF Securities has partnered with HashKey to launch tokenized securities in Hong Kong, available in USD, HKD, and offshore yuan.

Their product GF Token, will accrue daily interest and can be redeemed daily.

Only accessible to high net worth and institutional investors. The USD version is benchmarked to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) and issued on HashKey Chain

GF launch comes after Hong Kong’s new policy statement pledging support for RWA tokenization and an expanded crypto licensing framework.

Bitwise has updated its S-1 filings with the SEC for proposed spot Dogecoin and Aptos ETFs.

The revised filings now include in kind creation and redemption mechanisms, aligning with what analysts say is becoming standard for crypto ETFs.

Bitwise still remains the first to file for a Dogecoin ETF and the only one for Aptos.

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