DeFi
Visa announced their tokenization platform on Ethereum and will partner with BBVA, the second largest bank in Spain, to launch a stablecoin in 2025
Conduit introduces fast finality and zkps to OP chains built on them in collaboration with Succinct labs, chains will be able to withdraw to ETH in minutes without 7day delay
Axelar introduced the Mobius Development Stack (MDS), a cross-chain standard. MDS allows developers to connect to any blockchain, using AXL as collateral for security.
With their Interchain Amplifier and Interchain Token Service (ITS), MDS simplifies cross-chain app and token management, enabling programmable interoperability and multi-chain token functions.
Poland’s second-largest bank, Bank Pekao S.A., has partnered with Aleph Zero to launch Archiv3, a project aimed at tokenizing and preserving renowned Polish artworks.
IO and Degen to list on Coinbase
Grayscale expands offerings w/ AAVE trust for accredited investors
Franklin Templeton launches money market fund on Aptos
Sweat Wallet has integrated with Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base, allowing its 16 million users to manage assets across these blockchains in one portfolio.
Users can now pay gas fees with SWEAT tokens, earned through physical movement. Sweat economy a Web3 ecosystem on a mission to help the world be more physically active by incentivizing movement
Alpen Labs unveils Strata a zk settlement layer on Bitcoin
Trump backed Liberty Finance opens KYC to verified US and non US citizens
Binance invests in Sophon
State of the Market
Coinbase to delist USDT in EU
Bitwise files for Spot XRP ETF
OpenAI raises $6.6B at $157B val. Increase ur targets for solid AIs
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