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Crypto broker Bitpanda launches blockchain to connect EU banks with tokenized assets

The Vienna-based firm is joining the growing race joins race to build compliant blockchain rails for traditional securities like equities and funds.
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Gold’s longest losing streak in a century meets bitcoin’s resurgence

As gold posts its worst run since 1920, bitcoin gains ground and outperforms, pushing the BTC to gold ratio 30% higher, since the Middle East conflict started.
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Bitcoin nears $72,000 as rising open interest signals growing leverage in choppy market

BTC rises with equities while surging open interest and fading volatility point to leveraged positioning despite repeated rejections near $72,000.
STS Digital unveils structured crypto platform with Kraken as distribution partner

The platform, which covers 400 tokens, is aimed at banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals and comes as digital assets face growing institutional demand.
Monument Bank to tokenized 250 million pounds of retail deposits in UK first

The deposits will remain interest-bearing, fully backed, and protected by the country's Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Cipher Digital stock rises 9% on new data center deal with Hyperscale tenant

The new 15-year hyperscale lease and $200 million in financing underscore the push into AI data centers.
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Stellar (XLM) gains 6% as all constituents rise

Aave (AAVE), up 5.8% from Tuesday, joined Stellar (XLM) as a top performer.
UK political crypto donations banned by Starmer government

The government halted crypto political donations over concerns about foreign interference, as the Rycroft review warns that anonymity risks undermine democratic transparency.
Franklin Templeton puts its $1.7 trillion weight behind Ondo to bring 24/7 stock trading to the blockchain

The move expands access to U.S. markets as tokenized securities gain traction among digital investors.
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Ethereum Foundation prepares for quantum threat with new cryptography roadmap

The effort to protect Ethereum from quantum computing threats has been underway for eight years and is now producing working code, with a multi-layer migration roadmap integrated into the protocol's next four hard forks.
Circle selloff may be overdone as crypto bill weakens Coinbase edge, say analysts

The latest draft of the CLARITY Act hit both stocks, but one analyst says the bill could ultimately shift bargaining power toward Circle and away from Coinbase.
The Protocol: Ethereum faces make-or-break moment as scaling, quantum and AI pressures mount

Plus: Solana developer platform, Balancer Labs to shut down and Bitcoin mining concentration triggers small reorg.
Binance tightens market maker rules, tells token issuers they must disclose partners

The guidelines ban profit-sharing and guaranteed return arrangements, aiming to prevent conflicts of interest and manipulative trading.
Sky-backed Obex spreads $1 billion across credit, energy and AI assets to expand stablecoin yield

The stablecoin incubator is targeting tokenized assets tied to AI hardware, energy and housing to move Sky’s ecosystem beyond "circular" crypto yields.
Solana bets on AI agents: Foundation says network is becoming core infrastructure for ‘agentic’ internet

This shift could fundamentally reshape internet business models, Solana Foundation's Vibhu Norby believes.
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SBI, Sony back Startale’s $63 million push to expand Japan’s tokenized finance stack

The Singapore-based company builds blockchain tools for financial firms and retail users, including a blockchain for tokenized securities, stablecoins, and a consumer app.
U.S. lawmakers dig into tokenizing securities as Trump ties muddy waters

A U.S. House of Representatives hearing reviewed tokenization, with a broad agreement that securities traded via token need the same treatment as regular trading.
AI agents to help investigators unearth crypto criminals, according to new TRM program

TRM Labs has added an AI agent to the services the blockchain analytics firm offers law enforcement agencies.
BitGo teams with ZKsync to build tokenized deposit infrastructure to bring banks onchain

Now in testing, the platform aims to enable programmable payments and simplify blockchain adoption for financial institutions.
Elon Musk's X hires crypto-savvy design lead as X Money payments push inches closer

Benji Taylor, former CPO at Aave Labs and design head at Coinbase's Base, brings self-custody wallet and DeFi product experience to the social media platform.
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