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Hyperliquid could become a ‘financial services juggernaut’ as DeFi expands, says Grayscale

The digital asset manager says Hyperliquid is emerging as a blockchain-based financial infrastructure platform with the potential to expand beyond crypto trading and challenge parts of traditional derivatives and exchange markets.
Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain

CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of 30 days.
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U.S. says it seized about $1 billion in Iranian crypto as pressure campaign expands

The seizure, falling under "Operation Economic Fury," aims to restrict Iran's access to overseas revenue, banking networks, and crypto infrastructure.
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SEC sues Texas man over $12.3 million alleged crypto scheme built on fake AI trading bots

Fuller allegedly diverted $6.2 million for personal use and $5.5M for Ponzi-like payments; only 3% of funds went to crypto trading.
XRP Ledger's new proposal blocks the flash loan attacks costing DeFi hundreds of millions

A draft XRPL amendment notes that flash loan attacks are "structurally impossible" on the network because of how its transactions are built, an architectural quirk that has spared the chain from the exploit class that has cost Ethereum DeFi billions.
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Bitcoin's wild days are over — and Trace Mayer says that's a good thing

The creator of the Mayer Multiple argues bitcoin’s growing economic substance is compressing volatility and attracting deeper capital.
The institutional edge: moomoo targets Wall Street-grade trading tools for retail crypto investors

The brokerage giant says the future of investing won’t be defined by asset access alone but by the quality of tools investors get.
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How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain

Wall Street's clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon said.
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How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto

Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an interview with CoinDesk last month.
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A massive $1.26 billion sale of BlackRock’s IBIT was likely a rapid exit by a large investor

NYDIG, meanwhile, rejected the basis-trade theory, citing the large discount and the lack of an unusual spike in corresponding CME bitcoin futures volume.
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Coinbase makes a major play for India’s booming $3 billion crypto market with local currency launch

Coinbase announces INR rails to make the platform fully accessible to Indian retail traders.
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Aave overhauls listing standards after $230 Million rsETH exploit exposed bridge risks

An official postmortem traced the exploit to a LayerZero bridge verification failure and outlined a sweeping overhaul of Aave's asset-listing standards as DeFi risks shift beyond smart contract bugs.
Bitcoin extends slide as spot ETF outflows hit a record while Wall Street rips on AI

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost $2.97 billion across 10 trading days through Friday, the longest outflow streak on record. Oil's bounce on the stalled Iran deal added pressure even as global equities hit new highs on the Nvidia and SoftBank AI trade.
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XRP drops to $1.32 as sellers overpower exchange outflows

XRP hit a 15-week low before stabilizing, with traders watching whether the latest washout turns into a base or another leg lower.
Three Sui mainnet halts in 48 hours traced to an upgrade bug by developers

The Sui Foundation's post-mortem published Sunday traces all three outages to interactions between a new address-balance feature shipped in the v1.72 release and the network's existing gas and consensus logic.
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Whitehat developer unlocks $2 million stuck in a 2016 Ethereum ICO contract for nine years

0xflorent, a security researcher, found an integer-overflow flaw in the HongCoin token sale contract that lets the team unlock funds for 48 original investors. It is the second such recovery he has publicized in eight days.
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Citi predicts the tokenized securities market will grow to $5.5 trillion by 2030

Stablecoins alone will generate a demand for up to $1 trillion worth of onchain U.S. Treasury bills and $2.6 trillion for tokenized stocks, said Citi.
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Bitcoin and software stocks are breaking up — and history says a major crypto move is coming

Bitcoin and software equities have sharply diverged after moving in lockstep for years, raising questions over whether bitcoin will eventually catch up.
Strategy holds STRC dividend at 11.5% for fourth straight month

The preferred stock remains near its $100 par value as the company balances yield stability, ATM issuance capacity, and its bitcoin acquisition strategy.
Cardano Summit 2026 canceled after community votes to choke off Foundation funding

The Cardano Foundation's flagship conference was scrapped after a funding proposal failed to secure the two-thirds support required under the blockchain's new governance system.
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