Market Overview
Bitcoin rebounds toward $68K as strong spot ETF inflows return, pointing to renewed institutional demand entering the market.
21Shares lists Strategy Yield ETP (STRC) on Euronext Amsterdam, offering European investors ~11% yield exposure tied to Strategy’s BTC-backed preferred stock structure.
ETHZilla rebrands to Forum while selling portions of its ETH holdings, signaling weakening confidence in the pure Ethereum treasury model.
Narrative of the Week
The SEC approves WisdomTree’s plan to enable 24/7 trading and instant settlement for its Treasury Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX), alongside continuous onchain dividend accrual for more precise yield allocation.
Binance relaunches tokenized stock exposure with Ondo Finance, listing 10 tokenized U.S. equities, ETFs and commodity-linked products on Binance Alpha as the sector approaches the $1B mark.
Tether invests $200M into creator marketplace Whop to expand stablecoin payments, embedding USDT and wallet tooling for a platform with over 18M users.
Meta reportedly explores stablecoin payment integration again, signaling renewed interest in blockchain-based payments at a massive social media scale.
Major Project Updates
The Ethereum Foundation begins staking its treasury ETH, depositing 2,016 ETH with plans to stake roughly 70,000 total while emphasizing minority clients and distributed infrastructure.
Wallet in Telegram rolls out onchain yield vaults for BTC, ETH, and USDT, positioning Telegram’s massive user base as a gateway into DeFi strategies.
World Liberty Financial proposes a staking-focused governance system requiring WLFI holders to stake unlocked tokens for voting rights and incentives.
Flare and Xaman enable one-click DeFi access for over 2B XRP sitting idle in wallets, significantly reducing cross-chain friction.
Three Solana platforms announce shutdowns following a reported ~$40M Step Finance treasury breach.
DeFi Brief
Decibel goes live on Aptos with a fully on-chain perpetuals exchange after a testnet that drew 700K+ accounts and $58M in committed capital.
Aave surpasses $1T in cumulative lending volume, reinforcing its position as DeFi’s dominant credit layer amid institutional expansion.
Ethereum Foundation researchers publish a draft strawmap outlining seven proposed forks through 2029, targeting faster blocks, shorter finality and future privacy upgrades.
Aave governance tensions escalate as ACI and Aave Labs publish competing reports ahead of a major funding and revenue vote.
Fundraises & Airdrops
STS Digital raises $30M to scale institutional crypto derivatives infrastructure and market-making capabilities.
Bluprynt raises $4.25M seed backed by Coinbase Ventures and Robinhood to streamline global crypto compliance tooling.
t54 Labs raises $5M to build a trust layer for agentic finance and AI-driven transactions.
Solana-based TBD raises $3M to build prediction markets centered on verified human opinion using World ID.
Source: #CoinMarketCap
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