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Anchorage Digital has partnered with Real Finance to support the full lifecycle of tokenized real-world assets.
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Anchorage Digital and Real Finance partnered to manage tokenized financial assets’ lifecycles.
The joint venture targets fragmentation across issuance and

Decentralized finance protocol Aave recently revealed that it has fully restored liquidity to its lending pools following a $300 million cross-chain exploit.
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Decentralized finance ( DeFi) pioneer Aave has successfully restored full liquidity to its lending pools,

Mastercard is expanding its global settlement network to include regulated stablecoins, intraday options, and weekend and holiday processing, giving card issuers and acquirers new tools to manage liquidity beyond traditional banking hours.
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Mastercard adds USDC, RLUSD, PYUSD, and

El Salvador is buying the dip again as bitcoin slides as low as $65,700, with the Central American nation’s strategic reserve now holding roughly 7,600 BTC worth more than $510 million.
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El Salvador’s bitcoin reserve sits near 7,600 BTC, valued above $510 million as of

Layer 3 blockchain infrastructure Orbs has launched its V5 product upgrade on Ethereum and Arbitrum to improve cross-chain verification, lower infrastructure costs, and increase validator participation.
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Orbs launched its V5 upgrade on Ethereum and Arbitrum to lower costs and se

Morgan Stanley Investment Management launched a stablecoin reserve fund to meet rising institutional demand for compliant digital asset infrastructure. The move deepens its push into tokenization and crypto-linked products as market participation expands.
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Gold overtook U.S. Treasuries in global official reserves by market value, the ECB said. The move reflected a 60% gold rally and rising demand for reserve diversification.
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Gold reached 27% of official reserves, topping Treasuries at 22%.
Valuation gains drove much of gold’s r

Strategy’s 32 BTC sale has turned a small transaction into a larger test for corporate bitcoin treasuries. The issue is no longer only whether public companies hold BTC. Investors are now watching how those companies meet cash obligations while trying to preserve exposure.
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A coalition of five DeFi protocols filed a Constitutional AIP on the Arbitrum governance forum on April 25, asking the Arbitrum DAO to release 30,765.67 ETH frozen after the April 18 KelpDAO exploit.
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Aave Labs, KelpDAO, and three other protocols filed a Constitutional AIP on April

Ripple is framing CME’s 24/7 crypto futures launch as a response to institutional demand, citing XRP futures as evidence, with Ripple Prime serving as a day-one clearing and financing partner.
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CME’s 24/7 crypto derivatives launch provides institutions with regulated access to XR

Polymarket has signed an exclusive prediction-market distribution partnership with Berlin-based football media platform OneFootball, opening a channel to 200 million monthly active users and a broader 645-million-fan ecosystem two weeks before the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in North America.

A South African High Court ruled that bitcoin can be legally treated as “capital” and a “negotiable instrument” (a form of money) because it holds value, is used for speculation, and is accepted by merchants.
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Stablecoin use is accelerating beyond crypto trading, with filtered transaction velocity reaching a record 49.7 times annualized. At the same time, bitcoin and ethereum spot ETFs are facing sustained outflows, raising questions about the depth of institutional demand.
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