Cointelegraph
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‘DeFi doesn’t exist anymore,’ just onchain finance: Andre Cronje
Flying Tulip founder Andre Cronje contends that DeFi protocols have evolved into a new financial paradigm of “onchain finance,” but have sacrificed some of their inherent immutability and de...
CoinDesk
Neutral
MUFG to test real-time blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond trades
MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network.
Cointelegraph
Neutral
Binance bStocks pass xStocks as second-largest tokenized stock issuer
Binance bStocks became the second-largest tokenized stock issuer less than two months after launch, narrowly ahead of Kraken’s xStocks.
CoinDesk
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Brazil’s largest bitcoin treasury firm plans ETF with 95% allocation to Strategy's STRC
DIGY11 aims for annual distributions matching Brazil’s interbank rate plus 3–5 percentage points, net of costs, though investors' actual returns are not guaranteed.
Cointelegraph
Neutral
Bitcoin speculators keep BTC price ‘pinned’ below $68.7K: Glassnode
Bitcoin’s weakness near range highs stems from short-term holders trying to break even on underwater BTC investments, Glassnode says.
CoinDesk
Neutral
Live updates: Bitcoin slips back even as Fed rate hike expectations dwindle
An in-depth analysis of the U.S. CPI released Wednesday suggests the underlying price pressures remain sticky.
CoinDesk
Neutral
Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet unveils BitBonds with $1.3 million private debt sale
The inaugural unsecured bonds offer annual interest of up to 4.3%, while exposing investors to metaplanet’s credit and bitcoin-linked balance-sheet risks
Cointelegraph
Negative
Securitize falls 16% after earnings miss, tokenization revenue drops
Securitize shares fell 16% from Wednesday’s close after the tokenization platform’s $14.4 million second-quarter revenue missed Wall Street estimates.
Cointelegraph
Negative
BitGo posts $19M Q2 loss despite 80% revenue surge to $4.3B
An $18.8 million unrealized digital asset loss and weaker trading margins pushed BitGo into the red in the second quarter.
CoinDesk
Neutral
Metaplanet denies selling bitcoin worth $320 million
Metaplanet CEO dismisses bitcoin sale rumors, confirms 43,000 BTC holdings
CoinDesk
Neutral
Bitcoin firms ask AI labs for same tools attackers already have
Coinbase, Block, BitGo and dozens of others signed a letter arguing that safety guardrails on frontier models are blocking legitimate security work while adversaries face no such limits.
Cointelegraph
Neutral
Crypto valuations could double as protocols link revenue to tokens: Bitwise CIO
Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said he expects revenue-capture mechanisms to spread across DeFi applications and layer-1 networks over the next 12 to 24 months.