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TradFi & Fintech
MARA Sells 15,000 BTC for $1.1 Billion to Retire Convertible Debt
Largest U.S. Bitcoin miner offloads roughly a quarter of its treasury to buy back $1 billion in zero-coupon notes at a 9% discount, dropping to third among corporate BTC holders.

DeFi
Felix Launches Tokenized Stocks and ETFs on Hyperliquid Via Ondo Finance
On-chain traders on Hyperliquid can now trade over 250 tokenized U.S. equities.

Regulation & Politics
Brazil's New Anti-Gang Law Lets Authorities Liquidate Seized Crypto to Fund Police Operations
Law No. 15,358 gives judges sweeping power to freeze digital assets during investigations as Brasília takes a "financial strangulation" approach to organized crime.

CeFi
Coinbase and Better Launch Crypto-Backed Mortgages With Fannie Mae Backing
Borrowers can pledge Bitcoin or USDC as down payment collateral without triggering a taxable event.

DeFi
Tether Gold Expands to BNB Chain as Tokenized Gold Market Approaches $5 Billion
The integration connects the dominant gold-backed token to BNB Chain's RWA ecosystem amid a volatile stretch for spot gold prices.

Markets
Bitcoin Slides Below $69,000 as Iran Stalemate Fuels Global Selloff
Major altcoins plunge, with ETH, SOL, and XRP dropping 5%.

Infrastructure
LayerZero Goes Live on Institution-Focused Canton as Its First Interop Protocol
The LayerZero integration gives assets tokenized on Canton access to over 165 public blockchains.

TradFi & Fintech
Argentina's State-Backed Energy Giant YPF Launches Tokenization Initiative on XRP Ledger
Enertoken, developed by Justoken for YPF Luz, launched with over $800 million in tokenized energy assets on XRPL.

Research & Opinion
DeFi Generated $8 Billion in Onchain Yield in 2025: Analysis
A breakdown of DeFi's yield sources reveals that borrowing demand, trading fees, and funding rates drove the bulk of returns, while more than half of stablecoin deposits in the Ethereum ecosystem are earning less than U.S. Treasuries.

Markets
Bitcoin Holds $71K as ETF Flows Reverse
Spot BTC ETFs had $74 million in outflows on Tuesday as traders await Friday's PCE data.





