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Markets
Paradigm Raises $1.2 Billion for Fourth Venture Fund
The new pool targets crypto, AI and robotics, widening the firm's bet beyond pure digital-asset investing.

TradFi & Fintech
Dinari, tZERO Partner on Tokenized US Stock Framework
Dinari, an issuer of tokenized U.S. equities, and tZERO Group, a blockchain-based financial infrastructure provider, said Wednesday they are partnering to build an operating framework that would let broker-dealers offer tokenized U.S. stocks.

CeFi
Strike Launches Bitcoin Loans With No Price Liquidations
Strike, the bitcoin financial services firm run by CEO Jack Mallers, launched a bitcoin-backed loan product on July 7 that removes price-triggered liquidations for the life of the loan, according to Strike's own FAQ. The product, called "volatility-proof loans," strips out the 65% LTV warning, 70%…

CeFi
AscendEX Halts Operations, Freezes Automated Withdrawals
Crypto exchange AscendEX ceased operations effective July 1, 2026, and moved all withdrawal requests to manual review starting July 6, according to a notice posted on its website addressed to retail account holders.
Tokens
Pump.fun Adds Trading for Robinhood Chain Tokens as CASHCAT Meme Coin Frenzy Builds
The Solana launchpad says its app now routes "crosschain" trades into Robinhood-linked tokens with no bridging, a day after CEO Vlad Tenev called his company's new blockchain "great for memes too."
CeFi
KAST's ToS Draw Fire After Public Feud With EtherFi CEO
A five-day Twitter exchange between ether.fi CEO Mike Silagadze and KAST CEO Raagulan Pathy escalated from a card-fee comparison into public scrutiny of how KAST treats customer deposits.

Hacks
BonkDAO Attacker Moves $19M Loot Into New 'BONK 2.0' DAO
The wallet behind BonkDAO's $20 million governance attack has parked most of the stolen BONK in a multisig controlled by a newly created shadow DAO, Chainalysis said in a post on its official X account Tuesday.

Regulation & Politics
Traders Sue Polymarket, CEO Coplan Over Strategy Market Decision
Two Polymarket users sued the prediction-market platform, its holding entities and CEO Shayne Coplan in New York state court, alleging the site wrongly resolved a market on whether Strategy would sell Bitcoin. William Wood and Thomas Bush filed the complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New…

DeFi
CAP Token Climbs to #2 Lending-Borrowing Protocol by Volume, 10 Days After Launch
Cap's governance token has generated $862 million in cumulative trading volume since its June 26 debut.

Hacks
EMURGO Says Hacked Cardano Wallet SecondFi Won't Reopen
EMURGO, the Cardano-founding entity behind SecondFi, said Monday the hacked wallet service will not resume normal operations even after ongoing security audits conclude, telling all users to migrate away using its official recovery process. "Although we believe unaffected users remain safe,…





