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TradFi & Fintech
ALT5 Shares Dropped 26% After Firm Revealed Plans to Create $1.5B WLFI Treasury
World Liberty Financial, co-founded by two of President Trump’s sons, now has a treasury company, even before WLFI tokens can be traded on the open market.

TradFi & Fintech
Heritage Distillery to Create First IP Treasury with $220M PIPE Deal
Less than two weeks after Grayscale unveiled its Story Trust, the first public IP treasury strategy is emerging, with support from the Story Foundation and top VCs.

People
Ethereum Researcher Released in Turkey, Donates $500K to Roman Storm’s Legal Defense
A blockchain privacy researcher known as Fede’s intern said he was detained in Turkey, where he is being accused of “helping others misuse Ethereum.”

NFTs & Web3
Moonbirds Cross 3 ETH on Token Speculation
Investor Mike Dudas is banging the drum for the legacy NFT collection, which was acquired by Orange Cap Games in May.

Markets
Crypto Markets Mostly Flat, While ETH Surges Toward 2021 Highs
Ethereum is leading top cryptocurrencies today, after ETH ETFs see highest daily inflows ever.
Podcast
DeFi’s Dance with Fintech: Choreographing Tomorrow’s Finance with Paul Frambot
In this episode of The Defiant Podcast, Paul Frambot, Co-Founder of Morpho, details how DeFi is transforming the financial industry by intersecting with fintech, shifting value to network users, and reshaping how lending protocols work. He outlines the evolution from early peer-to-peer lending to today's permissionless, immutable infrastructure, highlighting Morpho's product design, its approach to risk management, and specific use cases in institutional finance and global wallet integration. Discussions cover the role of risk managers, transparency benefits, the emergence of DeFi as backbone infrastructure for fintechs, and how platforms like Coinbase now use Morpho behind the scenes.

Research & Opinion
S&P Sees No Quick Fix for Sky Protocol’s Weak Capital and Centralization
S&P Global handed Sky Protocol a “B-” rating, saying the rating won’t improve within 12 months unless major fixes happen.

DeFi
Etherex on Linea Crosses $120 Million TVL Mark Through (3,3) Mechanism
The decentralized exchange (DEX) on Linea surpassed $100 million after its recent token launch.

TradFi & Fintech
US Subsidiary of Early Chinese Game Dev Snail Digital Explores Stablecoin
Snail Inc. is selling its shares to fund its “digital asset initiative,” including a possible stablecoin.

NFTs & Web3
Solana AI Tokens Look to Mount Comeback
Remnants of the late 2024 to early 2025 AI agent meta are rebounding off their lows as altcoin action picks up.




