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DeFi
DeFi TVL Surges Past $126B, Up Over 45% Since April
DeFi records renewed momentum as investors vie for on-chain yield and protocol innovation accelerates.

TradFi & Fintech
Public Firms Move Beyond Bitcoin as Biotech Firm Picks Hyperliquid for Treasury Strategy
The crypto treasury game is quickly evolving as companies like Sonnet accumulate altcoins for their reserves, signaling a shift to more diverse crypto strategies.

Blockchains
Ethereum Prepares zkEVM Upgrade to Cut Validator Hardware Requirements
The upgrade aims to enable home-based stakers to take part in securing the network using less powerful hardware.

Research & Opinion
Pantera Investor Says VCs Could Soon Ditch Equity for Tokens
Venture capital could shift from dual equity-token deals to simpler token-only models as fundraising tightens, per Pantera Capital’s Mason Nystrom.

Blockchains
Kinto Token Tanks 90% as Backdoor Disclosure Lets Attacker Mint 110,000 Tokens and Drain Liquidity Pools
A forgotten flaw in a trusted smart contract standard let a hacker crash Kinto’s token by 90% and steal millions shortly after the vulnerability was unintentionally made public.

Markets
Traders Predict Incoming ‘Supply Crunch’ as Ether Rallies to $3,000
Ethereum is gaining momentum as institutional investors ramp up exposure through ETFs, while approximately 30% of the total ETH supply is now staked.

Research & Opinion
U.S. Turns to Stablecoins to Bolster Dollar’s Global Dominance: Sygnum
As the U.S. dollar suffers its worst H1 since 1973, Washington views dollar-backed stablecoins as a tool to counter de-dollarization.

TradFi & Fintech
Ripple’s RLUSD Market Cap Passes $515M, Flips TrueUSD
Last week, the firm announced BNY Mellon will be the custodian of RLUSD’s reserves.

Tokens
PUMP Token Launches, Dominates Solana Mindshare
The memecoin launchpad token opened up at a $5.6 billion fully diluted valuation.

Markets
Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High Above $122,800 as Crypto Markets Gain Momentum
Spot Bitcoin ETFs record over $1 billion in inflows amid growing integration of crypto and traditional assets.





