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TradFi & Fintech
3iQ Launches One of North America’s First XRP ETFs on Toronto Stock Exchange
Backed by Ripple, the XRPQ fund has launched with 0% management fees.

DeFi
Hyperwave Unveils Liquid HLP Token with Zero Fees for Three Months
Decentralized finance protocol Hyperwave has launched a new liquid token that accrues yield from Hyperliquid’s market-making vault.

CeFi
Jump Crypto Is Back, Pretends Community Forgot About Terra
Jump Crypto, a firm best known for quietly repegging TerraUSD without disclosing it, has reintroduced itself on X as a pioneer of decentralized finance.

DeFi
1inch Exploit Victims Asked to KYC for Compensation Under Proposed Plan
Following the October 2024 attack on 1inch, a proposed compensation plan requires users to verify their identities, but only those who reported the theft to authorities will qualify.

Research & Opinion
Tokenized Treasuries Surge to $5.6 Billion, Fueling Growth in RWAs: CoinGecko
The boom is being driven by rising investor demand for real-world returns.

Regulation & Politics
GENIUS Act Gains Senate Approval, But Key Regulatory Questions Remain
While House Democrats don’t have the same power to block stablecoin legislation that their Senate counterparts did, the process will likely be slow.

DeFi
EigenLayer Reveals EigenCloud and $70 Million Investment from A16z
The Ethereum restaking protocol is expanding its development footprint with EigenCloud, designed to provide trust and verifiability to applications both on-chain and off-chain.

Markets
Crypto Market Trades Flat as Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged
BTC and ETH hold steady at $104,000 and 2,500, respectively, despite geopolitical tensions and surging liquidations.

Blockchains
Kraken’s Layer 2 Ink Unveils Token Launch and Airdrop
The Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain is launching a native token to support DeFi on Ink Chain, just seven months after its launch.

TradFi & Fintech
Lion Group ‘Secures $600 Million’ to Launch HYPE Treasury
The financial firm is making HYPE its primary reserve asset as part of a broader move into DeFi.





