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DeFi
Ondo Enables Tokenized Stock Collateral on OndoPerps
Ondo Stocks holders can now back perpetual futures positions with SPYon and QQQon, subject to an initial $100,000 per-asset notional cap.

DeFi
Pump.fun Adds 'BOOST' Liquidity Mode for Every New Coin
The Solana launchpad's co-founder says the change adds about 20% liquidity to each newly migrated coin, with all figures the company's own projections.

DeFi
Morpho Launches Fixed-Rate Lending Protocol Midnight on Base
The DeFi lender also released a new Markets App that lets users set their own rates and terms, starting on Base with more networks to follow.

People
Jack Mallers Steps Down as CEO of Twenty One Capital
Board member Raphael Zagury takes over the Tether-backed bitcoin treasury company, and Strike is no longer under consideration for a business combination.

Blockchains
Aztec Launches Alpha V5 on Mainnet With Faster Private Proving
The privacy Layer 2 says its latest release halves proving time and transaction costs versus V4, with the Nyx wallet as its first live app.

People
Armstrong Says His X Posts and Avatars Are Not Token Endorsements
The Coinbase CEO told traders not to treat his personal account as alpha after his profile-picture changes fueled a memecoin trading frenzy.

Security
Consensys Halted MetaMask Releases Over North Korea-Linked Contractor
A contractor brought in through a third-party provider worked on MetaMask code from March until Consensys cut off access in April and paused product releases. The company says it found no stolen assets, exposed data or malicious code.

DeFi
Lighter Makes Stock Tokens Eligible Collateral on Robinhood Chain
The perpetuals exchange now accepts Robinhood's tokenized equities as margin, expanding beyond the USDG stablecoin and delivering on a plan to broaden collateral in the third quarter.

Blockchains
Saylor Opposes Bitcoin's BIP-110 in 110-Point Essay
The Strategy chairman says the anti-spam soft fork would set a censorship precedent worse than the data problem it targets, weeks before an August signaling window.

DeFi
Hyperliquid to Open HIP-4 Prediction Markets Behind 500,000 HYPE Stake
Deployers can set fees of up to 50% but face slashing by validator vote for poorly defined or unsettled markets, under terms Hyperliquid calls preliminary.

