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DeFi
TAC Attracts $150M to Bring Ethereum-based Liquidity to Telegram’s TON Blockchain
TAC worked with the Turtle Club to build and provision liquidity vaults on Ethereum that can be used by DApps accessing the TON blockchain.

Research & Opinion
Stablecoin Transactions Surpassed Visa’s in Q1: Bitwise
The asset manager’s Q1 review noted that despite political and regulatory wins coming in quick succession, crypto prices dropped across the board since the November election.

Blockchains
Top Ethereum L2 Arbitrum Unveils Timeboost Upgrade to Accelerate Transactions
The new upgrade introduces sealed-bid auctions for MEV searchers.

Regulation & Politics
‘Congress Is Aligned with Innovation,’ Says Sei Labs General Counsel
Last week, an IRS rule that threatened to upend DeFi was repealed in what some see as another signal of a major sentiment shift in Washington.

Markets
Crypto Markets Stumble for Third Day Amid Trump Tariff Jitters, Fed Uncertainty
Bitcoin hovers at $85K while SOL surges 5%.

NFTs & Web3
Eliza Labs Launches ‘No-Code’ Platform for Creating AI Agents
The project, previously known as ai16z, aims to democratize the deployment of AI agents across web3 ecosystems.

Podcast
Dive Into Lending, Borrowing, and Real World Assets with Maple Finance: Sid Powell
In an insightful conversation, Camila Russo sat down with Maple Finance’s CEO, Sid Powell, to delve into the potential of real-world assets (RWAs) within DeFi, the evolving role of stablecoins in this ecosystem, and strategies to unlock new lending markets onchain. Their discussion highlights the rapid innovations taking place in the DeFi space and sheds light on the future of decentralized credit markets.

Research & Opinion
Crypto Winter is Coming, Says Coinbase Institutional
Less than four months into the new year, the total crypto market cap, excluding Bitcoin, is down 41% from its December 2024 high.

NFTs & Web3
NFT Marketplaces Pivot to Memecoins
Less than two weeks after Magic Eden acquired token trading platform Slingshot, Opensea launches Solana token trading on OS2.

Markets
TRUMP Memecoin Developer Pulls Liquidity Ahead of Massive Unlock
The wallet that launched the token removed $4.6 million of USDC liquidity, with $300 million worth of TRUMP set to be unlocked tomorrow.





