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TradFi & Fintech
Ripple Applies for US Banking License, Heating Up Domestic Stablecoin Race
A growing number of crypto firms have applied for banking licenses or are thinking of doing so as TradFi and crypto continue to mingle.

Research & Opinion
Less Than 5% of Wallets Generate Most On-Chain Value: Report
New research from Flipside reveals that fewer than 5% of wallets typically handle the majority of on-chain transfer volume.

Hacks
Over 60% of Assets Stolen in Bybit’s $1.5 Billion Hack Have Gone Dark
More than $868 million worth of crypto stolen in the Bybit hack has disappeared, according to data from the exchange’s Lazarus Bounty website.

Research & Opinion
Many Companies Copying Michael Saylor’s BTC Playbook Risk ‘Death Spiral’: Report
VC firm Breed predicts that companies emulating Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury will run into danger during the next bear market.

Research & Opinion
Bitwise Says Crypto Market Poised for Strong H2 Despite Slow Start
Bitwise's CIO says it's still too early to call predictions for BTC all-time highs and ETF flows for this year.

NFTs & Web3
Telegram-Linked Crypto Wallet Developer Raises $28.5M as TON’s First Unicorn
The Open Platform just joined the billion-dollar club with its latest raise.

Blockchains
Decentralized Identity Provider Humanity Protocol’s H Token Booms After ‘Fairdrop’
Using palm scans, Humanity has developed a tool that enables airdroppers to block bots and prevent users from claiming tokens using multiple identities.

Markets
Bitcoin Struggles to Break $110,000 as Dormant Whales Move Billions in BTC
ETH slides 3.8% to $2,513, while Solana and XRP lose 3%

TradFi & Fintech
Robinhood’s Stock Tokens Face Scrutiny from OpenAI, Blockchain Researchers
Robinhood’s tokenized stock rollout is raising eyebrows, as OpenAI distances itself and some suggest the stock tokens may actually operate in a “walled garden.”

DeFi
HYPE Rallies Ahead of CoreWriter Launch
The CoreWriter contract will enable HyperEVM DeFi applications to directly interact with Hyperliquid’s perpetuals exchange, Hypercore.





