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DeFi
Neutrl Pauses Minting and Redemptions While Assessing Reserve Impact
Strata paused minting, redemptions and related functions on its Neutrl market contracts, whose two tranche tokens carried more than $1.7 million in displayed onchain value.

Security
Trezor Shipping-Provider Breach Exposes Data of 13,689 Customers
ShipMonk incident exposed names and contact details of recent customers in seven countries; Trezor says its devices and systems were not compromised.
DeFi
ether.fi Adds Tokenized Stocks, New Fiat Rails And Aave-Backed Borrowing
The Summer release lands a week after the protocol pulled restaking out of weETH. The release also introduces programmatic ETHFI buybacks funded from every revenue line.

TradFi & Fintech
Securitize’s Tokenized Assets Hit $4.3 Billion as Revenue Falls
Tokenization revenue dropped 12% and operating costs jumped 56%, showing that higher onchain assets have yet to produce steadier earnings.
DeFi
Uniswap Founder Says Team Renounced Creator Fees From Employee Testing
TradePools said test tokens built while developing Pools no longer send creator fees to Uniswap Labs, with past and future fees redirected to an ETH-for-burn mechanism.

Infrastructure
Boltz Founders Exit as Unnamed Bitcoin Group Agrees to Take Over Suspended Swap Service
The service remains offline while incoming operators work to fix vulnerabilities; Boltz said attacks caused losses to the company.

Tokens
Circle’s cirBTC Is Live on Ethereum but Has Only 40 BTC Outstanding
Circle National Trust custodies the backing, while published Bitcoin addresses and Chainlink Proof of Reserve provide onchain visibility; Arc support remains forthcoming.

CeFi
BitGo CFO to Exit as Q2 Net Loss Hits $19 Million
Revenue jumped 80%, but trading and staking margins weakened as BitGo targeted $15 million in annualized savings following June layoffs.

TradFi & Fintech
SEC Staff Clears Franklin Funds to Use Onchain Money Fund for Cash and Collateral
The relief lets Franklin Templeton’s registered funds hold FOBXX through an affiliated blockchain-integrated system, subject to 12 custody and control conditions.
DeFi
Pump.fun's Share Of Launchpad Fees Fell To 27% In July. Four Weeks Later It's Back Above Half
Two launchpads on Robinhood Chain cut pump.fun's share of launchpad fees from 80% to 27% in two weeks. Pump.fun's fees are up 30% over 30 days anyway, because the category grew 77% around it. Memecoin prices did not participate.




