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Markets
Ethereum Foundation Sells 10,000 ETH to BitMNR at $2,387 Average Price via OTC: Ethereum Foundation
The Ethereum Foundation finalized a 10,000 ETH over-the-counter sale to BitMNR at an average price of $2,387 per token.

DeFi
DeFi United Fundraising Chips Away at Kelp Exploit Shortfall
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou pledged his support for Mantle's 30,000 ETH loan proposal.

DeFi
Lighter Unveils Multi-Asset Margin Starting With ETH
Traders can post non-USDC assets as collateral for perps through Unified Trading Accounts, with conservative supply caps at launch.

Markets
Bitcoin Holds Near $78K as $10B of Options Settle on Deribit
Major altcoins traded sideways on Friday after Trump ordered the Navy to fire on Iranian mine-laying boats.

Blockchains
Seven-Day Countdown to MEGA Begins as MegaETH Clears First KPI
The deployment of 10 Mega Mafia apps satisfies the first of three performance triggers tied to the long-awaited token launch.

DeFi
Aave Announces 'DeFi United' Relief Fund to Restore rsETH Backing After Kelp Exploit
Lido is the first service provider to publicly announce its participation in the relief fund via a governance proposal requesting up to 2,500 stETH.

Podcast
Should Arbitrum Have Frozen North Korea's Funds? Griff Green vs. Gabe Shapiro
The Arbitrum Security Council just made one of the most controversial decisions in DeFi history — freezing $70M in ETH stolen by North Korean hackers from the KelpDAO bridge exploit. But was it the right move? And what does it say about the systems we're building?

Markets
Bitcoin Pulls Back From $78K As Persian Gulf Risk Trumps Institutional Bid
ETH is lagging with on-chain risk still elevated post-Kelp, while SOL dropped 3% and the broader market cap slipped 1.6% on the day.

DeFi
Tether Freezes $344M USDT in Coordination with U.S. Law Enforcement
The stablecoin issuer says it has now supported more than 2,300 cases worldwide, including over 1,200 with U.S. agencies.

DeFi
Lotus Taps WisdomTree Money Market Fund to Build Yield Floor into DeFi Lending
WisdomTree's WTGXX holds nearly $860M in distributed asset value, mostly on Ethereum.





