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TradFi & Fintech
BlackRock Files for New Tokenized Fund With SEC, Taps Securitize Again
BlackRock has filed for a new tokenized fund structure with the SEC, selecting Securitize infrastructure for the second time after BUIDL's $2.3B success.

CeFi
Kraken Launches Flexline, Crypto-Backed Lending Product for Builders and Traders
Kraken introduced Flexline, a lending product that accepts cryptocurrency as collateral at 10–25% APR fixed rates, targeting crypto-native businesses and high-net-worth individuals excluded from traditional banking.

Regulation & Politics
Senate Banking Committee Releases 309-Page Clarity Act Draft: US Senate Banking Committee
The Senate Banking Committee publicly released the full text of its crypto market structure bill ahead of Thursday's markup, with amendments due by end of business Wednesday.

DeFi
Court Greenlights Arbitrum DAO Vote to Move $71M in Recovered Kelp ETH to Aave
The court order allows the on-chain Constitutional AIP vote and transfer to proceed without violating the restraining notice, but the freeze itself extends to Aave LLC.

CeFi
Circle Releases Q1 2026 Earnings Call Recap: Co-Founder Allaire Discusses Results
Circle shared a recap of its Q1 2026 earnings call led by Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeremy Allaire.

DeFi
NEAR Intents Expands Crosschain Swaps to Support 100+ Tokens Into Zcash: NEAR
NEAR Intents upgraded its frontend to enable single-flow swaps from over 100 tokens directly into ZEC, leveraging intent-based architecture for crosschain transactions.

DeFi
xStocks Assets Surge Past $100M on Ethereum, $30M on BNB Chain: xStocks
Tokenized stock protocol xStocks has crossed $100M market cap on Ethereum with 1,000% YTD growth, while expanding to BNB Chain with $30M in commodities-linked assets.

Markets
Bitcoin Tests $82K As Crypto Funds Notch Sixth Straight Week Of Inflows
Crypto investment products absorbed $858 million last week, ahead of the upcoming CLARITY Act markup and Fed chair transition.

TradFi & Fintech
Strategy Resumes Weekly Buys with Smallest BTC Purchase Since December
Meanwhile, the largest Ethereum DAT, Bitmine, made its smallest ETH purchase since January, announcing it will slow its weekly purchase pace.

Blockchains
SUI Rallies 40% as Mysten Labs Promises Free, Private Payments "At Scale"
Co-founder Adeniyi Abiodun unveiled confidential transactions at Sui Live Miami, the same week SUI Group Holdings staked its entire $140M treasury.



