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Markets
Crypto Markets Rally Ahead of Anticipated Ethereum ETF Approval
Digital asset investment products suffered a third consecutive week of outflows.

Regulation & Politics
Crypto Celebrates Court Dismissing SEC Claims That Secondary BNB Sales Aren't Securities
Legal experts describe the ruling as a significant victory over the SEC for the web3 sector.

Podcast
Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential: How Rootstock Uses EVM For Scalability
Daniel Fogg is the CEO of RootstockLabs, the organization behind the Rootstock sidechain, which is a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution designed to enhance Bitcoin's capabilities with smart contract functionality. Rootstock was launched in January 2018, becoming the first Bitcoin sidechain, and is secured by Bitcoin's hashing power through a merged mining process. This innovative sidechain leverages Bitcoin's security while enabling Ethereum compatible smart contracts, aiming to reduce transaction costs and improve scalability.

DeFi
Aave Labs Receives Grant To Develop V4 Iteration Over 12 Months
The Aave DAO greenlit a grant distributing $12 million GHO to Aave Labs' over the course of one year.

Education
EVAA Protocol: How to Lend on TON’s #1 Money Market
Since the start of 2024, the TON DeFi ecosystem has grown onchain liquidity by over 46X and sits now at just over $654M in DeFi smart contracts.

Regulation & Politics
SEC Targets Ethereum Liquid Staking
The lawsuit alleging Lido and Rocket Pool are violating securities laws comes less than two weeks after the SEC dropped its Ethereum investigation.

Markets
Crypto Markets Drop Despite Cooling U.S. Inflation
Analysts predict spot Ethereum ETFs could launch next week.

TradFi & Fintech
Stripe To Support Base Amid Coinbase Partnership
Stripe will roll out support for USDC on Base.

Blockchains
Get Off My L1! What Are L2s And Why Are They So Popular?
Welcome to DYOR, an in-depth crypto live show presented by The Defiant and IC3. This week's guests are Steven Goldfeder (IC3 alumni, Offchain Labs), Eli Ben-Sasson (StarkWare, Zcash, Technion Israel Institute of Technology), and Ben Fisch (Espresso, Yale, Stanford). Moderated by Pedro Solimano - Journalist at The Defiant.

DeFi
Yei Finance Pushes Sei Network TVL Above $60 Million
The Sei-based money market is incentivizing lenders with SEI, USDT and USDC rewards that kicked off on June 24.



