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DeFi
Slovenia Issues First Digital Sovereign Bond In Europe
The $30 million euro bond was settled through Bank of France’s tokenized cash system and BNP Paribas.

TradFi & Fintech
Ethereum ETFs Lag Behind Bitcoin ETFs in First Week
ETH ETFS recorded high trading volume relative to BTC ETFs, but net outflows while BTC funds had net inflows.

Podcast
Zerion Introduces New Layer 2 With Zero Fees | Evgeny Yurtaev
Evgeny Yurtaev is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zerion, which is is an investing tool that enables users to manage their DeFi and NFT portfolios. Recently, Zerion announced the launch of a new Web3 wallet and a Layer 2 solution, Zero Network. These new products aim to enhance the user experience in DeFi by providing a friendlier user experience cost-effective transactions. In our conversation, we dive into the latest updates from Zerion and explore the exciting developments in the DeFi space.

Blockchains
Developers Compete To Bring Smart Contracts To Dogecoin Ecosystem
Laika and Qed Protocol are among a growing cohort of projects working to bring advanced web3 functionality to Dogecoin.

DeFi
Aave Launches Lido-Only V3 Deployment
The new market exclusively supports liquidity pools for Lido’s stETH and wrapped stETH liquid staking token.

Education
FBTC: A New Omnichain 1:1 Tokenized BTC
As the DeFi ecosystem ascends to over $100B TVL for the first time since the last bull run, the demand for deeper liquidity only grows across the major L1s and L2s. Although Ethereum Mainnet has nearly nine times the value deposited onchain as the next closest DeFi ecosystem, the world’s most liquid cryptocurrency remains BTC at over $1.3T in market cap.

Markets
BTC Inches Closer to $70,000 after Trump Says ‘Never Sell Your Bitcoin’
Trump asserted that he would fire SEC chair Gensler and ensure the federal government retains its Bitcoin holdings if he is re-elected.

CeFi
21Shares Implements Chainlink Proof of Reserve to Enhance ETF Transparency
The ETF issuer aims to assure investors that CETH is backed by actual ETH holdings.

DeFi
Compound Community Accuses Notorious Whale Of Engineering Governance Attack
Compound governance passed a proposal to mobilize $24 million worth of COMP to Humpy’s goldCOMP vault, but critics say foul play is afoot.

Regulation & Politics
Trump Speaks at Bitcoin2024, Says He'll Fire Gary Gensler On Day One
The presidential candidate also said he will end Operation Chokepoint 2.0.





