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Markets
BlackRock's BUIDL Token Surpasses $1 Billion Market Cap: Token Terminal
BlackRock's BUIDL token on Ethereum has exceeded $1 billion in market capitalization, up approximately 115% year-to-date.

Markets
Bitcoin Nears $70,000 as Ceasefire Proposal Lifts Risk Appetite
A 45-day ceasefire plan and Strategy's $330M Bitcoin purchase buoyed crypto markets.

DeFi
Aster to Settle RWA Perps Exclusively in USD1
The perpetuals exchange will use World Liberty Financial's stablecoin as the sole settlement asset for its commodity markets, starting with gold, silver, and crude oil.

Research & Opinion
84% of Polymarket Traders Are Losing Money, New Research Finds
On-chain researcher Andrey Sergeenkov found that only 2% of the 2.5 million wallets analyzed have ever made over $1,000.

DeFi
Polymarket Unveils Collateral Token to Replace Bridged USDC
Polymarket USD replaces bridged USDC as part of an exchange-wide upgrade.

DeFi
Chaos Labs Terminates Aave Engagement Citing Risk Misalignment and Inadequate Funding
The risk management provider exits after three years, marking the third departure of a core contributor in two months.

DeFi
Ethena Strikes Lending Deals With Anchorage and Maple amid USDe Reserve Overhaul
The synthetic dollar protocol is moving beyond its crypto basis trade roots into institutional lending, real-world credit, and equity and commodity perpetuals.

TradFi & Fintech
BitMine Graduates to NYSE as ETH Treasury Hits 4.8 Million Tokens
The ETH treasury company posted its largest weekly purchase since December, and will begin trading on the main NYSE board on Thursday.

TradFi & Fintech
IMF Says Tokenization Is a 'Structural Shift' in Finance, Not Just a Tech Upgrade
The International Monetary Fund also warns that the distribution and speed of on-chain transactions bring new challenges and risks that require international coordination.

CeFi
Coinbase Joins Crypto Bank Trust Wave, Landing Conditional Approval From the OCC
Coinbase got conditional approval from the OCC for its trust, a step toward federal oversight for its offerings to replace the current state by state licensing approach.





