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NFTs & Web3
Solana Foundation President Says Web3 Gaming 'Is Not Coming Back'
Liu also added "head of gaming" at Solana Foundation to her X bio, in what appears to be a pointed joke.

Regulation & Politics
SEC's Crypto Guidance Ends Years of Regulatory Ambiguity But Key Questions Remain
Lawyers say the joint SEC-CFTC framework is the most significant crypto regulatory development in years. But who decides when a token sheds its investment contract status, and what happens to DeFi, are still unanswered.

CeFi
Kalshi Raises $1B at $22B Valuation: Report
The deal doubles the valuation from Kalshi's previous round in November.
Podcast
How the DTCC is Tokenizing $100 Trillions in Assets | Tom Sullivan
What happens when the institution at the center of U.S. market plumbing starts putting securities onchain?
In this episode of The Defiant, Chris Storaker sits down with Tom Sullivan, Managing Director at DTCC Digital Assets, to discuss how DTCC is approaching tokenization, why regulatory clarity changed the game, and what it means for U.S. Treasuries, stocks, ETFs, collateral, and 24/7 markets.

Markets
Crypto Markets Extend Post-FOMC Selloff
Bitcoin drops below $70,000 as the Fed raises its inflation forecast and oil-driven price pressures cloud the outlook for rate cuts.

Blockchains
Celo Proposes Shifting Opera to 'Long-Term Stakeholder' with 160M CELO Grant
The move would replace quarterly CELO grants to Opera, which each required Celo governance approval, to a one-time token payment for a three-year partnership.

DeFi
EtherFi to Tap Plume's Nest Vaults for Real-World Asset Yield
The DeFi neobank will route customer deposits into a basis-trade vault powered by Superstate’s USCC fund.

DeFi
Amundi Launches Tokenized Swap Fund on Ethereum and Stellar
Europe's largest asset manager has launched its second on-chain fund, leveraging Chainlink oracles to publish NAV data.

DeFi
Polymarket Becomes MLB’s Exclusive Prediction Market Partner
The league also signed an information-sharing agreement with the CFTC, the first such deal between the derivatives regulator and a professional sports body.

Infrastructure
LayerZero, Centrifuge Team Up to Expand Multichain Access for Tokenized Funds
Centrifuge's largest tokenized fund, JTRSY, is among the first of its products to adopt LayerZero.





