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DeFi
Ostium Launches Institutional Hedging Layer
The Arbitrum-based RWA perps protocol now routes net directional flow to Jump and prime brokers offchain, retiring the single-pool model that absorbed all trader risk.

Regulation & Politics
CFTC Sues Wisconsin in Response to State's Lawsuits Against Prediction Markets
The CFTC filed suit against Wisconsin to establish its exclusive regulatory authority over prediction markets, a sector closely tied to crypto and blockchain-based derivatives.

Regulation & Politics
Polymarket Seeks Full CFTC Approval for Its Main Platform: Report
The move would let Polymarket's primary, on-chain prediction market platform operate in the United States, rather than through its current intermediated setup with Polymarket US.

TradFi & Fintech
Ondo Partners with Broadridge to Bring Shareholder Voting to Tokenized Stocks
The partnership lets holders of tokenized equity and ETFs participate in proxy voting and access other governance features.

Markets
Bitcoin Stalls Below $80K as Geopolitical Risk Returns Ahead of Fed
Crude oil jumped as Trump called off Iran peace talks, dragging BTC back below $77,000 and triggering $288 million in long liquidations.

NFTs & Web3
NFTs Attempt Another Comeback as Blue Chips Surge
Bored Apes, Mutant Apes, Pudgy Penguins, Azuki and Doodles are all up double digits on the month.

DeFi
Sky Proposes to Streamline Treasury Management
With Genesis Capital fully deployed, the protocol looks to shift from governance-determined capital outflows to rules-bound expenses capped at a fixed percentage of revenue.

DeFi
DeFi United Hits Recovery Target as Consensys, Solana, TRON Pledge Support
The DeFi United coalition crossed its rsETH backing target after a flood of weekend commitments from across the Ethereum, Solana, TRON, Avalanche, and Bitcoin ecosystems.

Regulation & Politics
CFTC Chairman Endorses Prediction Markets as Valuable for Hedging and Information Discovery: Selig
CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam said prediction markets provide measurable value to participants and the public, committing the agency to setting regulatory standards for the sector.

DeFi
Maple Finance Surpasses $7B in Total Bridge Volume: Maple
Maple Finance announced it has crossed $7 billion in total bridge volume, signaling growing cross-chain demand for yield-bearing dollar assets.

