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TradFi & Fintech
Open Standard Unveils Open USD, a Bank- and Tech-Backed Stablecoin Governed by Its Users
A consortium of more than 140 financial and technology companies introduced Open USD, a dollar stablecoin whose reserve earnings and governance are designed to flow to the businesses that adopt it rather than to a single issuer.
DeFi
Ansem Airdrops $7M of $ANSEM Memecoin in Bid to Reach 1M Holders
The Solana influencer has sent roughly $6.7M in tokens to more than 700 wallets onchain, even as he controls about 60% of the supply.
DeFi
Stream Finance Starts Collecting Creditor Claims in Step Toward 'Global Resolution'
The collapsed yield protocol, whose November failure froze roughly $160 million in deposits and left an estimated $285 million owed across DeFi lending markets, is asking potential creditors to submit claim information through an online form
DeFi
Pump.fun's PUMP Buybacks Top $400M as Token Stays Flat
The Solana launchpad's repurchases since July now exceed $400M, yet PUMP trades roughly 83% below its record and is little changed on the day

Regulation & Politics
CFTC Expands Polymarket Probe to Staged Trades and Fake Wins
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is conducting a broad investigation into Polymarket covering staged trades and fake winning bets, Bloomberg reported Friday, advancing the agency’s scrutiny beyond the platform’s prior influencer scheme.

Markets
DraftKings Launches Proprietary Prediction Markets Exchange With $3.4B Annualized Consumer Volume
DraftKings has launched DKeX, a proprietary prediction markets exchange, reporting $3.4 billion in annualized consumer volume as it enters a field increasingly crowded by Kalshi, Polymarket, Meta Arena, and Robinhood.

CeFi
OKX and Coinbase Race to Sign Up Binance's Displaced EU Users Before MiCA Deadline
OKX is offering EEA users deposit bonuses of up to 8% and Coinbase has launched a parallel transfer bonus for subscribers in eight European markets, as both licensed exchanges compete to capture users displaced by Binance's July 1 MiCA wind-down.

TradFi & Fintech
BNY Adds USDC to Institutional Custody Platform in Expanded Circle Partnership
BNY, the world's largest custodian bank with $59.4 trillion in assets under custody, has made USDC the first stablecoin on its Digital Asset Custody platform, enabling institutional clients to store, transfer, mint, and redeem Circle's dollar-pegged token alongside traditional assets.
DeFi
BlackRock Adds Ethena's Synthetic Dollar to Its $20T Aladdin Risk Management Platform
The world's largest asset manager will list the USDe synthetic dollar as an approved asset on its institutional risk platform, while its BUIDL fund becomes the primary backing for Ethena's whitelabel stablecoins.

CeFi
Strategy Authorizes up to $1.25B of Bitcoin Sales as Saylor Formalizes Capital Pivot
The largest corporate Bitcoin holder will lift its STRC preferred dividend to 12% and can now sell BTC to fund payouts and buybacks, marking a formal break from Saylor's never-sell posture



