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TradFi & Fintech
Square launches zero-fee Bitcoin payments for US merchants through 2026: Square
Square is waiving processing fees for Bitcoin payments at US merchants for two years, with instant dollar conversion to reduce adoption barriers.

Blockchains
Base Doubles Down on Global Markets, Stablecoins, and AI Agents
Coinbase's Layer 2 shifts focus to tokenizing every major asset class and scaling stablecoin payments.

DeFi
Resolv Co-Founder Pledges 1:1 Redemptions for All Pre-Exploit USR Holders
Ivan Kozlov shared the first public update on recovery efforts nine days after an attacker minted 80 million unbacked USR tokens and extracted roughly $23 million.

Blockchains
Aztec Launches Alpha Network, Ethereum's First L2 for Private Smart Contracts
The a16z-backed privacy chain goes live with private smart contracts, but warns users of known critical vulnerabilities as audits continue.

DeFi
Plume Turns Paychecks Into Yield-Bearing Assets in RWA Payroll Pilot
Employees can elect to receive a portion of their salary in shares of WTGXX, earning yield from the day compensation is paid.

Research & Opinion
Google Quantum AI Paper Rewrites Threat Timeline for Bitcoin, Ethereum Security
A whitepaper co-authored with the Ethereum Foundation and Stanford researchers slashes qubit estimates by 20x, warns that billions in crypto assets are exposed to multiple attack vectors.

Markets
Bitcoin Rebounds to $67,000 as Iran De-Escalation Hopes Lift Risk Appetite
ETH gained 2% as BitMine extended its buying streak.

DeFi
Steakhouse Financial Warns Users of Phishing Attack
The DeFi curator says existing deposits and smart contracts are unaffected, but asked users to avoid the platform until the front-end is restored.

DeFi
Valinor Raises $25M Seed Round to Bring Private Credit Onchain
The ex-Blackstone team wants to move beyond crypto-collateralized loans and into ‘real economy credit’ as the tokenized RWA sector continues to grow.

DeFi
Aave V4 Launches on Ethereum Mainnet
Announced at EthCC in Cannes, the upgrade enables institution-specific borrowing environments, structured credit products, and RWA-backed lending within a unified liquidity system.

