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CeFi
21Shares Files for Dogecoin ETF ($DOGE) With Nasdaq
21Shares, a digital asset management firm, has filed an application with Nasdaq to launch a Dogecoin (DOGE) exchange-traded fund (ETF)

Research & Opinion
Cambridge Report Finds Bitcoin Mining Uses 52.4% Sustainable Energy, Exceeding Elon Musk's Tesla BTC Payment Target
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance has released its fourth research report on Bitcoin mining, revealing that 52

Regulation & Politics
Circle's USDC Gains Approval from ADGM's FSRA to Operate in Abu Dhabi
Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, has received in-principle approval from the Abu Dhabi Global Market's Financial Services Regulatory Authority (ADGM's FSRA) to operate as a money services provider in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Regulation & Politics
South Korea's Ruling Party Vows to Approve Spot Crypto ETFs, Scrap 'One Exchange, One Bank' Rule by June 3 Election
South Korea's ruling People Power Party has pledged to approve spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and scrap the country's 'one exchange, one bank' rule ahead of the upcoming June 3 election

Regulation & Politics
South Korea's People Power Party Vows to Approve Bitcoin Spot ETFs, Scrap Banking Rule by 2025 Ahead of June 3 Election
South Korea's ruling People Power Party has pledged to approve Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and abolish the 'one exchange, one bank' policy if it wins the upcoming June 3 election

TradFi & Fintech
BlackRock's Tokenized Treasury Fund Grows Sevenfold to $2.5B; Six Entities Control 88% of $5.4B Market
The market for tokenized real-world assets, including U

TradFi & Fintech
Mastercard Launches Global Stablecoin System, Enabling Payments at 150M Merchants via OKX Card and USDC Settlement
Mastercard has announced the launch of a global stablecoin payment system.

DeFi
Lombard Finance Partners With Eigen Foundation to Launch LBTC, First Bitcoin Asset in EigenLayer Restaking Ecosystem
Lombard Finance has partnered with the Eigen Foundation to integrate Bitcoin into the EigenLayer restaking ecosystem through the introduction of LBTC, the first Bitcoin asset in this protocol

Blockchains
Ethereum Removes EVM Object Format from Fusaka Upgrade, Eyes Glamsterdam
Ethereum's core developers have decided to remove the EVM Object Format (EOF) from the upcoming Fusaka network upgrade following a decision made during a developer call on ACDT 34

DeFi
Kamino Finance, Solana’s Largest DeFi Lending Protocol with $2B TVL, Integrates Chainlink Data Streams for Sub-Second Latency and Enhanced Security
Kamino Finance, the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol on the Solana blockchain with over $2 billion in total value locked (TVL), has officially integrated Chainlink Data Streams into its oracle infrastructure





