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DeFi developers are competing to harness Bitcoin’s $1.2 trillion market cap for restaking. BounceBit’s new roadmap includes allowing third-party services to leverage its Bitcoin-based staking layer for security, while a flurry of protocols are using Babylon as Bitcoin restaking middleware.

Deutsche Bank is backing tokenization as the key to future-proofing legacy finance. The bank’s comments come as it launches new tokenization pilots as part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian.

A Twitter user claimed responsibility for last week’s Pump.fun exploit after purporting to have been arrested and let go on bail. They since claimed to have been admitted to hospital on mental grounds after a series of unhinged rants on Twitter.

Plus, MakerDAO plans to replace DAI with two new stablecoins, and crypto markets bounce as investors pile into Bitcoin ETFs.

✍️ In today’s newsletter:

Developers pile in on Bitcoin restaking
Deutsche Bank deepens tokenization trials
Purported Pump.fun exploiter reportedly hospitalized
MakerDAO to launch two new stablecoins
ETF inflows excite crypto bulls

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🏇Web3 Teams Compete To Bring Restaking To $1.2T Bitcoin Ecosystem

DeFi teams are competing to replicate the explosive growth generated by Ethereum’s restaking sector within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

A new roadmap from BounceBit aims to establish the project as the top “BTC restaking chain” by allowing third-party protocols to harness its Bitcoin-based staking layer for security. The news comes as many protocols are leveraging Babylon, a Cosmos-based chain allowing BTC stakers to secure Proof of Stake networks, as middleware for restaking products.

💡Deutsche Bank Says Tokenization Is The Future Of Financial Innovation

Deutsche Bank, a top global financial institution, is looking to tokenization to “future-proof” the legacy banking industry. “Asset servicers like Deutsche Bank will need to be able to effectively address the different chains that asset managers are likely to use for tokenization, in order to facilitate adoption and foster innovation,” Boon-Hiong Chan, Deutsche Bank’s Asia Pacific Head of Securities & Technology Advocacy, told The Defiant.

🚑Purported Pump.Fun Hacker Claims To Be In Hospital After Arrest and Release

Jarrett Dunn, a Twitter user identifying as the hacker behind the $1.9 million Pump.fun exploit perpetrated by a former employee last week, said they were arrested by U.K. police and released on bail. Dunn now claims to be in hospital over mental health concerns, with the news coming after publishing a series of unhinged Twitter rants. Dunn also claimed Pump.fun is planning to airdrop tokens to early users at an $80 million valuation.

🪙MakerDAO Founder Unveils Two New Stablecoins

MakerDAO’s founder, Rune Christensen, wants the protocol to replace its popular DAI stablecoin with two new stable tokens. The move would come as part of Maker’s ambitious Endgame overhaul.

📈Crypto Markets Surge on Positive ETF Inflows

Digital assets have turned bullish, with Bitcoin trading above $67,000 for the first time in four weeks. The move comes as investors are against piling money into spot Bitcoin ETFs, with the funds boasting a weekly inflow of nearly $950 million.

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