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TRUMP coin World Cup VIP offer lets insiders sell while holders compete for tickets

President Donald Trump-themed TRUMP coin is dangling luxury suite tickets to the 2026 World Cup final in a bid to arrest its severe market collapse.…
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Why the $30 billion RWA tokenization boom is barely reaching DeFi

DefiLlama’s RWA category data puts the RWA tokenization market near $30 billion on-chain, with only $2.47 billion appearing as DeFi active TVL, the value actually…
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Aave Proposes Principal-Preserving Charitable Giving Layer for Protocol

Aave governance initiates temp-check on a new charitable mechanism that would allow users to generate yield on deposits while maintaining capital control for humanitarian organizations.…
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Bitcoin faces Treasury yield pressure as Japan sells nearly $30 billion of US debt

Bitcoin faces renewed Treasury yield pressure after Japanese investors sold $29.6 billion of US government, agency, and local authority debt in the first quarter, the…
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Bitcoin Slides Below $77,000 as Bond Market Rout Wipes $670 Million in Crypto Longs

A global bond sell-off wiped $670 million in leveraged crypto longs as the U.S. 10-year yield hit its highest level since February 2025, with rate-cut…
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Banking groups escalate fight over stablecoin yield ahead of Senate vote

The American Bankers Association amplified warnings the Senate’s Clarity Act could push deposit flight into stablecoins unless lawmakers tighten yield limits. Read Full Story at…
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Chainlink emerges as the unlikely $3B winner of KelpDAO exploit as DeFi projects dump LayerZero

Crypto projects with more than $3 billion in total value locked have migrated their cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) following a $292…
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After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted

The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave’s books, despite not a single line of its contracts misbehaving. On Apr. 18,…
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BlackRock looks to sidestep Clarity yield issues, filing for two new tokenized money market funds

BlackRock is accelerating its push to bring Wall Street yields to the blockchain, filing paperwork with US regulators to introduce a pair of tokenized money…
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7 major Bitcoin mining pools join Stratum V2, working group

Individual miners in Bitcoin mining pools must rely on block templates provided by the mining pool operator. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →