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Smart-contract and DeFi coins lead losses as bitcoin wilts for 4th straight day

Concerns about STRC, the dividend-paying preferred stock from Strategy continue to dominate market sentiment. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
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Morgan Stanley Files Amended ETH and SOL ETF Registrations at Market-Low 0.14% Fees

Morgan Stanley filed second-amended S-1s for spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs at a 0.14% fee, the lowest in both markets, naming Figment, Galaxy, and Coinbase…
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Europe’s MiCA July deadline puts Binance access and USDT liquidity on the line

Europe’s crypto rulebook is squeezing much of the industry before it has even fully taken effect, with Binance and Tether as the most visible examples…
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Malta proposes DeFi rulebook covering DAOs under MiCA-era framework

The Maltese regulator is seeking industry feedback on a legal framework for software-governed organizations, arguing that many DeFi projects are not fully decentralized. Read Full…
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DeFi’s next institutional wave may come from users who never see “behind the scenes” – CEO of Katana

For years, DeFi’s growth strategy was to pull users on-chain, and the next institutional wave is testing where users may never know they’re touching DeFi…
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SpaceX Surge Could Be Worth Billions for FTX—Will Creditors Benefit?

Defunct crypto exchange FTX gained exposure to SpaceX in 2022, and the rocket-maker’s post-IPO rally has lifted hopes among creditors. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co…
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Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse Open First Confidential USDC Yield Vault on Ethereum

Zama, Morpho and Steakhouse open the first DeFi yield vault for Confidential USDC on June 23, routing encrypted cUSDC into Steakhouse Prime v2 on Morpho…
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World Chain Bridge TVL Climbs 33% Over Seven Days as Worldcoin Token Posts Matching Rally

World Chain’s canonical-bridge TVL climbed 32.87% over seven days to about $602M, with WLD tracking the move at +33.6%. The growth concentrates in Re7 Labs…
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Strategy’s $10 billion STRC Bitcoin yield product sinks to yearly low as market demands higher payout

Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) flagship dividend-paying preferred stock is trading at its weakest level this year, pressuring one of the company’s most important tools for raising…
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Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool in State-Backed Push for Regulatory Control

Bitcoin Magazine Oman Launches Mandatory National Bitcoin Mining Pool in State-Backed Push for Regulatory Control Oman launched a mandatory state-backed Bitcoin mining pool requiring all…