Infrastructure
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Alpaca raises $135M to fund tokenized agent-first infrastructure

The BNP-backed brokerage infrastructure provider is expanding into tokenized markets and AI-native financial services as both DeFi and TradFi companies pursue onchain business. Read Full…
Infrastructure

MoonPay buys Glide to bolster crypto deposits infrastructure

MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure. Read Full Story at Cointelegraph.com →
DeFi

Aave Deploys Its V4 Lending Protocol on Avalanche

The rollout is the first time Aave’s new Hub and Spoke architecture has run on a chain other than Ethereum, though the tokenized-asset markets it…
Infrastructure

What Is BIP-110 and Why Is It Dividing the Bitcoin Community?

A proposal to restrict non-financial data on Bitcoin has split prominent developers, miners, and industry leaders ahead of a key activation deadline, reopening one of…
DeFi

How Morgan Stanley plans to bring crypto custody, staking and lending support in-house

Preliminary OCC approval outlines a bank that could consolidate key crypto functions, while outside venues and infrastructure remain essential. The post How Morgan Stanley plans…
Infrastructure

Base Creator Jesse Pollak Steps Back From App Leadership After Admitting Social Bet 'Was Wrong'

Pollak said he is handing the Base App back to Coinbase to focus on building Base into “the blockchain for global finance” after conceding the…
DeFi

Ostium pauses trading as security firms report multimillion-dollar oracle exploit

Ostium halted trading and advised revoking contract approvals after blockchain security firms reported an apparent oracle-related exploit of its OLP liquidity vault, with estimated losses…
Infrastructure

DTCC moves tokenized securities into live trading, marking a milestone for Wall Street's blockchain push

DTCC’s first live production trades using tokenized securities show how blockchain could reshape the infrastructure behind Wall Street. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
Infrastructure

Cantor and Securitize collaborate on blockchain-based IPOs

The move creates a pathway for public companies to raise capital onchain and issue tokenized securities. Read Full Story at Coindesk.com →
DeFi

Ostium suffers $18 million exploit as oracle attack wave continues to hit DeFi

A hacker used Ostium’s own price-reporting infrastructure against the protocol, submitting falsified future-dated oracle data to manufacture fake trading profits and trigger an $18 million…