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VanEck’s AVAX thesis: product-market fit, economic clarity & institutional distribution
VanEck and Ava Labs discuss the AVAX ETF, private credit on-chain, and why most crypto ETPs won't survive....

Coinbase’s Backstreet Boys-inspired Super Bowl ad divides viewers
As is the case with most Super Bowl commercials, Coinbase's latest spot was met with a mix of adoration and derision....

Crypto exchange Backpack reveals tokenomics plan to prevent ‘dumping on retail’
A quarter of the Backpack's utility token will be released to points holders and Mad Lad NFT investors during the token generation event....

Jump Trading to serve as Polymarket and Kalshi market maker in exchange for stake: Bloomberg
Jump Trading is reportedly poised to gain a stake in the two largest prediction markets, Kalshi and Polymarket....

Farcaster founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan join stablecoin startup Tempo
Tempo, incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, has become one of the best-funded new networks targeting stablecoin-based payments....

Polymarket sues Massachusetts in growing state-federal fight over prediction markets
Courts across the US are split on whether sports-related prediction contracts qualify as regulated financial products or unlicensed gambling....

MegaETH debuts ‘real-time’ mainnet, claims 50,000 TPS and 10 ms blocks
MegaETH has launched its public mainnet, claiming 50,000 transactions per second and 10-millisecond block times....

BitMine acquires 40,613 ether in a week, total treasury reaches 4.33 million ETH
BitMine added 40,613 ether last week, bringing its total holdings to 4.33 million ETH, representing 3.58% of the circulating supply....

Bitcoin miner Cango sells 4,451 BTC to strengthen balance sheet, back AI push with $305 million proceeds
Cango sold 4,451 BTC for about $305 million to repay a bitcoin-backed loan and support its AI infrastructure push. ...