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Bitcoin Falls Below $67,000 as Losses Broaden Across Crypto
Major crypto assets traded lower on Wednesday morning as total market capitalization shed almost 4%...

UNI Soars 30% Amid Strategic Investment from BlackRock
Uniswap and Securitize have announced a strategic partnership with BlackRock to provide DeFi liquidity for BlackRock's tokenized fund....

Robinhood’s Crypto Head Johann Kerbrat on Why Public Blockchains Will Win
Robinhood is opening the testnet for its Arbitrum-based Ethereum Layer 2. In this episode, we sit down with the fintech’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to discuss the strategic move to build on Et...

Franklin Templeton and Binance Launch Tokenized Collateral Program
Eligible clients can now use tokenized money market funds as off-exchange trading collateral....

Spark Launches Institutional Lending Products in Off-Chain Expansion
The new offerings are Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending....

Robinhood Launches Public Testnet for Ethereum Layer 2 Blockchain
The Arbitrum-based network is designed to support tokenized real-world assets and other on-chain financial services....

Interop Protocol LayerZero Unveils L1 Blockchain Zero
Alongside its permissionless blockchain, the firm also revealed investments from Citadel Securities and ARK Invest....

Interactive Brokers Taps Coinbase for ‘Perpetual-Style’ Crypto Futures
Global brokerage IBKR now offers traditional and perpetual-style BTC and ETH futures trading to its clients....

On-Chain Options Volumes Hit All-Time Highs as Lending Yields Dry Up
Options premium volumes and trading activity are ramping up as users explore new areas in DeFi....

Balancer DAO Caps Recovery Bounty at 10% After $128M Exploit
Balancer’s security team had earlier posted a 20% one-time offer to the attacker behind the November exploit....