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View More NewsIn brief Deposits of tokenized real-world assets into DeFi lending venues and exchanges more than tripled to $7.4 billion over the year to Q2, CoinShares and Token Terminal said. Total DeFi deposits fell by approximately 15% across the same period, while RWA spot trading volumes rose roughly 220%. Almost 70% of that collateral sits on lending venues built on Ethereum, with Plasma and Solana behind it. Deposits of tokenized real-world assets into decentralized lending platforms and exchanges more than tripled over the past year, climbing from $2.3 billion to $7.4 billion, while total deposits across DeFi fell by approximately 15%.The…
The U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds have pulled in $754.69 million in investor funds this week, according to data source SoSoValue. That puts these funds on track for their best week since April.“The clearest shift has come in institutional flows,” Liya Kalchev, Analyst at Nexo, said, explaining the ETF inflows.“Spot Bitcoin ETFs have taken in more than half a billion dollars so far in August, with inflows building through the week and Wednesday alone contributing over $240 million — a sharp reversal from June, when the funds recorded their worst month on record,” Kalchev added.Note that despite the on-chain and…
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A review of Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling by Frank Miller; 224 pages; Canongate (July 2026)Even outside of comic book circles, Frank Miller is known as a gifted artist and writer who made comics grown up and gritty. From his damaged version of Bruce Wayne to Marv in Sin City (whom Miller pithily describes as “Conan the Barbarian in a trenchcoat”), Miller has created stories that resemble a strikingly original blend of film noir and dark Wagnerian opera. But the Miller who emerges from this memoir—part autobiography, part primer for aspiring graphic novelists—is…
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Wintermute said the registration allows the firm to position itself for the growth of tokenized securities in the US. Read the full article here
In brief OpenAI disclosed its first detailed timeline of the AI-driven Hugging Face breach. The company’s models repeatedly reestablished covert communication channels after they…
Criminals stole more than $30 million through physical attacks on crypto holders in the first half of this year, putting the year on pace…
In brief Meta confirmed one of its Muse Spark AI models gained internet access during a cybersecurity evaluation. The model exploited a security vulnerability…
NEW YORK and HONG KONG — Cyannova Capital (“Cyannova” or the “Company”), a New York-based investment firm, announces its inaugural investment fund, Cyannova Capital,…
The price of bitcoin BTC$76,856.32 has been closely tracking the 2026 realized price, currently around $76,200, according to Checkonchain, since the beginning of April.The…
Bitcoin is sliding into a high-risk environment due to continued institutional selling, primarily from US spot exchange-traded funds, according to crypto analytics platform Swissblock.Swissblock…
A Colorado jury awarded former New Jersey investment manager Robert Dial $24 million after finding that a police detective wrongfully arrested him in connection…
Ondo Finance founder Nathan Allman has died, the company said in a post on X on Tuesday, without disclosing the cause.”It is with profound…
Security for artificial intelligence-powered agents should be built into the entire system, not just around the model itself, to better prevent failures and attacks…
A review of Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire by Antonia Senior; 462 pages; New York, Public Affairs…
Decentralized platform Hyperliquid is now competing with established betting platforms such as Polymarket, but with a differentiated mechanism for resolving bets. The leading decentralized…