3 Major Cardano Announcements Just Landed: The Breakdown

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Three Cardano ecosystem announcements landed onstage at Consensus Hong Kong yesterday, spanning cross-chain rails, a new stablecoin rollout timeline, and a privacy-focused network’s march to mainnet. #1 Cardano Taps LayerZero Intersect said via X its Critical Cardano Integrations workstream has approved bringing…

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Securitize Plans RWA Stablecoin with OKX, STBL, Hamilton Lane

Securitize is launching a stablecoin backed by tokenized private credit assets in partnership with Hamilton Lane, OKX Ventures and stablecoin infrastructure firm STBL, expanding efforts to bring institutional real-world asset yield onto blockchain rails. Securitize has partnered with stablecoin infrastructure provider STBL, Nasdaq-listed private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane and crypto exchange OKX’s investment…

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Binance SAFU Fund completes $1B Bitcoin accumulation

Global crypto exchange Binance has completed the conversion of its $1 billion Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) from stablecoins into Bitcoin. The fund spent over $305 million acquiring 4,545 BTC on Thursday, bringing the total stash to 15,000 BTC worth over $1 billion, according to Arkham Intelligence data. #Binance SAFU Fund Asset Conversion –…

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What Pioneers Need to Know

Here’s the latest hint from the Pi Network team that could affect millions within its community. The Core Team behind the popular project has provided a comprehensive update on its Node infrastructure, revealing major progress on the promised decentralization while maintaining its phased rollout strategy. They claimed that 16 million Pioneers have already migrated…

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Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Faces $4 Million Fine For Conspiring To Promote Illegal Prostitution

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Paxful, once one of the largest peer‑to‑peer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplaces, has agreed to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to multiple federal offenses, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday.  The charges include conspiracies to promote illegal prostitution,…

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Strategy to Push Preferred Stock to Boost Bitcoin Buys: CEO

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy will further lean on its preferred stock sales to acquire Bitcoin, shifting from its strategy of selling common stock, says CEO Phong Le. “We will start to transition from equity capital to preferred capital,” Le told Bloomberg’s “The Close” on Wednesday. Stretch (STRC) is Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, launched in July,…

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Lighter rolls out first on-chain perps for Korean stocks

Lighter has introduced on-chain perpetual futures for major South Korean stocks, giving crypto traders direct access to Samsung, SK Hynix, and Hyundai. Summary Lighter launched perpetual futures for Samsung, SK Hynix, Hyundai, and a Korean index. The contracts offer up to 10x leverage and run fully on-chain. The move expands DeFi trading into traditional equity…

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