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Figure unveils onchain equity network aimed at remaking stock trading and lending
Figure’s OPEN platform is designed to handle issuance, settlement, and stock lending onchain, instead of replicating existing stock trading....

Bitcoin hits 8-week high above $97,000 as shorts unwind and $100K odds rise
Bitcoin has climbed to an eight-week high near $97,000 as this week's rally continues and speculators eye $100,000 in January....

Project Eleven raises $20 million Series A at $120 million valuation to prepare crypto networks for post-quantum threats
The startup is building tools to help secure crypto networks such as Bitcoin against emerging threats from quantum computing....

Tether-backed mobile wallet Oobit adds native Phantom support, expanding Solana’s ties to Visa
Oobit's DePay solution will enable Phantom users to make one-tap payments from their non-custodial wallets using Visa rails....

Ledger Wallet rolls out ‘BTC yield’ feature in collaboration with Lombard and Figment
Ledger Wallet is launching a new "BTC yield" feature that lets users access Lombard's yield-bearing LBTC through the Figment app....

Paradigm leads $7.1 million seed round for attention market Noise ahead of Base mainnet launch
Noise is building a prediction market for the relevancy of social media topics, similar to "a stock market for trends."...

Bitwise rolls out Chainlink ETF, CLNK, on NYSE Arca
Another exchange-traded fund tied to Chainlink is set to hit the market Wednesday morning — the Bitwise Chainlink ETF. ...

Bitnomial launches first regulated Aptos futures in U.S.
Bitnomial noted that regulated futures are “a prerequisite for spot crypto ETF approval under the SEC’s generic listing standards."...

MANTRA cuts staff amid restructuring as OM token remains 99% below peak
MANTRA said it cut staff as part of a restructuring amid a prolonged downturn that has left its OM token about 99% below peak....

Ethereum staking hits all-time high with almost 30% of ETH supply locked
Staked ether has reached a record 36 million ETH as institutional staking and ETF activity continue to expand....