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Beyond Tribalism and Transparency: The Case for a Collaborative Crypto Future
Public blockchains have seen two fundamental structural barriers to widespread adoption. First, ideological tribalism has fragmented the ecosystem, splintering developer talent, liquidity, and communi...

Story-based IP tokenization platform Aria raises $15 million at $50 million valuation
Aria has raised $15 million in combined seed and strategic funding rounds to bring intellectual property onchain....

US Federal Reserve to hold conference with focus on stablecoins, tokenization
The conference will take place Oct. 21 and bring together a range of parties to discuss how to innovate and improve the payments system....

Scaramucci takes advisory role for Nasdaq-listed Toncoin treasury with $100 million TON acquisition initiative
AlphaTON Capital aims to build a strategic TON reserve and that provides public markets access to Telegram’s rapidly expanding ecosystem....

Electric Capital, Paradigm lead $40 million investment into institutional Ethereum advocacy group Etherealize
Etherealize is an institution-focused advocacy and development group led by former EF developer Danny Ryan and Wall Street trader Vivek Raman....

Neglected macro catalysts could trigger bitcoin downside squeeze below $100,000 in September, K33 warns
September has historically been bitcoin's weakest month, with fresh macro risks threatening a downside squeeze, according to K33....

Ondo debuts over 100 tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Ethereum, with BNB Chain and Solana support to follow
Available to qualifying users, Ondo Global Markets plans to expand support to 1,000 tokenized securities by year-end....

Nakamoto, Winklevoss Capital pledge $147 million to new entity looking to become Europe’s leading Bitcoin treasury
Treasury B.V. launched with 1,000 bitcoins and a plan to list in Amsterdam via a reverse takeover to become Europe’s top BTC treasury....

Utila ‘triples’ valuation with $22 million Series A extension round as stablecoin infrastructure demand surges
The crypto infrastructure provider focused on stablecoins said it's nearly tripled its valuation in six months....

Ethereum Foundation to sell $43 million in ETH via exchanges to fund research, grants and donations
DeFi advocates scrutinized the Ethereum Foundation's multi-week plan to sell 10,000 via CEXs rather than onchain rails....