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Grvt eyes $100 million USDY position in Ondo Finance tie-up
EXCLUSIVE: Late Ondo founder’s mother seeks control of company and removal of De Bode as CEO
1inch Aqua unlocks shared liquidity with CEO Sergej Kunz
THE BLOCK: Hong Kong-listed HashKey Group plans to acquire Singapore's Asia Pacific Exchange via a subsidiary, per its filing.
The proposed acquisition aims to "establish a more scalable regulated presence in Singapore."
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Will agentic trading eventually suffer diminishing returns?
It's a question I put to @nansen_ai founder @ASvanevik - who's mega bullish on trading agents.
"Agent have different inputs, they can consume different information. There are different models. In 2 years we're going to see a flippening in how people trade."
Full interview from The Starting Block in the comments 👇
@TheBlockPods @TheBlockCo
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THE BLOCK: Bitcoin miner-turned-AI infrastructure firm Ionic Digital surged more than 22% in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the company at nearly $2.8 billion.
Formed from the bankrupt Celsius’ mining assets, Ionic has pivoted to AI infrastructure with a 10-year, $2 billion Nscale deal. $IOND
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"It's empirically true that @blknoiz06 has revived the trenches."
@nansen_ai CEO @ASvanevik says platform analytics show solana:9cRCn9rGT8V2imeM2BaKs13yhMEais3ruM3rPvTGpump bucked the trend of short-lived memecoin attention.
However, he thinks RWA/securities trading is really driving renewed trading volumes on Solana.
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THE BLOCK: Circle acquires IBM's blockchain patent portfolio spanning more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents.
Circle says the deal makes it the largest U.S. blockchain patent holder, strengthening the IP behind USDC, its payments network and Arc.
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THE STARTING BLOCK:
Will Bitcoin DeFi be a lifeline for Bitcoin Treasury Companies?
@IOHK_Charles says @Cardano & @pogun_io use of mirroring allows bitcoin:native holders to maintain self-custodial control while access DeFi & stablecoin functionality.
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I care deeply about Bitcoin & wonder why the smartest protocol founders ultimately moved away from Bitcoin.
I asked @IOHK_Charles why. He explains why @VitalikButerin, @bytemaster7 & other Ethereum builders stopped trying to build Bitcoin-based infrastructure.
Full 📺 👇
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THE BLOCK: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson pitched the network’s ability to evolve as an advantage over Bitcoin, warning that a "quantum apocalypse" could expose Satoshi’s dormant coins and undermine Bitcoin’s core value proposition.
"If Bitcoin’s governance" can't respond, he told The Block, "I don’t think Bitcoin’s going to stay the number one cryptocurrency."
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THE BLOCK: Wise plans to submit a new application for a national trust bank charter in the U.S. under the GENIUS Act stablecoin framework after the OCC denied its original application.
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THE BLOCK: India ordered GitHub to take down Jack Dorsey’s BitChat code, calling the Bluetooth messaging app dangerous because it works during internet shutdowns.
"The government of India does not like technologies like BitChat," Dorsey said, while the Internet Freedom Foundation called the order "unconstitutional and authoritarian."
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BREAKING: World Foundation raises $52.5 million in WLD token sale with one-year lockup
THE BLOCK: EU sanctions 14 crypto platforms in Georgia, Panama, UAE, Marshall Islands, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus for aiding Russia evasion efforts.
The measures also introduce a first-time enforcement mechanism with the power to ban transactions between local operators and any crypto provider helping Russia evade sanctions.
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THE BLOCK: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs snapped a seven-day inflow streak with $225.2 million in net outflows on Thursday, while spot Ether ETFs added $26.3 million.
Bitcoin was little changed at $65,400, while Ether traded near $1,890.
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Is the Bitcoin bear market over? Ft. Cory Klippsten
TSB: Crypto exchanges will take over Wall Street - ft. Bitget’s Gracy Chen
THE STARTING BLOCK:
@bitget CEO @GracyBitget joins @gazza_jenks in the Hot Seat.
On the agenda:
- Chen's Universal Exchange Vision
- Bitget's Stocks 2.0
- Agentic Trading
Join us live at 8:30am ET/2:30pm CET
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THE BLOCK: Grayscale filed a registration statement with the SEC for a Worldcoin ETF, the first of its kind in the U.S.
The fund would track the value of ethereum:0x163f8c2467924be0ae7b5347228cabf260318753 and would be traded on NASDAQ, according to the filing.
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