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Ethereum markets faced another difficult session after spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a sharp $36.3 million outflow. Investors immediately reacted after reports confirmed that BlackRock sold nearly $22.3 million worth of Ethereum exposure. The development created fresh concerns across the crypto industry. Traders now question whether institutional confidence around Ethereum continues weakening. The latest numbers also arrived during rising discussions surrounding bitcoin ethereum trading charles schwab and broader institutional crypto adoption. The recent Ethereum ETF outflow shocked many investors because institutions previously showed strong interest in regulated crypto products. Market participants expected Ethereum ETFs to maintain stable inflows after Bitcoin ETF…

LayerZero and Centrifuge are partnering to integrate Centrifuge’s institutional tokenization infrastructure into the interoperability protocol’s ecosystem, according to a press release shared exclusively with The Defiant. The companies said that the deal aims to make access and distribution of tokenized real world asset (RWA) products broader with multichain reach from launch. The partnership addresses the issue of blockchain fragmentation for institutional tokenization. Via LayerZero’s OApp standard, issuers can extend products across over 165 blockchain networks, while retaining a unified supply, according to the release. The first Centrifuge products to adopt LayerZero includes three of its tokenized funds, JTRSY — its…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced its support for a contract swap involving fan tokens built on the Chiliz Chain (CHZ) CAP20 standard. The upgrade will affect tokens associated with major football clubs, including AC Milan (ACM), AS Roma (ASR), Atletico Madrid (ATM), and FC Barcelona (BAR). Timeline and Impact on Trading According to the official announcement, deposits and withdrawals for these Chiliz Chain-based tokens will be temporarily suspended starting at 1:00 a.m. UTC on May 11. The suspension is necessary to facilitate the technical migration to new smart contracts. Trading pairs for these tokens are…

Microsoft Azure, Ripple Validator Nodes, and the Early Blueprint for Institutional Blockchain Interoperability Years before blockchain became a mainstream boardroom conversation, Microsoft was already quietly testing how far distributed ledger technology could go inside real enterprise infrastructure. As highlighted by RippleXity, Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) once ran a live Ripple validator node within its experimental blockchain setup. Far from being a placeholder, it actively participated in the Ripple consensus network, reflecting Azure’s broader push to explore and support emerging financial infrastructure. According to Microsoft’s Azure BaaS documentation at the time, the node was operated to support Ripple’s…

A crypto trader flipped $120 into $900,000 using Ethereum ($ETH), representing a gain of 749,900% on the initial capital. The crypto trader – 0xE0F372347C96B55f7D4306034bEb83266FD90966 – received 400 $ETH in the Genesis allocation on July 30, 2015. Notably, the trader held the $ETH for nearly 11 years before sending 350 $ETH, valued at about $789,600 at press time, to Bitstamp crypto exchange on May 14, according to on-chain data analysis from Arkham Intelligence. On-chain analytics of the trader. Source: Arkham Intelligence Meanwhile, this trader set the remaining 50 $ETH, worth approximately $112,750, to a new wallet. As such, this trader potentially…

Real-world assets have spent the last two years moving from a niche crypto narrative into something much closer to a serious market category, and CoinGecko’s latest report suggests that shift is no longer theoretical. In its newly released RWA Report 2026, CoinGecko says the revival of RWAs that began in 2024, along with improving regulatory clarity, has helped draw in larger traditional finance players and pushed tokenization into a faster phase of development. The report argues that what started as early experiments has now matured into a set of working playbooks, and that 2025 was the year the space truly…

In a fresh post, Stellar Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon reacted to the publication of a list of digital assets that, in addition to the $XLM token, also included $XRP, Bitcoin, Cardano and Solana. She outlined that, for Stellar, this is not just a formality but confirmation of their strategy. Dixon also placed special emphasis on the fact that regulatory guidance classified $XLM as an example of a digital commodity. As he stated, this is something that the Stellar Foundation and the $XLM community have always known since $XLM was built as a public good for global payments. It is also…

In brief U.S. president Donald Trump said the world has become “somewhat of a casino” following the rise of prediction markets. A U.S. soldier has been charged with using classified information to profit on Maduro-related bets. Trump’s son, Donald Jr. serves as an advisor to prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he wasn’t happy about the growing influence of prediction markets, after U.S. authorities charged a soldier with exploiting classified information to place profitable bets tied to the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “You know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of…

Unibase, an AI infrastructure project, just started trading on OKX’s perpetual futures market. This is a great step for Unibase in the fast-changing world of blockchain and AI. Following its listing on the exchange’s global perpetual futures platform, $UB quickly gained market attention with over $48 million worth of trading volume within 24 hours of listing. Excited to see @Unibase_AI live on @okx global perpetual futures markets with $48M+ in 24H trading volume. Now, autonomous agents are starting to move that new money autonomously.We believe decentralized memory, interoperability, and agent-native payments will become core… https://t.co/9CWgis1Au8 — Unibase (@Unibase_AI) May 8,…

Dune cut 25% of its staff this week as the crypto data platform restructures around AI powered analytics and institutional demand for onchain data. We’re restructuring Dune to sharpen our focus around the core data products thousands of customers across the crypto industry rely on. That unfortunately means we’ve let 25% of the team go this week. These are exceptional people I can wholeheartedly recommend — ping me if you’re… — hagaetc (@hagaetc) May 14, 2026 CEO and co-founder Fredrik Haga said the layoffs are part of a move to sharpen Dune’s focus on the core data products used across…