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Investment firms have started flooding regulators with applications for sophisticated crypto exchange-traded funds, pivoting from basic spot products to leveraged and actively managed strategies for broader institutional crypto exposure. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas pointed to the trend, tweeting Sunday, “New filings from 21Shares for an active crypto ETF (something I think we’ll see a ton of in the next 12 months) and a 2x Doge and 2x Sui.”  The filings show how issuers are trying to stay one step ahead of regulators while preparing for an October window that could see multiple approvals land at once.  Multiple issuers…

ATT Global, a Web3 digital advertising platform merging DePIN and RWAs, has partnered with For Metas, a cutting-edge entertainment ecosystem. The partnership focuses on merging the decentralized advertising capabilities and infrastructure with the decentralized immersive entertainment network. As disclosed by ATT Global in its official social media announcement, the partnership is anticipated to drive unparalleled integration between digital consumer engagement, e-commerce, and blockchain technology. Hence, the move fortifies the position of both the platforms in the development of a scalable, interactive, and secure Web3 environment. ATT Global and For Metas Join Forces to Drive Decentralized Advertising The partnership between ATT…

RabitAI, a decentralized AI platform, announced a strategic collaboration with Likwid.Fi, a decentralized margin trading protocol. This partnership shows that staying ahead of the curve is not just an objective but a necessity. This explains the reason Likwid.Fi integrated RabitAI’s innovative artificial intelligence infrastructure into its DeFi margin trading and lending/borrowing protocol. Through this partnership, Likwid.Fi leverages RabitAI’s expertise to expand the trading capabilities of its decentralized derivatives platform to redefine the experience for its traders. RabitAI is a decentralized AI network of AI agents that use machine learning, real-time data, and multi-timeframe technical analysis to empower users with automation,…

It approached 90% after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell delivered moderate remarks at the Jackson Hole meeting on Friday. While the market expects the Fed to make its first interest rate cut of 2025 in September, JPMorganChase said in a recent report that the Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates in September. In his Jackson Hole speech, Powell opened the door to the possibility of a rate cut, saying, “It’s time to change the policy stance.” But JPMorganChase expects the Fed to delay a rate cut at its September FOMC meeting, despite Powell signaling a return to a rate cut…

Several proposals in the House of Representatives seek to put the Philippine national budget on the blockchain, a move supporters say will open government spending to real-time public scrutiny. Rep. Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez of Negros Occidental’s 3rd District has filed House Bill 4380, the “Blockchain the Budget Act,” which would record every peso of the national budget on a blockchain ledger. The measure mirrors Senate Bill 1330 earlier filed by Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV. “I have filed House Bill 4380, or the ‘Blockchain the Budget Act’, to place the entire Philippine national budget on a blockchain ledger,…

Maple, the leading onchain asset manager, has launched syrupUSDT on Plasma, the payments-focused blockchain backed by Tether. This marks the first deployment of Maple’s flagship dollar-yield token outside Ethereum and a key milestone in the company’s expansion roadmap toward $5 billion AUM by year-end.—The new deployment allows users to deposit syrupUSDT into a Midas-hosted pre-deposit vault, which opens September 16 at 9am ET. Depositors will not only earn curated yield but also receive rewards tied to Plasma’s upcoming mainnet launch and token generation event (TGE).Maple’s Growth MomentumThe expansion to Plasma follows Maple’s recent rollouts on Solana and Arbitrum, as the…

Global stock exchanges are reportedly urging regulators to clamp down on the fast-growing trade of tokenized stocks. They warn that the blockchain-based products pose fresh risks to investors. In a letter sent to the US SEC’s Crypto Task Force, the European Securities and Markets Authority, and IOSCO’s Fintech Task Force, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) urged policymakers to tighten oversight over such stocks. This comes in as SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, in June, stressed that tokenized securities remain subject to existing securities law. However, the crypto market is still in its early stages of gaining regulatory clarity globally. WFE…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Food, clothing, shelter — and now, the internet. The list of basic life necessities has gained an extra requirement, yet many still can’t access it. Social media may have us under the illusion that the entire world has access to high-speed internet, but the reality is rather different. A staggering 2.6 billion people are offline, approximately one-third of the world’s population. There is a dire need for an alternative to rewrite the rules of who gets connected…

Symbiotic has partnered with Chainlink and Bitcoin DeFi protocol Lombard to introduce a new cryptoeconomic security layer for cross-chain transfers of Lombard Staked Bitcoin (LBTC). According to the announcement, the collaboration integrates Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) with Symbiotic’s restaking framework to safeguard LBTC as it moves across blockchains. Lombard, which has more than $1.5 billion in total value locked (TVL), is also preparing to launch its native token BARD, according to initial reporting by The Defiant. As part of the rollout, Symbiotic unveiled two staking vaults: a $100 million LINK vault and a 20 million BARD vault. Users who…

Longevity research is intersecting with crypto through Aubrai, a decentralized science (DeSci) and AI agent launched this week on Base as part of the Bio Protocol. Decentralized science, or DeSci, uses blockchain and DAOs to fund experiments directly, attribute credit transparently, and turn research outputs into tokenized assets that let labs sustain themselves beyond philanthropy and traditional capital markets. The AUBRAI token, launching on Bio Protocol’s Launchpad, makes holders permanent stakeholders in the agent’s research outputs, with governance rights over funding decisions and a share in revenues from commercialized discoveries Built by VitaDAO and Bio Protocol with Aubrey de Grey’s…