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Binance.US, the American arm of the global crypto exchange, is pursuing expansion in the US after securities regulators dropped their 2023 lawsuit against the platform, said Binance’s co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao in a recent interview with Bloomberg News. CZ, who is no longer involved in the day-to-day operations of Binance but remains its largest shareholder, suggested that a more accommodating regulatory environment could open the door to options such as enhanced banking partnerships or securing a financial charter. However, he indicated that execution would depend on legal and management decisions. The billionaire stressed that his comments applied exclusively to the…

Venus Protocol has officially announced the listing of XAUm, its first gold-backed Real-World Asset (RWA), marking a major milestone for lending markets on the $BNB Chain. This project, initiated with Matrixdock and anchored by Chainlink price oracles, enables users to pledge physical gold as collateral for the first time ever, without synthetic workarounds. The wall between TradFi and DeFi is coming down on @BNBCHAIN…And Venus is proud to stand at the center of it – listing XAUm, the first RWA collateral asset on Venus, in partnership with @matrixdock and secured by @chainlink.This is gold on-chain. 👇 pic.twitter.com/S5GX85rYgl — Venus Protocol…

Kodiak Finance, a decentralized trading and liquidity platform, has integrated Orbs‘ Layer-3 infrastructure provider’s dSLTP protocol, adding decentralized stop-loss and take-profit order functionality to Berachain, according to an announcement shared with Finbold on March 10. The integration introduces conditional onchain execution orders to Kodiak, allowing users to automate trades based on predefined price levels. With the update, traders can set stop-loss and take-profit conditions directly through the platform without relying on centralized systems or manual monitoring. Onchain risk management tools added to Kodiak Kodiak had previously integrated Orbs’ dTWAP and dLIMIT protocols, and is now the first decentralized exchange on…

MIAMI BEACH — Endowments are rethinking where they invest as they brace for weaker returns from traditional assets. At the iConnections conference on Tuesday, several chief investment officers said the playbook that drove gains over the past decade may not work as well in the next one. Equity valuations remain high, credit spreads are near historic lows, and private markets are crowded, leaving little room for error. “I think in general, our expectations are that for all of the traditional asset classes that we’ve invested in, we sort of believe this is both return compression and probably Alpha compression,” said…

The US administration announced significant progress in the dispute over stablecoin rewards, which is closely related to cryptocurrency market regulation. According to the White House, the disagreement between the parties regarding rewards associated with stablecoin usage has “narrowed significantly.” Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, told the Crypto In America team at the ETHDenver event that the gap between crypto companies and bank representatives has significantly narrowed following a closed-door meeting last week. The biggest point of contention in the regulatory process is whether crypto firms can offer rewards tied to stablecoin usage. Banks argue that…

Two key opinion leaders have predicted that AI agents’ crypto transactions will quickly dwarf those of human beings. The key driver behind this is the ease of opening a crypto wallet as compared to a bank account. The integration of AI with blockchain has attracted several regulatory and security concerns. CEO and co-founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), has predicted that AI (artificial intelligence) agents will outnumber humans in crypto payments by a “million times.” CEO, co-founder, and Chairman of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, made similar comments shortly afterwards. He added that the main reason is that…

Real World Assets (RWAs) have reached a major milestone. Data from DefiLlama shows that the active market cap of RWAs has surpassed $15 billion for the first time. This figure reflects assets actively circulating in wallets and smart contracts rather than tokens that issuers hold or lock, highlighting genuine participation and on-chain engagement. The achievement marks a significant step forward for tokenized finance and reinforces growing confidence in blockchain-based asset systems. Active Market Cap of RWAs passed $15B for the first time ever today.Active Market Cap tracks the portion of an RWA that is distributed to independent holders or smart…

When Robert DeNault joined Kalshi’s four-person legal team in October, it was under the assumption that his background investigating white collar crimes could come in handy. Now serving as the prediction market’s head of enforcement, the former associate at law firm White & Case told Decrypt that Kalshi is preparing to disclose a wave of disciplinary actions that have been taken against users—the result of a monthslong effort to clean up a “backlog” of potential trading violations. “It’s taken a big chunk of my first few months here to get through these,” he said. “We’re going to continue to post…

A new platform founded by Wall Street veteran Chan Ahn is aiming to bring one of finance’s most exclusive asset classes — private equity — onto the blockchain. — Tessera has announced the launch of its private equity tokenization platform on Solana, a system designed to give investors onchain exposure to private company shares that have historically been accessible only through venture capital firms and institutional investment networks. The goal is ambitious: convert private equity from a closed financial market into a liquid, globally accessible asset class. “Private equity has historically operated inside closed networks,” said Chan Ahn, Founder and…

Crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) provider 21Shares has launched an investment product giving European investors access to a preferred stock issued by Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin. The asset manager will list its 21Shares Strategy Yield ETP under the ticker “STRC NA” on Euronext Amsterdam on Thursday, the company said Wednesday. The ETP is available to institutional and retail investors, offering a dividend backed by Strategy’s Bitcoin ($BTC) treasury, which currently holds 717,722 $BTC, valued at around $47 billion. With dividends set at a variable 11.25% annualized rate, the ETP represents one of the earliest structured,…