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Ozean partners with DeFa to offer SME financing with up to 26% APY. DeFa tokenizes 420M invoices, maintaining a 0.2% bad debt rate. Ozean bridges TradFi and DeFi, expanding RWA exposure in decentralized markets. Ozean has joined efforts with DeFa, an AI-native RWA lending protocol. This partnership aims to provide small—and medium-sized Enterprises (SME) with financing opportunities within the Ozean ecosystem. The integration will allow users to access tokenized invoices and short-term loans with rates as high as 26% APY, marking a major step toward expanding RWA exposure in decentralized finance (DeFi). The RWA opportunities on Ozean continue to expand!Ozean…
With a strong performance, Ethereum has risen above key resistance levels and is not showing any signs of slowing down. The most notable technical development is the 26-day EMA’s cross above the 200-day EMA, a classic momentum indicator that validates the strength of the current rally and provides access to even higher price targets. The daily chart shows a clear break of the $2,500 resistance level, which was followed by a steep ascent to the current price range of about $2,710. The bulls have been unrelenting, pushing through small corrections and profit-taking while consistently hitting higher highs and lower lows.…
Ripple Labs is allegedly considering buying Circle for billions of dollars. But how will Ripple pay for it without hurting the XRP market? Let’s find out as the experts share their opinions on it. Recently, Dave Weisberger made an interesting point about Ripple Labs and the Circle offer. Ripple Labs owns about 40% of XRP, which is a huge stash, and it is considering buying Circle for $10 to $20 billion. But if Ripple uses its XRP holdings to help fund that purchase, it would have to sell a huge amount of XRP, about $10 billion worth, from its own…
Modular blockchain platform IOST has raised $21 million in a strategic funding round to expand the rollout of its real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure across regulated markets, the company said in a press release on Friday. The round was led by institutional investors DWF Labs, Presto, and Rollman Management Group, the company said. The funding will accelerate IOST’s product development, validator growth, and ecosystem integrations. Tokenization is one of the main use cases of blockchain technology and it is attracting attention and investment from the TradFi world. Initial rollouts will focus on Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region, where IOST is…
Blockchain networks are bleeding casual users, with four out of five low-engagement accounts going inactive within three months, a Flipside study reveals. A recent study reveals a hard truth about blockchain ecosystems: most users lose interest quickly. Data from Flipside, which analyzed user behavior across networks such as Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Avalanche, shows that user retention is extremely low. The majority of users disappear within months unless they were already highly active from the start. Flipside took a hard look at how wallets behave over time. They sorted users into three categories: low-value (scores 0-3), medium-value (4-7), and high-value…
Bitcoin broke above $107,000 on Monday in a notable respite and kept climbing to $110,500 on Tuesday morning, following last week’s turbulence sparked by the Trump-Musk fallout. The latest on-chain data now suggests that the crypto asset may be preparing for its next upward move, as several key indicators reflect growing bullish sentiment. Bitcoin Demand Strengthens According to CryptoQuant’s latest update, one of the primary signals comes from Binance’s Taker Buy/Sell Ratio, a metric that measures the volume of market buy orders relative to market sell orders. The metric has recently surged to 1.1, which means that traders on Binance…
Ether ETH$2,663.80 has increased in value by 45% over the past 30 days, outperforming the decentralized finance (DeFi) market and bitcoin, which are up 21% and 13% respectively in the same period.Much of ether’s rise has been attributed to institutional interest that has led to record inflows from spot ETH ETFs. ETH’s rise came after a lull in sentiment earlier this year as rival layer-1 blockchains like Solana took the limelight with a flurry of memecoin releases. At the turn of the year ETH was trading at $3,340 however by early April it had tumbled to as low as $1,472…
Jacobi Asset Management has lowered entry barriers for its bitcoin BTC$105,319.94 exchange-traded fund (ETF), allowing European retail investors to participate for the first time. This follows the removal of professional-only and minimum investment requirements by the Guernsey regulator.Originally launched in 2023 on Euronext Amsterdam, the ETF was designed to meet institutional grade standards for security, transparency, and compliance. Until now, access was limited to professional investors in line with regulatory requirements and market maturity. However, with the evolving financial ecosystem and growing institutional and governmental acceptance of bitcoin, Jacobi has worked closely with partners including Collas Crill, Midshore Consulting, and…
In the dynamic world of cryptocurrency, large token movements by significant players often capture the market’s attention. Recently, a substantial ENA deposit has sent ripples through the community, involving a prominent Web3 investment firm and a leading global exchange. What Happened? A Major ENA Deposit Uncovered According to data shared by the on-chain analytics platform Onchain Lens on X, a wallet address linked to Mirana Ventures initiated a significant transaction. Approximately 20 minutes before the data was reported, this wallet transferred a staggering 72.17 million ENA tokens to the Binance Exchange. At the time of the transaction, the value of…
A Bitcoin L2 payment system, MIRO, has announced its collaboration with Daolity, a platform that offers pre-built blockchain functionality via an API and SDK. By working together, MIRO’s trusted, low-cost payment system meets Daolity’s easy-to-use development options, helping to make the Web3 space swifter, safer, and more effective. 🚨 Partnership Announcement 🚨🤝 We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with @Daolity_Coin 🧩 Daolity is a multitenant platform that offers businesses a comprehensive suite of blockchain functionality via a user-friendly API and SDK integration💡Together, we’re paving… pic.twitter.com/kkgN7wHAc9 — MIRO (@MIRO_Pay) May 28, 2025 Layer 2 Payments Meet No-Code Blockchain Integration MIRO is…